BRX Pro Tip: Ways to Play in Easy Mode
Stone Payton: Welcome back to Business RadioX Pro Tips. Lee Kantor and Stone Payton here with you. Lee, I would like very much to explore what, if anything, we can be doing, so that we’re playing in easy mode.
Lee Kantor: Yeah, I think that’s really kind of another secret to success is figuring out a way to play in easy mode, instead of always dealing with the most difficult path and the hardest way to do things. And don’t confuse operating in easy mode as being lazy. Think of it more in terms of working smarter, not harder. And this is about really being smart with your resources, removing friction wherever there’s friction, and focusing in on the things that truly matter.
So, think about I would go after one thing in your business or in your life, what aspect feels unnecessarily complex? You know, where is an area that it just seems like we are working way too hard in getting the result that we want. There has to be a better way to do this. So, once you find that place where maybe there’s too much complexity, then start thinking about, you know, what actions do you have to take? And then, this is really kind of a little bit of self-analysis. Start thinking about what are your weaknesses? Is the reason this is complex because I’m having to rely on my weaknesses to get this thing done. And my weaknesses are weaknesses, so I’m not good at it, I don’t like doing it. And so, therefore it’s not getting done. Is that what’s causing this kind of more difficult path?
Number two, what are your superpowers? You have superpowers. Is the task aligned with your superpowers? Are your superpowers contributing to making this easier or are you not leveraging your superpowers enough, and that’s why it’s hard?
And then, number three is, is it possible to offload some of your weaknesses to somebody else? Can you delegate some of your weaknesses to someone else, so that this process becomes easier?
And number four, how can you be spending more time doing what you do best where your superpower is? Think about that. How can you layer in your superpower into this process, so that you’re maximizing your superpower, kind of eliminating your weakness, and putting the weakness in the hands in someone else’s strength? And this way, it’ll make that task a little less difficult and more easy.
And number five, if you’re doing this really well, hopefully, you have somebody on the team that can automate some of these elements to make it that much more automatic and that much more simple. So, where can you automate? I’m always looking for opportunities to automate. And where I think everyone could do better is finding places to delegate around the weaknesses and leverage the superpowers. So, that’s some ways that you can be playing on easy mode.
