Brad Costanzo examines the saying "How you do one thing is how you do everything," arguing it oversimplifies how people actually work. He uses Elon Musk as an example of someone brilliant in some areas but flawed in others, showing that excellence in one thing doesn't guarantee it everywhere.
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All right, today we're going to have a little bit of fun. I've been thinking about doing something for a little while, and I've decided I've come up with a little name for this, and I'm going to try to be committed to doing this every Wednesday. I'm calling it Wednesday Wisdom. And as you can see it in.
The title, wisdom is spelled W I.
S D U M B Wisdom. And the reason I've been thinking about.
This is because, you know, when you scroll in through social media, when you're talking to people, the world is absolutely.
Filled with quotes and platitudes being passed around as sage advice, especially on social media. Now, a platitude, if you're not familiar with that word, is defined as a flat, dull or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound. And the more I look at this, I mean, the more the crazier it is.
Like, there's all these quotes, quotes like.
I'm going to go over one today. How you do one thing is how you do everything. And that sounds great, and a lot of.
A lot of really successful people have used it, but it's really not that profound. It's not even that accurate.
When you dig a little deeper, however, there is some truth. That's why it's called wisdom. It's like half wise, half dumb. Okay, so let's break this down. Well, first of all, here's what's right about that quote. It's meant to demonstrate that habits and patterns repeat themselves and they show up over and over. For instance, if you have a messy house, you probably have a messy, disorganized life or business in general, right? Or if, upon going to the grocery store, you leave your shopping cart out in the open without returning it. Well, in addition to being a general plague on society, you're probably a selfish, thoughtless prick in other areas of your life, too. Can you tell? This is kind of a major pet peeve of mine. Return your damn carts. Look, to a large degree, this statement is true, such as how you treat your waitstaff probably has a high correlation to how you treat your employees or your partners. And if you give your all in one area, you're much more likely to give your all in other areas as well. But here's what's wrong with that statement. Context really matters. So how I do something I hate and isn't in my natural strengths is completely different than how I do something that is. And some of the most successful people I know do only a few things Amazingly well.
And everything else, well, they're average at best. Some of them are an absolute train wreck in every area of their lives, except a precious few. Elon Musk, great example. He's one of the most inspiring entrepreneurs the world has ever seen. Yet his personal life is a wreck. It's, you know, he's been an estranged father. He's been called a terrible human being, you know, by I think, his ex wife who says, you know, he must be in love to be happy.
And he's, he's just got all this.
Stuff falling around him. But thank God for that because when he's working in his zone of genius, he's moving humanity forward. Now this makes me think of another quote which is, amplify your strengths and outsource your weaknesses. And yes, that fits perfectly well in my argument here, but not for long. Look, the world is full of average people doing average things. And if more people just amplified their strengths, we'd have a lot more amazing developments and innovations. And if they're all trying to fix their weaknesses, well, it's just brings them back down to average again because it's kind of hard to do both, right? So yes, that is true. Amplify your strengths, outsource your weaknesses. I do actually try to do this, but the flip side to that argument is that another platitude, a chain is.
Only as strong as its weakest link.
And if you have a weak link in your life, well, you better make damn sure it's not the link that's holding everything together, like your personal life, your marriage, your relationship with your children. Now, what is my point? Well, the point is, platitudes are shallow for a reason. And they often go much deeper than the surface level advice they're giving. And there's usually a devil's advocate, moi, ready to step in and shed some light on the other side. So following some platitudes can be really dangerous as well, such as never ever give up. Which I'll go into another into deeper on another episode of Wednesday Wisdom. The point is, think a little deeper before you take things at face value. Now I'd love to hear what some of the other success life business quotes and platitudes you think are only half wise and half dumb.
I've got a list of them I'm.
Making for this Wednesday Wisdom series. It might turn into its own damn podcast. I don't know. What do you think?
Send me an email. Ask bradakenwrappedbusiness.com Let me know what you think about this series about this quote or any of the quotes, and send.
Me some of the quotes that you.
Find and platitudes that you just find.
Like half wise, half dumb. And I'll see you on the next episode.
