Why Most People Don't Win [And How to Avoid It]

2 Oct 2017 · 1 min

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Robin Sharma argues that elite performance demands intense focus and preparation. The average employee wastes 50% of their workday on distraction. He uses a farmer's fallow season as a metaphor for the hard, unglamorous work that precedes real success.

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Hi, it's Robin Sharma. And today's video is really going to help you if you are serious about owning your field. So, you know, let's go to the farmer metaphor. You can't have a great harvest if you don't have a great fallow season. And what makes a great harvest is really the intensity and the industry. In other words, the effort that the farmer and his or her team put in to planting, cultivating the soil and making things great. Well, according to latest research, on an average day, the average employee is spending about 50% of their workday in distraction. If you really want to move the needle in your field, clean out that 50%. Get monomaniacally focused on doing real work versus fake work. Otherwise, you're like the farmer who wants a great harvest, but you're not willing to put in the effort to get the great harvest. I'm not into magical thinking. I'm into an elite performance. And I know you are as well. Hope you have a genius day. Bye.