A short spoken segment (Part 2) from Eric Partaker listing concise life and career lessons: prioritize who you spend time with, focus on the highest-impact actions and people (20/80), choose what to master and outsource to experts, let action create feeling, and overcome perfectionism by shipping work early. Part of a multi-part series directing viewers to Parts 1 and 3.
Here are 15 harsh truths I wish I knew 15 years ago Part 2 It's just as important to decide who you will no longer spend time with as it is who you will. The world is non linear. 20% of your actions will create 80% of your results. 20% of the people in your life will lead to 80% of your opportunity. It's your job to identify the 20%. Your job isn't to master everything. Your job is to correctly identify that which should be mastered and then find the person who's 10 times better than you at doing it. Amateurs believe that feeling generates action, whereas professionals flip the script and know that action generates feeling. So make a decision to turn pro and take action whether you feel like it or not. Perfectionism is nothing more than procrastination in disguise. So practice deliberately shipping before you're ready. That speech, that product, that plan, that presentation. Be sure to check out the part one and the part three reels for the remaining truths and follow for more.
