We're having this discussion the other day about, what does it take to be the GOAT?
The greatest of all time.
I think, a lot of times, most of us don't appreciate that what it takes to be the greatest
of all time in anything that you do is universal across profession.
So whether I'm a professional basketball player or whether I'm an executive or an entrepreneur.
Whether I'm a baseball or a golfer or whether I'm a scientist, there are some core personality
traits that the A players, the top 1% all have.
Okay?
Steph Curry, who is my favorite basketball player and a favorite basketball player of
all my family, he is the greatest shooter in human history.
That is, he can take shots from distances and hit 50% from three point range, at
28 and 30 feet.
... himself from any other shooter in the history of the game, Mike.
Oh man, his three's good.
Did you think he was going to wait and take the last shot?
Which is literally crazy, it's unprecedented, there's no one that's even remotely close.
He's not able to do that because he's lucky, okay?
He has a couple of things.
Number one, he has natural talent.
I like to call these his gifts.
I mean the good Lord blessed him with exceptional hand-eye coordination, okay?
But that alone isn't enough for him to become the greatest shooter of all time.
The second thing that he has to have is commitment, okay?
That is, he's committed to maximizing those talents and gifts that he was blessed with.
This is him putting in the work, this is what the Lord's done for him.
Number three, he has to have a process.
Right?
What he's gonna do, he's gonna be committed to maximizing the gifts he was born with.
So he creates a process or borrows from someone else, but he creates a process that he uses
his commitment to exercise.
Number four, he has to have support.
He has the best coaches.
He has the best nutritionists.
He has the best dieticians.
He has the best physical therapists.
He works in the best facilities.
He uses the best technologies.
He surrounds himself with people who are good at all the things that he's not.
Okay?
And number five, he has to have diligence.
This means he's gotta be willing to put the work in.
Steph Curry is never not the Point Guard for the Golden State Warriors.
He is never not the greatest shooter in the NBA.
He is never not, across the board, committed to being the best at his profession.
And whether it's Steph Curry or Michael Jordan or Larry Bird or Roger Clemens or Jack Nicklaus
or Tiger Woods or Steve Jobs or Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos or Walker Reynolds, unless you're
all these things ... All these people have this in common.
They were born with talent and gifts, they were committed to maximizing those gifts,
they developed a process, they found people and surrounded themselves with people who
were strong where they were weak, and they worked their asses off, okay?
They literally, not one of these people, when you ask them ... And I, by the way, the Walker
Reynolds part's a joke, okay?
I strive to be the GOAT, but I don't think I'm the GOAT.
These are the things that these people all have in common, okay?
So if what you want to be is the greatest of all time, or if what you want to be is
just an A player, or a top 1%, then it means, or a rock star ... It means that you have
to be absolutely committed, absolutely committed to your profession.
So as a controls engineer or a software developer, I am always a controls engineer or a software
developer.
I'm also always an entrepreneur, and I am always working, using these five steps, to
try and become the GOAT at everything I do.
Okay?
I work my vacations and personal time around my commitment to my profession, not the other
way around.
That's what it takes.
You are either a professional, or you are a part-time worker.
There's no middle ground, okay?
Anyway, I just wanted to ... That's what it takes.
That's the jersey this month.
Oh I just smashed that.
Alright cool.
Smash that light button.
Yeah, smash that light button.
Comment below.
I should do all that.
Hey do me a favor, smash comment.
You would always be legit.
No that's kind of how I feel about me being a content creator, you know?
It takes freaking commitment.
It's...
You gotta ... Yeah, what's up man?
I'm not shooting right now.
Oh okay.
Sorry ...