Shift from performing to architecting

Marshall Goldsmith said, “what got you here won’t get you there.”

I think this is partly true.

Often the strategies you have relied on to achieve success in life and in your career involve working hard, being responsive, solving more problems, saying yes.

You demonstrate competence and, over time, build expertise.

You gain recognition for being a high performer and are rewarded with more responsibility and more work.

But if you were to continue relying on the strategies you have use in the previous decades, it is a fast road to burn out.

All these strategies rely on incredible effort.

And effort is finite.

In order to create even greater impact, you need to increase your impact to effort ratio.

So yes, what got you here won’t get you there.

But the part of Goldsmith’s quote that isn’t true is that part of what got you here is your innate intelligence.

And that is something you always have with you.

It is always ready to guide you and bring fresh thinking when you need it.

Pair your innate intelligence with a focus on increasing your impact to effort ratio, and you can really fly.

You multiply your influence.

You create systems that scale.

Your actions have compounding affects.

Your results-oriented mindset acts as a filter for your actions.

Creative thought flows freely because you’ve eliminated the noise.

You feel more energized because you are highly selective about what you say yes to.

This doesn’t happen without careful design.

You have to become an architect and build the systems, mindset, influence, and leverage that creates outsized impact.

Are you ready to shift from performer to architect?

Love,

Audrey