The Skill of Awareness Will Change Your Life
You know you’re aware
I’ve noticed that almost all my conversations about improving an aspect in life, whether that’s your finances, health, or relationships, always revolve around the skill of awareness.
Think about it.
To improve something, observe yourself first
Here’s my process for improving a skill or activity. Here’s what it looks like in six steps.
1. What’s your aim?
I always start by thinking about what I’m trying to accomplish. I want to be as specific as I can. For example, when I wanted to improve my writing, I initially focused on writing better articles.
2. Why do you need to improve?
In my experience, any pursuit of excellence will fail unless you have a damn good reason. In the writing example, I wanted to write better articles so I could make a living. So I had enough incentive to work on my craft.
3. Who’s the best example you can find?
Once set on improving a particular skill or process, I look at a few examples of people I can study. I only look at the top 1% of performers because I only want to learn from the best.
