The #1 Mistake in Business: How You Can Avoid It

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“People love people that subconsciously remind them of themselves. Narcissists love narcissists.” - Tai Lopez

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Change is difficult. 

In our businesses, in our relationships, whatever the area of our life is that we’re seeking change in, it is a challenge. To initiate the shift, we have to of course look outward and examine the externalities of our lives. But the real momentum change comes when we look inward and assess ourselves. 

On today’s episode of The Tai Lopez Show, we are discussing The 67 Steps. When we take personality tests, we can pinpoint what areas of ourselves need to be addressed. This helps us determine a course of action when trying to create the optimal health, wealth, love, and happiness.

Listen to this episode to learn about key personality traits, so you can better understand the people around you!

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“If you go to entrepreneur conferences and walk into a room with 500 entrepreneurs, you are now in a room of 500 insane people.” - Tai Lopez

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Points to Keep In Mind

• The 6 attributes of narcissism: authority, self-sufficiency, superiority, exhibitionism, exploitativeness, vanity, entitlement 
• Read The H Factor of Personality to learn how to categorize people
• Most narcissists don’t see themselves as narcissists
• Extroverts like new things; introverts like routines
• Machiavellianism is sneaky, two-faced, manipulative; linked to being bullied as a child
• Characterized as people who pursue in an interpersonally exploitative strategy
• Higher narcissism means higher extroversion and creativity
• Childhood bullying is tied to higher levels of machiavellianism
• Narcissism leads to higher levels of stress
• Scientists say it takes the average person 67 days to break a habit
• Conscientiousness is diligence, prudence, organization, and perfection
• Scientists laugh at the Myers-Briggs test
• We celebrate people with mental problems in the modern world
• Men are more psychopathic than women

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“You don’t want to be surrounded by ‘yes-men.’ You want to be surrounded by people who are going to say, “Hey Boss, I have a better way.” - Jocko Willink

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Everybody has goals they want to accomplish. 

But very few are making the daily steps to make it happen. Too often in life we get caught up in the winds of obligation and commitment, and we leave our bigger dreams by the wayside. To combat this tendency, we must learn the keys to productivity. 

That’s why on today’s episode of The Tai Lopez Show, we are joined by Navy SEAL Jocko Willink to discuss productivity. Jocko is the author of 3 New York Times Bestsellers, most notably Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win. Willink’s insights spread across multiple domains: from discipline to foreign policy, all the way to how to run a business. Tune in to hear his insights, so you can learn how to do the most with your given schedule. 

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“I wake up at 4:30. That’s a really good root of personal discipline. When you make the decision to not snuggle back with your pillow, you will feel better.” - Jocko Willink

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Points to Keep In Mind

• It something doesn’t make sense, put a stop to it
• If you struggle with discipline, seek out martial arts to train yourself
• Under Saddam Hussein, Afghanistan civilians were being tortured 
• In the initial phases of the Iraq War, American troops fought alongside Iraqi soldiers
• The problem on the battlefield is that there is not enough decentralized command
• Most of the door-to-door fighting has been done by Iraqi soldiers
• • ISIS has gone from 70,000 to just over 1,000
• Personal discipline will set you free by making you feel good in the long-run. 
• • Thus, you won’t make choices that try to make you feel good in the short-term
• Napoleon said if you execute a plan that you know is wrong, you’re culpable
• Life is part art (the human gut instinct) and part science (the metrics)
• Once you’re no longer afraid to die, then you will just care about the people around you
• Contrary to popular belief, the military doesn’t stifle creativity
• Subjects in school should be taught together, as the interwoven story they are
• There’s people who aren’t more anti-war than those who serve
• Quick wars are good wars and heavily influenced by level of preparation

• “You get paid in direct proportion to the difficulty of problems you solve." - Elon Musk
• Understand that recreation is overrated
• Social media is a truth-teller
• Hire people who have energy, integrity, innovation, learning ability, adaptability, and humility
• Read The Secret Language of Money, Managing Oneself, and The Happiness Hypothesis.
• Emotional people are fear-based and action-oriented people rely on pride, so adjust your approach accordingly
• If you want financial advice, don’t talk to the person who wrote the Wall Street Journal article; talk to the person who owns the Wall Street Journal
• Write out what you want your eulogy to be and pursue that life
• Shrinking the problem allows you to see the problem
• Pull your information from disparate sources to forge an evenly balanced point-of-view
• Understand the four Ps of marketing: product, price, place and promotion
• Test the viability of your product by understanding if it can reroute traffic