GOOD, the ENEMY of GREAT - Don't Be BUSY. BE VALUABLE. BE EFFECTIVE! - 041

Just because you're busy doesn't mean you're valuable. Just because you're busy doesn't mean you're valuable. Actually, I'd go even farther and I used to say this to my clients. Some of you guys are so busy at being busy that you don't actually do anything. I built many startups, most of them are failed. So Bitcoin is exactly the place that I like to be. We're gonna end it right there. I am inspired today, guys, to talk to you. I'm going to be a big fan of Bitcoin. I'm going to be a big fan of Bitcoin. I'm going to be a big fan of Bitcoin. I'm going to be a big fan of Bitcoin. I'm just inspired today, guys, to talk to you. I'm inspired today. I really am. I had a great day so far. This morning I woke up with... I just had this feeling

in the morning that I needed to burn it with fire. Some of you guys know exactly what I'm talking about. Yes, absolutely, guys. I started the day off burning it all with fire. I started my day going to the sauna. Going to the sauna, going to the gym jet-abong. And I burnt it with fire for two and a half hours, exactly. I spent time under the scalding water, scraping everything off, all the dead skin getting rid of all the nasties, then sitting in the suffocating heat of the hot tub, and then moving from the hot tub to the freezing, Arctic fucking blast in your face, you know, when your limbs, everything's dying, okay? Everything's dying when you move from the scalding, suffocating water to the absolute Arctic freezing water, and you go under there and start losing your breath, because it's so... You're moving from

suffocating heat to absolute Arctic chill, to freeze, and you start like not being able to breathe, because your body's just like, what is going on? And so I burnt it with fire today, feeling great. After I burnt it with fire, I went out and had lunch, meatloaf, meatloaf, and mashed batudes, mashed potatoes, with my kids at school. And then after that, I went to Trader fucking Joe's. And Trader fucking Joe's is where I got inspired. Today I want to talk to you guys about good, being the enemy of great. Now I'm sure that you guys have heard, like, good to great, these types of things, and good being the enemy of Graham. I'm sure you've heard this before. I'm sure you've heard this before. But I want to give my flavor to it, and I would love for you guys to stay a while and

listen. You see, as I was at Trader Joe's, I picked a corner. My wife was out doing her thing, and I just don't interrupt. Because Trader Joe's is not my, there's like nothing there that I want to consume. So I just, I pick a corner, and I just hang out. And as I was in this corner, I was watching people. I was people watching. And I can't, I don't know why it happened today. But today was the day, when as I was in that corner, I must have seen 50 easily, easily 50 women, all in fucking yoga pants at Trader Joe's, fighting themselves, literally fighting themselves, over trying to pick out healthy foods, when clearly most of them have given up, or gave up years ago, decades ago. You know exactly what I'm talking about. Let me paint the picture if you ain't no. We

I don't know why it happened today. But today was the day, when as I was in that corner, I must have seen 50 easily, easily 50 women, all in fucking yoga pants at Trader Joe's, fighting themselves, literally fighting themselves, over trying to pick out healthy foods, when clearly most of them have given up, or gave up years ago, decades ago. You know exactly what I'm talking about. Let me paint the picture if you ain't no. We have tens, tens, 50s, all these women walking around in yoga pants, you're clearly overweight, you're clearly out of shape. And the agonizing, I sat there with this one lady, I wrote this down, she was fighting herself, about a 15 calorie differential between a cranberry, two cranberry salads that she was talking to herself. She was like, I don't know if I can eat this. And this one has

a 295 calories, this one has 280. And I was like, fuck, lady, you gave up, you gave up years ago. And I know it feels good to mentally placate yourself and feel the rational, go through the entire rationalization process and feeling validated and feeling good that you're trying to fight the good fight over a difference of 15 calories. But lady, you're fighting the wrong fight. I know you got the yoga pants and I know you spent all that money making sure that you look like your part of the social elite of moms who work out after they drop their kids off at expensive ass schools. But you gave up woman years ago. You gave up years ago. And then as she was finishing the deliberation over a 15 calorie differential in cranberry fucking salads, she picked up two calls I was standing there. Picked up

