Jumping down to the top

How would you get to the top of an 81 story building in the fastest way possible?

You wouldn’t take the stairs, it’s way too slow. That’s obvious. You’d probably take the elevator, which is certainly quicker. But it’s not the fastest way.

The fastest way to get to the top of any building is….

To jump down from a higher building.

Now this sounds like a trick answer. Yet when you think about it, it makes sense. It would be 10x easier to jump from an 82 story building down than to take the ground elevator up.

But yet we don’t normally think that way. We think of working our way up from the bottom in almost all of our goals. We normally set small achievable goals, hoping that we’ll get better bit by bit. One step at a time is our motto.

Especially in our career.

Here’s the key point: You can jump down to your goals by setting higher ones.

For example: You set yourself the goal to become CEO of the company. If you don’t make it, then you’ll at least land at the VP level. Which is where you wanted to be anyway. Or let’s say you set yourself the goal to make a world record in swimming. If you don’t make it at least you’ll be the best in your region.

The only thing holding you back from doing this is that you’ve already invested in your strategy. It feels too audacious to try this jumping down strategy. But what have you got to lose? Your pride? Your ego?

You can afford to lose those anyway. They were holding you back.

Jump down to your goals. You’ll be surprised at where you’ll end up with this strategy.