Dear Why Team Member,
I hope this week’s message finds you well and enjoying your - BEST YEAR EVER - which likely includes the joy you experience from personal growth.
This week we consider a small but very powerful book by Dan Sullivan of The Strategic Coach, one of the most successful professional coaching organizations in the world.
The book is titled: ‘The Laws of Lifetime Growth!’.
This week's Why Team Weekly is dedicated to introducing to you, and encouraging you, to read this book. (You can find it on my Recommended Reading list here)
This remarkable book challenged me to redefine my limits and continuously strive for excellence. Its principles have become ingrained in my daily life, driving me to embrace lifelong learning and continuously push the boundaries of what I can achieve. It’s a positive life-altering read that will forever change your trajectory.
The subtitle of this book is a mantra for personal and professional growth:
Always make your future: BIGGER THAN YOUR PAST
To Become More in ‘24, consider this mantra and the other laws laid out as chapters in the book:
Always Make Your Learning Greater Than Your Experience - This chapter emphasizes the importance of continuously seeking knowledge and growth opportunities that transcend your current experiences.
Always Make Your Contribution Bigger Than Your Reward - This will inspire you to focus on making meaningful contributions that create lasting value rather than solely pursuing personal rewards.
Always Make Your Performance Greater Than Your Applause - This chapter will challenge you to strive for excellence motivated by internal drive rather than external praise or recognition.
Always Make Your Gratitude Greater Than Your Success - This chapter is probably the heart of it all, and will encourage you to cultivate an attitude of gratitude that overshadows achievements, fostering humility and appreciation.
Always Make Your Enjoyment Greater Than Your Effort - This principle teaches finding fulfillment in the journey itself, making the effort worthwhile regardless of results.
Always Make Your Cooperation Greater Than Your Status - This chapter is a refreshing look at the power of collaboration over individual status or hierarchy for achieving greater collective impact.
Always Make Your Confidence Greater Than Your Comfort - How inspiring this was to encourage us to step outside our comfort zones with unshakable self-assurance to unlock new realms of growth.
Always Make Your Purpose Greater Than Your Money - This chapter is so important as it challenges us to prioritize a higher purpose and sense of meaning over solely chasing financial gains.
Always Make Your Questions Bigger Than Your Answers - Our Why Team truly embraces this principle of nurturing an insatiable curiosity, encouraging readers to constantly seek deeper understanding through bigger questions.
The Strategic Coach is a coaching organization earning roughly 25 million a year in revenue helping more than 10,000 entrepreneurs from around the world. This short read lays out the path for anyone seeking to live a truly extraordinary life. Dan's book provides these Laws of LIFETIME GROWTH and Why they are so important.
"Few teachers and coaches are as clear and profound in their teaching as Dan Sullivan. If you want to live a life of continual growth, wider impact, greater fulfillment, and unimagined success, read this book!" - Jack Canfield, coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestselling book series Chicken Soup For the Soul And author of The Success Principles.
Outstanding results are born from thoughts and actions that stand out from the crowd.
"Leaders think differently, believe differently and challenge the status quo" - Simon Sinek, author of Start With Why and Leaders Eat Last
May the Laws of Lifetime Growth fuel you to more in ‘24!
Make it a great week!
Steve Luckenbach