two calls. One of the calls seemed like she was loud. She seemed like she was talking, she had to discuss some party issues and helping out with some party and the other one with some other event that she had to talk to. And she was disheveled. She was all over the place. You know what this reminded me of? As I was standing there watching the shenanigans at Trader Joe's and all these broken ass women trying to pick out healthy food when clearly they gave up years ago. I wrote this down in my phone. I said people are distracted from bullshit. People are distracted from bullshit. People have chosen the good, which is the enemy of great. They have chosen good. The enemy of great. Are you distracted by bullshit? Do you get caught up in the nonsense of the world? Have you moved away from

your sweet spot by good, quote unquote, good enough things? That's like this is what came to mind. You see, everyone that's asking for your time. Everyone that's asking for your time, guys. Their agenda does not equal yours. They have different expectations of the outcome when they're asking for your help. Their needs might be great. Their needs might be great. But their needs. Their needs are never is, they never need you. You're never that required. And that's when I watched. That's what I watched when I was looking at all these ladies. Trader Joe's is that it just seemed, and this must have been just the puny-gui, the atmosphere of the place. It just seemed like everyone there was scattered. No one was, no one seemed, everyone seemed agitated. Maybe it was just me standing there watching this gaddle of women flying in and out of these

they never need you. You're never that required. And that's when I watched. That's what I watched when I was looking at all these ladies. Trader Joe's is that it just seemed, and this must have been just the puny-gui, the atmosphere of the place. It just seemed like everyone there was scattered. No one was, no one seemed, everyone seemed agitated. Maybe it was just me standing there watching this gaddle of women flying in and out of these doors, grabbing shit off the shelves and hoping that that would help them lose some weight or make them feel good when, again, clearly, the vast majority of them gave up decades ago. You see, are you scattered? Are you scattered with a lot of activities? Have you chosen the good, which is the enemy of great? You see, the problem with good is that when you focus on the

good, you'll miss the great opportunities in life. Are you busy? I used to, this is something that, let me take you back to my consulting times, guys. I used to, I used to, and if I were to get back into consulting, I would still do it because I have no fear. That's why people called me. One of the reason why people called me is they know that I was one of the only and few consultants that they've ever met that would never bullshit them, that would never bullshit them, and risk offending them, risk pissing them off, and risk losing maybe the relationship based on what I would say. People call me because I'm willing to tell them the real shit. You know, one of the things I used to say a lot when I was a consultant, we talk about being busy, being busy. How

all the employees are busy, and there's not enough productivity, there's not enough output coming from the software development teams, and these product development teams. And I would ask a rhetorical question. I would say, oh, you guys are busy? Well, just because you busy don't mean that you're effective, and frankly, we can go even farther. Just because you're busy doesn't mean you're valuable. For any of you guys working in the corporate world, take this to heart. Here we go. Just because you're busy doesn't mean you're valuable. Just because you're busy doesn't mean you're valuable. Actually, I'd go even farther, and I used to say this to my clients. Some of you guys are so busy at being busy that you don't actually do anything. Let's be intellectually honest. Some of you guys in corporate slavery, in corporate America, in the job that you fucking hate that

you've been there for 19 years, you're so busy at being busy that you don't actually produce anything of value. You're not even valuable. You're just a medium of meetings. You're a medium of information in which a system could do what you're doing far more effectively and without $100,000 salary. So many people are so busy at being busy that actually not doing anything in life. And this is what I found, at least from the outside, as I was standing there in Trader Joe's, this is what I came to believe that a lot of these women are just so busy at being busy that not a whole lot's actually getting done. You see, we have to resist. We have to resist the temptation to be an inch deep and a mile wide. Drill down. Drill down focus on something. Focus on something great. See if the challenge

what I found, at least from the outside, as I was standing there in Trader Joe's, this is what I came to believe that a lot of these women are just so busy at being busy that not a whole lot's actually getting done. You see, we have to resist. We have to resist the temptation to be an inch deep and a mile wide. Drill down. Drill down focus on something. Focus on something great. See if the challenge of drilling down deep on something brings you alive. Don't miss this guys. This is one of the kind of the the lithmist tests for me and any new endeavor. As I drill down deeper in research, as I drill down deeper in understanding, as I drill down deeper in understanding the market and the opportunities that exist in this new tech or this new market, there's new demographic, I'm

