Good morning and welcome to the Increasing Impact Podcast. I'm Justin Sua, episode

1837. Today's principle is if you do what everyone else does, you're going to

get what everybody else gets. If you want uncommon results, you need uncommon

action. We live in a world where a lot of times we want a copycat. We succumb to

the effort level of those around us. We succumb to the perspective of those

around us, the process of those around us. We tend to absorb the definition of

success and chase the same things that people perceive as the goal. And so when

we keep doing what everyone is doing, we should expect to get the same results

that everyone is getting. Now the reason a lot of people don't do what is

uncommon is because it's difficult. It requires sacrifice. It requires time.

It requires effort. It requires grit. It requires hard work. But all of those

things aren't sufficient. There's more requires getting up when things get

difficult. It requires embracing the boredom of consistency. There's a lot

that have to go that has to go right for a long period of time. Essentially, it's

focusing on today and giving your best today. Doing what you say you're going to

do. Even when it gets difficult, especially when it gets difficult. So for

those of you who are getting frustrated with the results that you are not

getting from the work that you are not doing, today's a great day to start.

Today's a great day to not adopt the habits of the people who are getting

average results and to see what the best in the world are doing. The people who

are getting the results. Now when you go and adopt their habits, you want to

identify why they're doing what they're doing and understand that their

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