Mark Hamilton calls it "Project Curiosity": learn how your whole business works, not just your job. Then focus on what moves the needle on profit. He traces Charles Nash from Buick president to GM to founding Nash Motors, showing how understanding the full picture unlocks wealth.
Mark Hamilton here. In my last talk, I introduced you to expanding and liberating your mind from the specialized tasks laid before you. Your routine rut at work that you follow. I told you to enter Project Curiosity, in which you take an interest in the entire business where you work. I suggested asking co workers about their jobs, showing an interest in their efforts and and to keep going until you have an overview of how the company really works. Now I'm going to tell you after a couple of weeks of Project Curiosity, where to hone your focus. First, you must open your mind through Project Curiosity to see beyond your specialized task to see the bigger picture of the business you work for. That process awakens and expands your mind to to prep it to be able to begin to integrate knowledge at work. Now, as you begin to see the bigger picture of the business where you work, I want you to identify and to begin to focus on those areas that impact the money. The profits are potential profits of the business. For example, go back and listen to my first talk if you haven't yet, and notice the areas that I closely looked at. What was the common denominator? Those specifics I was drawn to and studied all impacted the money. The income, the curb appeal of the restaurant, the flow of traffic into the restaurant, the demographics of the customers, the restaurant's location, the waitress's service and dress. All of these things impact the restaurant's income, the the money, as opposed to my specialized tasks as a dishwasher. Now, I want you to hold onto that thought as I tell you a true story. William Durant, the founder of General Motors, was co owner of the Durant Dort Carriage Company. Before we drove cars, they built the carriages that horses pulled. In 1890, a young man in his 20s named Charles Nash was employed by Durant Dort Carriage Company and was put in the blacksmith department pounding iron all day long. Not long after he was there, this young man walked through the doors of Durant's easily accessible office. I'm wasting my time, he said. You can get a power hammer there. It would cost about $35 and do more pounding in a day than I can do in a month. Durant took the young man's suggestion and then put him on a drill press that prepared cart braces for attachment. A few days later, Durant visited Nash at his new station. Nash's station looked like none of the others. Nash had rigged it with an overhead spring and a treadle that left both hands free and doubled output. Durant was so impressed, he said, charlie, we'll get another man, here, Come with me. Durant equipped all the stations with a spring and treadle. Durant put Nash in another department, another, and then another. Nash gained more and more integrated knowledge and rapidly moved his way up. He began integrating all aspects of the business. You see, Nash broke through the specialized rut of just pounding iron all day long. He rose to the top. Nash went on to become in 1910, the president of Buick. In 1912, the president of General Motors. Then four years later, he left General Motors to start Nash Motors Company. Some of my senior friends might remember the Nash rambler. Nash Motors Co. Later evolved into American Motors. Now think about it. Charles Nash was basically put through Project Curiosity by the founder of General Motors. Much of upper management today actually discourages integrated thinking to reduce competition from within. This is a huge problem I termed the white collar hoax that we will rectify in a future talk. But back to Charles Nash. Notice he was focused on as he moved through his Project Curiosity, so to speak, he was focused on increasing efficiency to impact the company's profits. So as you expand your mind and knowledge of the business, as you go through your Project Curiosity, I want you to now start looking at ways that could impact the company's profits. That's where the power is, focusing on where the money is, on how to ultimately improve profits. Your integrating mind will break into the realm of creativity. Even if it's something small, such as improving the way a task is done for that still impacts profits to some degree and is your first baby step into the world of creativity, of creating values. Creating values is a power available only to the human mind. So this will be your first step into living the life. And you were meant to live. Your first step toward harmonizing with your essence as a human being. Your first step toward the life your child of the past dreamed of. Celebrate that moment when it comes. Because creating values is also the route to wealth. Your first creation begins that exciting journey in your life. So my next talk, I will take you further into the world of creating values through the Neo Think mentality, the mentality of the big winners in life. Your time is coming. Stick with me. I'm going to next show you how to target one of those areas at your place of work that impacts profits, where the power is and how to make it yours. Be sure you are subscribed below to keep this journey going and click on the link below to know more. See you again soon.
