Comfortable with Imperfection

Overthinking. Perfectionism. Distraction.

These parasites insidiously siphon our energy and slow our progression towards our goals. If you’re surrounded by people who’ve also been colonized by them, changing this norm can feel hopeless.

But take heart in the timeless stories of operators and entrepreneurs who refused to bend the knee to these mind viruses. Instead, they expelled them by sitting down, shutting out the noise, and Doing the Work.

Alex Hormozi took more than 4,000 sales calls as he was getting his business started. As a fellow mortal, he failed to close many of them. But, by getting in the game he refined his skills to eventually be a world class closer.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Kobe Bryant were two of history's biggest gym rats. Did Kobe have a few air balls? Absolutely. Did Arnold have flawless form on every single set? Of course not.

But they kept showing up with the same singular goal in mind. To be the best at their game.

Rose Blumkin's first retail location was in the basement of her husband's secondhand clothing store in Omaha, Nebraska. It was a small, cramped space, but Blumkin made the most of it.

In time, she outgrew the space and moved the business to a larger location. Decades later, she sold her business to Warren Buffett for $60 million.

Just start. Maximize your input on a single point of leverage and you can move mountains.

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