Greatness = Consistency: On The Fundamentals (Areté +1 #320)

Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another arete 1 degree 1 of 451 big ideas from our new book, Arete, activate your heroic potential. We're on objective six. Greatness equals consistency on the fundamentals. Robin Sharma tells us that greatness is all about consistency on the fundamentals. Look at any great performer and that's what you'll see. Of course, a world class artist will have different fundamentals than an athlete who will have different fundamentals than an entrepreneur who will have different fundamentals than a parent. But the same rule applies in each case. Mastery of the most basic fundamentals. Which of course begs the question, what are your fundamentals? I like to think of our fundamentals on two different levels, the universal and the specific. We all share the need for mastery around the basic fundies. Eating, moving, sleeping, breathing and focusing. If we don't have those universal fundamentals dialed in, then from my perspective, there's simply no way we'll have a shot at activating our heroic potential. Then we have our specific fundamentals, the things that are unique to each of us and our particular crafts, our plus one degree. How are you doing with your fundamentals and how can you plus 1 degree it today?