The following is from Robin Sharma. I think it may be a good way to start your week.
I suggest that you create a monopoly born of mastery. Yes, I’m encouraging you (enthusiastically!) to stop following the dreadful news all day and start the studying, training, optimizing and transforming process that will make you a rare-air performer in your field.
The marketplace always rewards scarcity. What I mean by this is that when you can do what very few do, you will receive the rewards very few will receive.
I’m also suggesting that you create your own economy, working in a “separate orbit” of sorts. Ignore the negative information asking for your attention and insulate yourself in a bubble of sorts, where you live your vision, upgrade your skills daily and make the life you want—no matter what anyone else is doing.
You have agency. You have power. You have the gifts. You have the talent. Start small, stay steady and watch the results multiply. It really doesn’t matter what the future brings! Run your own race. Many fortunes of prosperity, impact and artistry were made in economic depressions.
To add even further value to you as you navigate the near future, I offer you 5 rules to practice:
Rule 1: The producer that helps the most humans wins, regardless of economic volatility. So make it your obsession to deliver outright magic to your clients.
Rule 2: It’s a dangerous cognitive bias of our brains to think that the way things have been in the past will be the same in the future.
Rule 3: It’s easier to serve more people, innovate beautifully and lead your field in hard times versus easier ones because so many people are scared.
Rule 4: Mastery and domain dominance are far less about having natural talent and far more about the work you do each day to improve your craft. Remember that victims love the television and leaders adore the pursuit of education.
Rule 5: Practice is your superpower and while your industry peers are playing with their phones, make sure you’re setting aside at least one hour each day to enrich the one skill that will cause you to be more useful to your customers.
Oh…and…I need to say that…
Learning is your superpower too. And if you are interested in learning something new so you enjoy a far better you, just study the subject. In time, you’ll earn your expertise.
Learn, help others, master your craft. This is Direct Primary Care.