always asking myself, is does this challenge of learning and do the opportunities that emerge and do the opportunities that are presented to me in this new thing? Is that challenge bringing me alive? Is it activating all my cylinders? Because you know, you know how you're wired. You know if you're a mature and woke adult about yourself, somewhat self-aware, you know how you're wired. You know how you're gifted. So stay in that lane. It's fascinating to me how many people are just, they're consumed by being a mile wide and they haven't drilled down on anything. And so they become nothing. They become so busy being busy that they're not effectively doing anything. So here's a question I have to ask you. And this is something that is important to me as well. Is what you're doing now bringing all of you alive? Is it bringing you

alive? Is it challenging your soul? Is it creating a tension, a good tension of the unknown and the excitement of the opportunity? Validate. If you have friends, I don't have that many, but if you have friends, validate what you do best with others. Get feedback from them. Ask them, hey, you see me doing X, Y and Z? Where's the chaff? What do I not need to do? Out of all these things that I'm doing, friends, chingrous, which one do you think validates me? Which one do you think brings me fully alive? Often our present predicaments are results of over-commitment and inability. Isn't that true? Isn't our often our current predicaments? Simply the results of over-commitment and inability? It's not that you wanted to be unable to do that thing or unable to help. It's that you've over-committed yourself and that over-commitment has not given you

the margin or time to effectively do that thing. And when you have an inability, when you're not able to do something with greatness, you know what that creates? It creates anxiety and stress. Fuck, guys. I have enough anxiety and stress just focusing on a couple things. Lord, I have mercy. I would hate to have an anxiety over 9,000 things and none of them of which I do effectively are well. Don't miss this. You can always tell when you're not operating in the vortex of your gifts. You always know. You know you're an adult. You've been adulting long enough. You're grown up. You know when you're not operating within the vortex of your gifts. I'll give you an example and it's of a world that I have a lot of interest but I don't talk about a lot because it's not something that any of my

effectively are well. Don't miss this. You can always tell when you're not operating in the vortex of your gifts. You always know. You know you're an adult. You've been adulting long enough. You're grown up. You know when you're not operating within the vortex of your gifts. I'll give you an example and it's of a world that I have a lot of interest but I don't talk about a lot because it's not something that any of my friends care about. It's Formula One. Like I've been watching Formula One for decades. I love this and one of my favorite, one of my favorite Formula One drivers is Kenny Reikenden. He used to drive for Ferrari. It kind of passed his prime but now they've moved him to Alfa Romeo which is kind of like the breeding ground or the four that getting promoted into Ferrari. But also

Alfa Romeo is kind of in the middle of the pack of Formula cars and Formula, let's just say the expertise. And so Kenny being closer to 40 now than his younger counterparts has been moved to Alfa Romeo. Now what's great about this example is Kenny is one of those types of guys who doesn't give a fuck about anything except what he's good at. That's the example. This guy, like if you watch his interviews, his interviews are the best because they, you know, interview people interviewing and asking questions just like, yeah, so what? Doesn't matter. Don't care. I need to do this. Like he's so hyper focused on who he is and what he's good at that he just doesn't deal with the chaff. And one of the things that I've loved about his transition from Ferrari to Alfa Romeo is at Alfa Romeo, he can

do exactly what he's good at which to just be a great and consistent driver. He doesn't need the politics of the upper echelon Formula, Formula companies like Red Bull and Mercedes and Ferrari. He doesn't need that shit. He's too old for that shit. So he's going to a team Alfa Romeo that understands that he just wants to stay in his lane. He's an old man now. He's not 19 years old. He's not 20 years old. He's an old man. He stays in his lane. And he knows when he's not operating within the vortex of his gifts. He knows he needs to stay in the lane here. That's where he does his best work. And how do you know? How do you know when you're not operating in the vortex of your gifts, the focal point of what you're best at? Because, well, how do you

