Kurt Cignetti on building a process-oriented mindset to escape mediocrity. High standards, accountability, and discipline matter more than talent. Stack great days by saying no to distractions and taking small consistent actions, even when motivation disappears.
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It's a process. And it's a process and it's a way about, it's a way you go about doing things. It's a standard. It's an expectation. High standard, high expectation. It's accountability, right? It's discipline, commitment, toughness, work ethic, pride. You know, it's wanting to be great versus wanting to be normal. And you know, normal kind of equals average. And average is okay. There's no problem with average except in my business. My business— average is the enemy. And to be great, you got to have special focus, special commitment, special preparation and discipline, and the ability to say no to some things. All right, so you stack great days on top of each other. Don't be affected by success or failure. Be able to compartmentalize and go to the next play.
Even if it's not 100% your best effort every day, at least making small steps and small strides towards what you're trying to achieve, especially when you don't feel like it. Successful people don't always want to be doing what they're doing, man. Just do stuff every day even when you don't want to. Pays dividends.