[Episode 8] How to Change Instantly by Getting Serious: The Law of 'Multiplication' to Trigger a Breakthrough
In Episode 7, you overcame pressure and acquired 'mental toughness'.
By accumulating small improvements and steadily building your skills, you should now be able to feel clear 'results'.
However, as you continue to work diligently every day, don't you sometimes find yourself wondering about this?
'I am certainly growing, but it feels like the addition of 1+1=2'.
People who achieve great success in the world seem to suddenly leap to '10' or '100' overnight.
The theme of Episode 8 is 'how to trigger a breakthrough (the moment of instant change)' that ends additive growth and brings about explosive leaps.
I will share the law for connecting the 'dots' you have been working so hard to create and turning them into a powerful 'multiplication'.
1. You cannot connect the dots looking forward
Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple who changed the world, looked back on his life in his legendary commencement speech at Stanford University and said:
'You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.'
After dropping out of college, Jobs sat in on a 'calligraphy' class out of curiosity. At the time, he had no idea how it would be useful in the future, but 10 years later, when he developed the 'Macintosh,' the world's first computer with beautiful fonts, his past knowledge of calligraphy (the dots) connected perfectly.
Among the things you have seriously worked on so far, there may be failures or detours that make you think, 'In the end, that might have been a waste'.
However, as Jobs says, it is impossible to intentionally connect the dots toward the future.
A breakthrough is not something you can aim for and trigger.
The various experiences (dots) you have seriously devoted yourself to in the past suddenly connect in your subconscious one day, forming a single, massive line. That is the true nature of a breakthrough. That is the true nature of a breakthrough.
2. The 'Law of Multiplication' for ordinary people to beat geniuses
So, does that mean the dots will connect if you just wait? Not necessarily. There is a strategy to intentionally induce a breakthrough. That is the 'Law of Multiplication'.
It is almost impossible to become a 'one in a million' genius in a single field. However, if you multiply three skills where you are 'one in a hundred (top 1%)', you can become a one-of-a-kind 'one in a million' individual (1/100 x 1/100 x 1/100).
For example, there are countless people who can simply 'write a blog'.
However, the moment three points are multiplied—'can write a blog' (1/100) x 'knows the psychology of a former top salesperson' (1/100) x 'can draw original illustrations' (1/100)—that person instantly transforms into a one-of-a-kind creator who can write text that uses illustrations to powerfully move the reader's heart.
Throughout this series, you have acquired 'overwhelming action' and 'correct strategy'.
What you need to do now is not to fixate on one thing, but to think about 'how can I multiply (create synergy between) the separate skills and experiences I have cultivated so far?'
3. Keep placing 'intense points' without fearing waste
As a major prerequisite for causing a breakthrough where points become a line, it is necessary that 'sufficient points exist to connect'.
'Because this looks like it will make money in the future'
'Because this is cost-effective'
As long as you are acting based on such shallow calculations, the points will never connect.
Like Jobs' calligraphy, only points placed with pure passion—'I'm doing this seriously because I'm intensely drawn to it right now' and 'regardless of the result, I'm just immersing myself in it'—will hold strong gravitational pull later on.
If what you are doing now does not seem to be leading to 'direct results', there is no need to be impatient. As long as you are pouring your 'seriousness' into it, it is definitely accumulating as your own powerful 'point'.
Do not fear waste. Discard the cost-benefit analysis and immerse yourself seriously in what is in front of you.
When the number of those intense points exceeds the critical point, your life will change from addition to multiplication, and you will warp to a higher dimension all at once.
Today's Action: Take an inventory of your 'points'
This is the summary of Episode 8.
A breakthrough that changes your life all at once occurs the moment separate experiences (points) that you have seriously devoted yourself to in the past are multiplied.
[Today's Assignment]
Write down 3 things you have seriously devoted yourself to in your life so far (hobbies, work, failed experiences, anything is fine).3Write them down.
And then, try to come up with just one idea: 'If you multiply those three, what kind of new value (service or content) could you create?'
It doesn't matter if the idea is absurd right now. That will become the seed of your 'one-of-a-kind weapon'.
However, when your life suddenly takes a turn for the better and you get carried away and step on the gas, you can fall into the biggest 'pitfall'.
In the next episode, Episode 9, I will talk about the 'rebellious spirit of a great comeback' that allows you to crawl back from desperate failures and setbacks where you feel like you've lost everything. Stay tuned!
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