Limitless Monday – Doing the Reps

Limitless Monday – Doing the reps

 

 

 

I have been listening a lot recently to the podcast Founders, a series of podcasts exploring the biographies and minds of entrepreneurs.

 

 

It appears that a common thread of most successful people is their tendency for unrelenting practice or what is called in the physical fitness space, “doing the reps”.

 

 

Mr Beast, the highly successful YouTuber, a career the podcast studies, learned his trade by watching thousands of YouTube videos allowing him to understand the nuances that make a compelling video.

 

 

Sam Walton the founder of Walmart,  religiously visited thousands of his competitor’s stores as well as his own.

 

 

Bernard Arnault, the founder of LVMH, followed the same approach as Walton.

 

 

Doing the reps is a term derived from the gym. The idea is that consistent repetition builds strength, endurance, and skill over time.

 

 

Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers popularized the idea of the 10,000 hour rule, which states that it takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to achieve mastery in a field.

 

 

How can we use this knowledge to help us in our lives? It’s simple: first we must figure out what we want to be good at and then we should gather as much information as possible on that subject and understand the subject better than anyone. It’s called the Zulu Principle. It’s the principle of achieving expert-level understanding and superior results in a narrow, specialized area by focusing your study and attention there because few others do.

 

 

Never take the attitude of doing the bare minimum. Always do more. Go down the rabbit holes that most avoid. This approach is going to help you stomp on your competition and ensure you progress faster than your peers.

 

 

Happy Monday!

 

 

Banner Image: Bodybuilding repetition. Image Credit – Alexander Red