6 steps for self-improvement

Former Navy SEAL and executive coach, Jeff Boss, discusses 6 practices that he believes help people improve their performance. The steps are:

1.       Fundamentals

2.       Accountability

3.       Add one percent

4.       Adapt faster

5.       Get a guru

6.       Make a decision

 

He believes that by working on those 6 areas, individuals can positively improve their performance over time.

The fundamentals never change and without being really good at your craft, you will never reach the top of the game. Perfect your craft first.

 

I cannot stress the importance of accountability enough. In order to improve and succeed we need to be pushed beyond our current limits so we can adapt to a higher level. This is true for physical training, as well as mental and intellectual. If you never push past where you already are, then you will never improve and meet your full potential. But, in order to get there, you need to be accountable for your actions to someone else. Ideally, this is your manager who gives you a task and then follows up to make sure you completed it satisfactorily. If you do not have a manager who can push you, try to find a colleague, mentor, partner or new job where you will be pushed. You deserve to reach your potential and if your current manager can’t get you there, try to find someone who will.

 

The more we do a job and the more we learn the closer to our intellectual and skill ceiling we get. That doesn’t mean we stop trying. That means that we have to try harder to make progress. Look at your current job and determine what skills you need to do it well. Then, create a plan to address those skills. As those skills improve, so does your job performance.  Then, look at your ideal job and determine what skills you need to do in order to do it well. Then, start improving those skills and you will eventually achieve that job.

 

This is nice article that can help you improve your performance and reach your potential and is worth the read.

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffboss/2015/09/06/6-best-practices-to-sustain-superior-performance/?utm_source=followingweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20150907