IWillTeachYouToBeRich - Why “good enough” is life-changing

                                                           

Reader,

One of the biggest obstacles every Top Performer has to overcome is perfectionism. This is a classic hang-up.

Now, perfectionism might make sense at work. That's why you:

  • Triple-check the numbers in your weekly report
  • Make every element in your design crisp and balanced
  • Write two more drafts on your sales page even though you've already edited it 7 times

Perfectionism is part of what puts the "top" in Top Performer.

But this mindset can wreak havoc on your personal life. 

When it comes to having fun and trying new things, perfectionism is a wet blanket.

As one of my Teach Yourself Anything students, Jonathan Danao, put it: "I used to approach things with the mindset that, if I'm not going to be the best, then why even bother?"

Sound familiar?

Let's go down this rabbit hole...

Q: What happens when you set "the best" as your bar for success?

A: You start to become really selective about what you're willing to do. 

That's very logical.

  • "I'd love to learn how to tango, but I'm a terrible dancer now. It would take a long time to become great."
  • "If I try to learn something new — like how to play guitar — that's time not spent on the stuff I'm already good at — like SEO."
  • "I can only be the best at one, maybe two, things. I need to focus on that."

My goal is to help you live a Rich Life — in your job and outside of it. I want you to be interesting and interested enough to have amazing hobbies. And when you talk about them, I want people to see the passion in your eyes.

Today, I want to show you the system I use to learn one new skill quickly, all while still having a life!

I put the entire system in my course: Teach Yourself Anything

These are the tools, techniques, and mindsets I use to learn any new skill fast. If you want to stop thinking about all the cool things you want to learn and start doing them, this is for you.

Here’s a sneak peek at what’s included (full details here):

  • How to dominate difficult learning curves by leveraging your own hidden psychological triggers
  • One simple tweak that can overwrite 20 years of programming and install a brand new skill in less than 20 hours (with very minimal practice)
  • Why we’re lazy — and how to work around our inherent laziness
  • 4 simple questions that will break apart the successes of other people and isolate winning tactics you can use in your own life
  • How to get quick, easy wins from otherwise big, intimidating goals — like learning to be funny, speaking Italian, or becoming a great public speaker 
  • The Personality Quiz: A simple, 10-minute exercise that can rapidly accelerate your ability to learn any skill
  • My "one hour" rule that helps me learn 2x faster — I spent SIX MONTHS trying to learn the drums before I started using this
  • How to identify amazing teachers … and skip the not-so-amazing ones
  • The Drinking Game strategy for learning new languages fast
  • Why it gets easier to talk yourself out of learning new skills as you get older — and why starting from scratch actually gives you a huge advantage
  • The 4-word phrase I use to turn embarrassment into a strength 
  • How I distill new subjects down to their core principles — without reading thousands of books
  • 3 ways to get brutally honest feedback so you can accelerate your progress in any skill
  • The pre-persuasion elements you can embed in your environment to persuade yourself to stay focused
  • The Stacking Technique: Use this to add 10 hours of learning time per month without changing up your daily routine

Join Teach Yourself Anything today and get the master key for radically speeding up how you learn ANY skill.

As Teach Yourself Anything student Jonathan describes it: 

“It’s cool to be able to do a lot of things, and know a lot about different things, that fall outside of what people expect of you. It’s nice to be able to say, ‘I’m more than just writing code and building reports. I can make coffee, I can solve a Rubik's Cube, I can make music.’ It’s really cool to be able to say that."

Teach Yourself Anything student Jonathan Danao
teaching himself how to make great coffee

Top Performers don't have to be boring.

So, two questions for you today:

What small, simple thing have you been meaning to try but keep putting off for … reasons? 

And what will you discover about yourself when you stop making excuses and give yourself permission to try?

 
LEARN MORE ABOUT TEACH YOURSELF ANYTHING
 

P.S. Why are other people joining Teach Yourself Anything? I ask every student who joins. Here are some of their responses. What do you notice?

"If I can pick up just one or two insights about my learning process and how to learn faster or more efficiently, it will be well worth the investment because that will compound over my lifetime. I am most excited about the little nuggets of insight that I am sure to find within the course." 

"The focusing. The getting down to the things that matter most in a new subject. I want to capitalize on the meat of new information and start applying it. I have a lot of knowledge but rarely take action. I freeze and don't know where to start when I want to apply it to my life. I am really excited about learning how to focus on, and understand better, how I learn and how to use that knowledge to leverage anything I decide to do!"

"I have a huge backlog of skills I want to work on and improve, but I can't seem to find an efficient way to do it (like Tim Ferriss seems to be able to do!) I'm going to take this course by the horns and see how far I can go."

"I hope to gain understanding of why I am lazy even though I am crazy smart."

"I'm hoping to get some tools to keep me from getting hung on up the details and to not get discouraged and stop whatever current learning project I'm on."

"I hope to learn new skills, at least one new skill a month based on the techniques shared in this program."

"I'm a big picture type of person. I like to learn the ‘meta’ information of processes. I'm hoping this gives me a system that is easy to follow and understand."

"I love to learn. I mean LOVE to learn! I probably read 3 books a week on new ideas...but I'm slow at learning the info. I read fast, but I dive in too deep, getting caught up in the minutia and don't get the important stuff that will make things happen. I'm hoping this can refocus me, show me a way to take the most important parts and use them towards getting what I want in life."

P.P.S. As always, you’re covered by my no-brainer, 100% money-back guarantee.

You’ll have a full 60 days before you have to decide it’s right for you. That’s enough time to work through the entire course — TWICE. Then, if you don’t love it, email me and you’ll get every penny back. 

Join Teach Yourself Anything now

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