The Secret to Learning a New Skill

rule that says:

“Whatever got you to where you are today is not enough to get you any further.”

What this means is that your current level of knowledge and skill has been sufficient to enable you to achieve your current income and standard of living.

Remember, everyone who is in the top 10% in your field started in the bottom 10%. Then, they made a decision and disciplined themselves to climb the knowledge and skill ladder of success until they reached the top.

What others have done, you can do as well…

The interesting fact is that:

• No one is really better than you.
• No one is really smarter than you.
• Everyone has tremendous reserves of potential that they habitually fail to use.

You then make a list of all the things that you could do to master this skill.

Make a list of:

• The books you could read.
• The courses you could take.
• The CDs you could listen to.
• The people whose advice you could ask.
• List the specific activities that you could engage in every single day to learn and master this skill.

…and then you get busy doing it.

As you concentrate single-mindedly on getting better in a single skill area, you will start to get better in every other skill simultaneously. Because you are now thinking of continuous improvement, you will see ways to improve your performance in everything that you do.