The term “10X” is being thrown around a lot lately. For example, in the startup world you’ll hear the following: “We need to 10X growth in order to hit our numbers.” Or my personal favourite: “We need to launch a product that is 10X better than the competition.”
Essentially in order to have 10X results in any field, you need to find asymmetrical opportunities. You need to think: “Where are the leverage points that if I push a little bit, I can create 10X the results?”
And the fastest way to get 10X results, is to become 10X yourself.
Now in order to become 10X, you must do one of two things. 1) You think 10X in terms of goals. And 2) you do 10X more than you would normally do.
Our society glorifies the second one. We praise everyone who “hustles hard”, doesn’t sleep and is always working. We “love” to hear stories like these.
But the real leverage point is in “10Xing” your thinking. You start to see different patterns than the rest. You get a sense of how best to use your limited time.
The step forward is to become 10X by dreaming 10X bigger. The 10X actions can wait.
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