Amateurs, Professionals, and Elevators 

Definition of an Elevator:
1.  One who elevates everyone around them through their thoughts, words, and actions
2.  Someone who takes people to the top with them

Levels of performance:
1.  Poor
2.  Average 
3.  Good (top 20%)
4.  Great (top 50%)
5.  Elite (top 1%)
6.  Elevator (top .001%)

⭐️Priorities 
Amateur: says yes to almost everything
Professional: says no to some things
Elevator:  says no to almost everything that doesn’t have to do with their top priorities and most important goals

⭐️Do Hard Things 
Amateur:  avoids hard things at all costs
Professional:  does some hard things, but avoids the hardest things
Elevator:  runs towards the hardest things all the time because they know that’s what it takes to elevate the fastest and to become the best

⭐️Model Mt. Rushmore 
Amateur:  spends little to no time studying greatness
Professional:  Spends time learning, but doesn’t study and learn from the best of the best
Elevator:  studies and learns from the best of the best only, is extremely scrutinous with the information they take in, studying billionaires, special forces soldiers, and four-star generals, Hall of Fame athletes and coaches, US presidents

1.  Be early for commitments. 
Amateur:  generally a few minutes late for commitments
Professional: on time some of the time
Elevator:  early for almost every commitment

2.  Do what you say you’re going to do when you say you’re going to do it.
Amateur:  keeps their word a small fraction of the time
Professional:  keeps their word some of the time
Elevator:  keeps their word all of the time

3.  Respond quickly and positively to phone calls, text messages and emails from friends, family, and colleagues.
Amateur:  responds days later, if they even respond at all
Professional:  gets back to you within the day or a few days most of the time
Elevator:  responds the same day or within 24 hours almost all the time

4.  Do a little extra, go above and beyond, overdeliver.
Amateur:  does the bare minimum or less less than expected
Professional:  does what’s expected the vast majority of the time
Elevator:  overdelivers almost all the time

5.  Be short to the point with your words.  
Amateur:  rambles on without a purpose
Professional:  gets to the point the vast majority of the time
Elevator:  chooses their words extremely carefully and uses as little words as possible

6.  Be extremely positive and polite and avoid Mindless Negativity:  gossiping, complaining, blaming, criticizing, condemning, venting.
Amateur:  mindlessly negative, poor manners
Professional:  avoids mindless negativity for the most part, good manners
Elevator:  relentlessly focuses on solutions, improvements, gratitude, and optimism, has impeccable manners

7.  Be direct and brutally honest.
Amateur:  vents and talks about people behind their back
Professional:  doesn’t talk about people behind their back, but is not brutally honest often enough
Elevator:  is always direct and brutally honest because they know that is the highest and best way to serve others

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