know? Well, it's easy. I wrote it down here. Because good and worthy activities. Good and worthy activities become chores and they are eventually despised. Is that not the truth? Is that not the truth? Is that when you're not operating within your greatest giftings, when you're not operating in your greatest gifts, your greatest strengths, even the good and worthy activities that are often maybe sometimes required, they become chores and they eventually become despised by you. Because they're not what you're the best at. You end up being haunted that something is off. Something is wrong. You're not fully alive. You're not fully running it on all 12 cylinders. You're not fully there. You're not fully engaged mentally, physically, spiritually in this endeavor. So find replacements. Find replacements. This is one of the things that I have had to learn as a business builder and startups. Is my

chores and they eventually become despised by you. Because they're not what you're the best at. You end up being haunted that something is off. Something is wrong. You're not fully alive. You're not fully running it on all 12 cylinders. You're not fully there. You're not fully engaged mentally, physically, spiritually in this endeavor. So find replacements. Find replacements. This is one of the things that I have had to learn as a business builder and startups. Is my job because I'm self-aware enough, my job is to find replacements for me as the company matures and grows. Because I don't have the strengths. I don't have the giftings to take it to the next levels where it needs to be. I'm a zero to one startup entrepreneur. I'm a visionary. I'm a product guy, which means I like to build new shit, lay first brick, build it up

to a level of sustainability. And then I want to build something else. I want to try something else. Hand it off to someone who can take it from a small, medium company and help their mature enough when it grows to a medium company that they will find someone else to grow it to a large company. I am a zero to one entrepreneur. I need to stay in my lane because I get bored. And the great things or the good things become despised by me. You know, others admire. Others admire and rejoice when you are at your best, when you're great. Don't let the good, which is the enemy of the great distract you. Others admire. They want to work with people who are great. They want to work with people who are at their best. Position yourself to excel in your clearest strength. Position yourself

to excel in your clearest strength. Have courage and faith to say no to good people and even good things. They're good, but they're not great. Mature people will understand when you say no. Mature people will understand when you say, hey, that's a good man. That must be really great for you, but for me, it's just good. And I'm not down with good. I only want great for me. Because your agenda is different than mine. Yeah, you might think you need my help, but you don't need my help. Because if you need my help, well, then you're making a poor decision because I'm just going to be good at it. You need someone that's great at it. Don't miss the opportunities because you're picking up all the goods. Stop picking up the goods. Focus on the one great thing and be excellent at it. And here's

the thing you don't, here's the thing if you're ever worried about it. You know what I found in life and I wrote this down. You know what I found in life? The good always ends up taking care of itself. Let me repeat that. The good in life, the good opportunities in life, the good things. They always end up taking care of themselves. It's the great things for you that require you and only you. No one else. There's only going to be a few great opportunities in life. Let's be intellectually honest and into the man. Life is so short, there's only going to be. Now I've only lived half a life so I don't know the full story yet. But just play with me here. Track with me here. I believe that there's only going to be a few, maybe less than two hands, maybe less

you that require you and only you. No one else. There's only going to be a few great opportunities in life. Let's be intellectually honest and into the man. Life is so short, there's only going to be. Now I've only lived half a life so I don't know the full story yet. But just play with me here. Track with me here. I believe that there's only going to be a few, maybe less than two hands, maybe less than ten opportunities in life. For great things for you, great things, things that would, are life changing, trajectory changing, history changing, family, trajectory changing, family tree changing. World changing. There's only going to be a few of those for you. There really are. But there's going to be a thousand good things, a thousand millions of good things. But the good things always take care of themselves. The good

things always take care of themselves. And don't let this good, the good opportunities in life be the enemy of the great opportunities that you could miss. And I'll tell you again why. Because the great opportunities, the greatness, the great opportunities of life, they require you. And if you're not ready, if you're not listening, if your eyes aren't open, your ears aren't to the ground listening for those great opportunities, those life changing opportunities, because you're so filled up to capacity, being busy, being worthless, doing lots of good shit. And then you're going to miss the great. So here's the question. What good do you need to remove so that you can be paired and open for the great? This is Peter, the Bitcoin Lambo. If you enjoyed this episode, feel free to subscribe, smash the like button, and please do send this to someone in your

network who you think might need it. Have a great day, guys.