10xTalk With Joe Polish And Dan Sullivan

Episode Summary

There is always a special something that everyone has that gives them extraordinary amounts of energy – this is their Unique Ability – and is the foundation of Strategic Coach.

In this second episode of a two-part series Dan Sullivan and Joe Polish examine what the Unique Ability is, why it’s so important, why most never discover it, and more.

If you haven’t already heard the first part of this series, we recommend you listen to it first. More information can be found at 10xTalk.com/120.

Here’s a glance at what you’ll learn from Dan and Joe in this episode:

Dan shares his definition of an entrepreneur and how to identify your Unique Ability
Why 1970-1980 was the unhappiest time in Dan’s life and what Dan did to positively transform his life
What to do to completely shift your life and break through when you’re fighting silent battles or feeling trapped
The key to being more innovative, generating more creativity and experiencing more freedom
How to keep yourself young, improve the quality of your life and really like the person you are

Show Notes

Unique ability activities have an energetic center, they are activities that fascinate and motivate you.
People will often pay you to perform your particular unique ability and they can be combined with other collaborators to create yet another unique ability.
There are two ways to approach life: The first involves following all the rules from the age of 3 to the age of 30 with some tests and training along the way. The second involves creating your own ladder where you put in years without being seen as a success, it’s a bet that people will want the unique thing you are creating.
If you haven’t been successful after you’re 30, the world often stops giving you help.
There is a part of every individual’s life that is lonely where you get no help whatsoever. How you deal with that loneliness determines if you find success or failure.
If you believe you have something special and it’s your job to bring it out, you’re much more likely to be successful.
The value you feel about yourself doesn’t matter until you make yourself valuable to others.
Do you think you are special enough to take ownership for everything in your life, not just the things that work but also the things that didn’t work.
Transforming your life experience into something useful for other people is unique ability.
There are two types of smart: the thinking ability you are born with, and your ability to present an idea that can transform someone else’s life.
The starting point of developing a unique ability is thinking about how you think.
There are four levels of thinking: thinking about things, thinking about people, thinking about thoughts, and thinking about thinking itself.
Creative people retain the mind of their six year old self, it’s about having a fresh perspective on life.
You have to like being who you are. Stop the self hate.
You have to want what you want, without having to justify it. Your creativity will zero in on your value creation much more clearly without having to explain why you want something.
Your life should always be incomplete, don’t talk yourself into your grave.
There is one standard for what you are going to get involved in. It should fascinate and intellectually engage you, and motivate you to take action and take risks.
Never compare yourself to other people.
Strive to be useful and constantly increasing your ability to create value in the world.
The world has changed. You used to be rewarded for going along with the rules, now it’s more important to make up your own rules.

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