10 Top Lessons From "The Dip"
âď¸A book by @ThisIsSethsBlog
đBook Summary (THREAD)
1. Be the Best
đĽAnyone who is going to hire you, buy from you, or do what you want them to do is going to wonder if youâre the BEST choice.
BEST: Best for them, right now, based on what they believe and what they know
THE WORLD: Their world, the world they have access to
2 . Quitting Is Not Failure
If you are not going to be the best, then you should just QUIT.
Quitting, in some scenarios, is actually essential for freeing up resources to get through the dips that matter.
This means you only have two options in life:
Quit or be Exceptional.
To become the best, you must understand these three curves:
3. The Cul De Sac:
1ď¸âŁThis first curve is where you work and work and work⌠but nothing changes. It doesnât get a lot better; it doesnât get a lot worse⌠it just is what it is.
Whenever you find one of these...
...you need to get off it fast.
The opportunity cost of investing your life in something thatâs not going to get better is just too high.