Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

“I am what I am today, because of the choices I made yesterday.”

18 Nov 2022 · 1 min

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In this solo motivational video, Nick Hutchison opens by recommending Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and highlights a favorite quote: “I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.” He uses the quote to argue that New Year’s resolutions should not wait for January 1st; the person you become on that day is the result of actions taken in November and December. Hutchison then shares a revelation from an Alex Hormozi video, introducing the “Rule of 100” – a productivity framework that says your most important lead activity should be performed 100 times a day to generate the desired lag results. He reflects on his own sales activity, noting he currently makes only a few touches daily and resolves to increase to 100 touches starting immediately. The video ends with a direct call for viewers to comment on how they will position themselves for a better 2023, encouraging immediate, high‑frequency action.

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Have you read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey? If not, you should. It's one of the best-selling nonfiction personal development business books of all time. I love this book, and one of my favorite quotes from the book says, I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday. 2023 is right around the corner, and a lot of us think of putting New Year's resolutions into place starting on Jan 1st. But that quote reminds us that who you show up as on January 1st is really a representation of what you do throughout the rest of November and throughout all of December. That's who you are on Jan 1st. And so if you want a better 2023, that starts today. I was on a long plane ride recently and my cousin Conan sent me a video by Alex Hormozi. And in that video, Alex said something that sort of blew my mind. Alex said that oftentimes we drastically underestimate how much effort it's going to take to achieve the big goals that we put in place. So we developed this framework called the Rule of 100, which states that whatever your most important activity is, whatever lead activity leads to the lag that you're looking for, you need to do it 100 times a day. And I thought, okay, that's sales activity for me, but I'm really only performing a few touches a day. I'm maximizing it starting today. What are you going to do to put yourself in the right position for Jan 1st? Comment below.