Misdiagnosing Your Progress

The rise and fall of nations, racism, and even genocide can be explained by a misdiagnosis of progress. This is also called the progress fallacy and it is one of the riskiest assumptions that you can make in life and business.    Rather than thinking of progress as a noun, think of it as a verb. You are progressing along your path in entrepreneurship which means that for every failure you are doubling your success rate because you now know what NOT to do.    Here is the thing, in almost any given scenario, event A did not necessarily cause event B to happen. Think about it, you download a new software and sometime later your computer crashes. Was event A the root cause of event B? Not necessarily right?    This same concept can be carried throughout all levels of life and business.   Listen in to learn about the root cause and why finding that root is the most important thing you can do. Your three key insights are:    What the root cause of misdiagnosing your progress really is. Why progress misdiagnosis can cause suffering for humanity. How to stop progress misdiagnosis so that you can live a happier, healthier, and wealthier life.   Don’t let root cause misdiagnosis stop you from succeeding in sales, business, and life!   In This Episode:  [04:45] - Learn the three key insights Alex shares in this episode. [07:05] - Progress is important but is it a noun or a verb?  [08:56] - Why do you go the wrong direction enthusiastically?  [09:50] - What is the progress fallacy?  [11:44] - Why you should ignore the simple logic of progress fallacy. [12:56] - Learn why progress misdiagnosis can cause suffering for humanity as a whole.  [14:47] - The progress fallacy has impacted the rise and fall of civilizations across time.  [17:08] - Genocide is borne out of the progress fallacy.  [17:56] - How is this reflected in business?  [19:32] - Making wrong turns is a part of entrepreneurship… a necessary part.  [22:38] - If you believe that all martians steal… [24:17] - Alex shares a personal story in which the progress fallacy changed his life.  [26:56] - Why does root cause misdiagnosis cause suffering.  [29:35] - How do you stop progress misdiagnosis?  [30:20] - The Alexism is, “The only thing worse than going in the wrong direction is to go in the wrong direction enthusiastically.” - Dan S.: “Progress not perfection.”  [31:13] - Hear a quick review of the key insights in this episode:  What the root cause of misdiagnosing your progress really is. Why progress misdiagnosis can cause suffering for humanity. How to stop progress misdiagnosis so that you can live a happier, healthier, and wealthier life.  [32:43] - If you’ve already given Alex a review, write down your biggest takeaway from this episode on an index card. If you haven’t, though, please use that Aha! moment as your review for the show at this link! [34:19] - In honor of this episode, Alex gives listeners a final gift. You can get a 30-day free test drive of Kartra.    Links and Resources:  Alex Mandossian Alex Mandossian Fan on Facebook Alex’s Friday Live events MarketingOnline.com Marketing Online 4-Part Video Training Series Alex Mandossian on YouTube Alexisms by Alex Mandossian All Selling Aside on iTunes