[E22] How to Add Value to The People Around You (And Build a Successful Career in the Process)

<p><strong>How do you add value?</strong></p><p>Stop trying to impress everyone and start impressing the people that actually matter by doing work that adds value. </p><p>Trying to make friends with everyone is something that a high school kid does to fit in. </p><p>An actual adult doesn’t care about short-term happiness nearly as much as long-term happiness – which is rooted in assurance. </p><p>If you’re always trying to please others, you’re fixated on short-term happiness. And if you’re fixated on short-term happiness, you’re unable to provide maximum value to the people that are in charge of your income (whether that’s an employer, clients, customers, etc.) </p><p>Stop trying to please people who will never like you anyway and focus on doing what it takes to plant long-term seeds that will eventually grow into something far bigger and better.</p><ol><li><strong>Intentionally architect your day</strong><ol><li>Start on Sunday</li><li>Prep the the night before</li><li>Begin the day</li><li>Rest at the midpoint</li><li>Brain dump before finishing your workday</li></ol></li><li><strong>Wake up with purpose</strong><ol><li>Put your alarm/phone on the other side of the room.</li><li>Prep the night before</li><li>Minimizing decision fatigue </li><li>Fight the first 90 seconds</li></ol></li><li><strong>Leverage the UOA strategy</strong><ol><li>Under Promise</li><li>Over Deliver</li><li>Ask for Feedback</li></ol></li></ol>