For the next 5 minutes, let’s elevate your career.

In today’s email:

  • Get in-the-zone

  • 19 words

  • Don’t self-censor

  • Fighting

  • Alex Hormozi’s career wisdom

ON YOUR CAREER

Get in-the-zone

Sports people want to compete in the zone of high performance.  Switched-on, but not too switched on. This applies to Messi taking a penalty, Sabalenka serving, or Curry shooting a three.

In our jobs, we also want to be in the zone of high performance. If we’re not switched-on enough, we can appear complacent and unmotivated. If we’re too switched on, we can appear anxious and unpersuasive.

To be more switched on: focus on the value you want to deliver and receive with clients.

To be less switched on: try biological hacks like deep breathing, walking outside, or slowly drinking a glass of water.

These help us to be in the game.

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Once I’m in the game, I’m in the game. There’s no fear, no doubt, no noise — just execution.

— Sue Bird
COMMUNICATION

19 words

Adam Grant is a top-rated Wharton professor, bestselling author, and expert on organizational psychology. He said 19 words will help any manager or mentor. When you want to give developmental feedback try, “I’m giving you these comments because I have very high expectations and I’m confident that you can reach them.”

Those 19 words encourage.

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Success doesn’t measure how high you climb, but how many people you take with you.

— Adam Grant
PRODUCTIVITY

Don’t self-censor

Creativity has many false starts. Mozart composed forgettable pieces and Einstein miscalculated. Trial and error is needed to produce great things.

We can’t be more productive unless we try new ways. We need to take risks. If we censor our ideas for fear of being judged, we deny our colleagues possibilities.

Mediocre ideas don’t matter. They can simply float away as we brainstorm. So share, test, and abandon them. Then generate better ideas.

Self-censorship crushes creativity.

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A lot of times, we censor ourselves before the censor even gets there.

— Spike Lee
1 MINUTE TO HAPPINESS

Fighting

Advancing big goals involves discomfort. Working hard for a long time tests our stamina. Setbacks test our resolve. Victories are sweeter when we’ve had to fight for them because:

  • Our minds subconsciously inflate the importance of the outcome.

  • The contrast between difficulty and success creates a stronger dopamine response.

  • We see ourselves as disciplined and capable.

  • A victory with obstacles becomes a story of triumph.

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No matter what your goal is, you will suffer to achieve it. So pick a goal big enough it’s worth suffering for.

— Alex Hormozi
CAREER WISDOM

Alex Hormozi

Alex Hormozi (1989 — ) was raised in California and studied corporate strategy at Vanderbilt University. He founded Gym Launch in 2017, which helped struggling gyms transform their operations and profitability. Hormozi then founded Acquisition.com. This funds and scales businesses by focusing on systems and marketing.

Hormozi is a leading voice in business growth strategy with more than 4 million Instagram followers. He advocates data-driven decisions and focusing on the most valuable customer segments. Hormozi is married to Layla Hormozi, who has been his business partner through setbacks and victories. Some of his career wisdom:

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Masters never don’t do the basics.

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There’s no award for who works the hardest, only for who gets the best results.

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Aligning with other’s self-interest is easier than persuading them to do what you want.

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