The Three Month Vacation Podcast

At the start of the year, it's almost natural to want to wipe the slate clean and start doing something new. We create goals, set deadlines and hope like crazy that things will work out well.

The part we consistently forget is the "stop-doing" bit. The very same issues that have been a pain in the neck before, will continue to be a nightmare in the future.

Why is this stop-doing list so very important?Let's find out in this episode

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No matter what industry you're in, there's already competition.

This isn't just some random competition, but rather people who are better established than you. They've worked with your clients before, have a greater profile and probably a fancy portfolio.

And then there's us—you and me with no way to get our foot in the door.

But are things really that hopeless? Can we come from behind to take over the coveted job from our competitors?

Here's how you go about understanding how to overcome your mental block and put a quick, workable strategy in place almost overnight.

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Practice, practice, practice! Isn't that how you get better?

Well, yes, but the problem with that mantra is that few of us have the time to get to schedule in as much practice. What if you stopped believing in endless "practice, practice, practice"? Suddenly you'd have to have answers to problems pretty rapidly. Instead of spending endless time in practice, you'd be able to get fluent not at just one, but two, possibly as many as a dozen skills.

However, first you've got to figure out what professionals do and how they go about their lives.

Let's find out, shall we?

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We all seem to know that fluency takes time—lots and lots of it. It also takes a lot of effort and learning. We're told that to be fluent, we have to put in thousands of hours of work.

However, what if that premise were wrong?

What if you could be fluent at something in a matter of weeks, or better still, in a matter of minutes? It sounds almost scammy doesn't it? And yet, fluency is closer than you'd think.

Here's a look at fluency in a manner you've probably not encountered before.

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