It’s Not A Priority
Almost all of our limitations are self-imposed. Don't let your lack of planning, education, environment or connections stop you.
I stumbled onto a new show recently called the West Texas Investors Club. One of the investors is Wayne “Butch” Gilliam is widely known as one of the most reputable pipe salesmen in Permian Basin. He is currently co-owner of Patriot Premium Threading Services.
Gilliam dropped out of high school at 15 to work at his father’s machine shop. He started at the ground floor as a “shop-sweep.” He worked day and night during the oil boom of the 1980’s and was quickly promoted to machinist and later, became president of the company. Gilliam used the knowledge gleaned from his years spent at every level …show more content…
Until it becomes as second nature as breathing.
In the book Outliers, by author Malcolm Gladwell, he writes about his theory that it takes approximately 10,000 hours of practice to achieve mastery in any field.
Do you already have 10,000 hours of practice? Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe you’re working on it. It is easy to break down the math and look at it: 52 weeks a year x 20 hours a week x 10 years = 10,400 hours. Using that formula I have 36,400 hours. Using a full time formula I have over 62K hours. Either way, I’m still practicing. I’m still working every day to improve myself and get it right.
What about you? Where have you logged your hours? Or are you still logging hours of practice? What is it that you do really well? What tasks do you perform so well that people are always asking: How did you do that? This could be your blue flame. Stick with it.
Individual Snowflakes
Snowflakes and people have something in common, we are all unique. My dad would tell me growing up that I looked just like him, two eyes, two ears, a nose, a mouth. That was true. But I’m still unique. There are no two people or snowflakes alike. There are no two me’s or
Almost all of our limitations are self-imposed. Don't let your lack of planning, education, environment or connections stop you.
I stumbled onto a new show recently called the West Texas Investors Club. One of the investors is Wayne “Butch” Gilliam is widely known as one of the most reputable pipe salesmen in Permian Basin. He is currently co-owner of Patriot Premium Threading Services.
Gilliam dropped out of high school at 15 to work at his father’s machine shop. He started at the ground floor as a “shop-sweep.” He worked day and night during the oil boom of the 1980’s and was quickly promoted to machinist and later, became president of the company. Gilliam used the knowledge gleaned from his years spent at every level …show more content…
Until it becomes as second nature as breathing.
In the book Outliers, by author Malcolm Gladwell, he writes about his theory that it takes approximately 10,000 hours of practice to achieve mastery in any field.
Do you already have 10,000 hours of practice? Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe you’re working on it. It is easy to break down the math and look at it: 52 weeks a year x 20 hours a week x 10 years = 10,400 hours. Using that formula I have 36,400 hours. Using a full time formula I have over 62K hours. Either way, I’m still practicing. I’m still working every day to improve myself and get it right.
What about you? Where have you logged your hours? Or are you still logging hours of practice? What is it that you do really well? What tasks do you perform so well that people are always asking: How did you do that? This could be your blue flame. Stick with it.
Individual Snowflakes
Snowflakes and people have something in common, we are all unique. My dad would tell me growing up that I looked just like him, two eyes, two ears, a nose, a mouth. That was true. But I’m still unique. There are no two people or snowflakes alike. There are no two me’s or