Who do you want to become? What will you take with you when you leave? What do you want to achieve? This is endgame thinking—working toward a result. Is every action you take driven by that ultimate, pragmatic goal? Figure out your endgame, then work backward step by step to determine what you need to do right now.
They clearly don’t need to do the hands-on work, so why are they always working late? Many of those meetings could easily be canceled—so why hold them? Because whoever’s absent in a meeting takes the fall. That’s the iron law of workplace meetings. When a group gets together and you’re not there, any decisions made by the other managers will inevitably be against your interests. Whoever’s missing out is the one who suffers.
Almost all success stories follow the exact same template.
You give them a task, and they nail it. You give them another task, and they nail that too. Throw two tasks at them at once—they handle both simultaneously. Hand them three tasks at once—they handle all three at once.
That's talent.
The vast majority of people—99.9999% of us—have our futures and destinies shaped by our professors, our bosses, and our key clients. Whether you're in a B2B or B2C business, as long as you're still working for someone else, the principle of being accountable upward never changes.
Understand your target audience, then build your efforts around them. That way, you'll reap the greatest rewards and operate with maximum efficiency—getting twice the result with half the effort.
The future world is the metaverse. Most people will have chips implanted at the back of their heads, living in worlds built by others. Your life is yours; it's made of time. How you spend your time determines the quality of your life.
Only by investing your time, energy, and focus into real life can you truly make it good. If you keep using your limited lifespan on endless, aimless pursuits, you'll ruin your life.