ITL 189: The Massive Upside to Determining Destination First, Methods Second
In the Loop with Andy Andrews
Matt Lempert
4.9 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2015
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode, I answer a listener question on how to guide your thinking when beginning with the very best end result in mind.
I really believe that “the best” is an ever-expanding target.
- As your understanding of what is possible expands, your determination of what the best is will also expand.
- When people talk about best practices and industry standards, they’re talking about the way everybody has thought and operated for years.
- Don’t let your methods determine your Determine the destination first and then design the methods that will get you there.
The destination you determine should be the very best you can possibly imagine.
- If you imagine something that someone has done before, you’re shooting too low and need to go back to the drawing board.
- I’m trying to lay out a thought process with a goal so ambitious that I will be forced to come up with methods that will approach it.
- A shift in thinking creates a shift in choices and actions—and eventually results.
- If you want massive results with your family, finances or business, every single thing starts with your thinking.
Tune in to the full episode to hear what Andy considers his own “best” to be, and what promotional tactic he considers more valuable than advertising.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to In the Loop, a unique opportunity to see life from a different perspective |
| 0:06.5 | with New York Times bestselling author, Andy Andrews. Now here's your host, David Loy. |
| 0:13.4 | Hi and welcome to In the Loop with Andy Andrews. I'm your host, David Loy. And with me, as always, |
| 0:19.5 | is Andy Andrews. |
| 0:21.6 | Hello, David. |
| 0:23.7 | You doing all right? |
| 0:24.7 | Yeah, doing great. |
| 0:25.3 | Doing great. |
| 0:28.3 | I'm very, I'm loving doing these things. |
| 0:29.9 | I just, I love doing the podcast. |
| 0:34.5 | I have such a great time with this and I have such a great time talking to people. I see them on, you know, on airplanes and walking around all the time, |
| 0:39.9 | people who listen to this. Absolutely. And you and I were in, where were we? We were in Madison, |
| 0:45.3 | Wisconsin a couple of weeks ago. And we had a very sweet lady come up and say that she just loved |
| 0:51.0 | listening to the podcast and that it's something that she does while she works out every week. Yeah, it's very funny to me because I love it when you're with me because people come up and they'll say, oh, I just love the podcast. And I'll say, hey, there's David right over there. Where? Where? And then they're shocked and saddened when they see my face. Well, that's okay. That's all right, |
| 1:12.5 | Quasimoto. Let's go ahead. Let's continue. That's funny. All right, this week, we've got another |
| 1:17.2 | great question. This one came in by email from Alan. Let me read you Alan's question and we'll get |
| 1:23.2 | your thoughts. Hi, Andy and David, let me start by saying how much I enjoy and appreciate this podcast. |
| 1:28.9 | Thank you, Alan. That's very kind. You have caused me to challenge my thinking. So thank you. |
| 1:33.9 | It needed to be challenged. That's a great mindset, by the way. It is. Alan continues. This brings me |
| 1:39.7 | to my question. I have heard you say, don't believe everything you think and think beyond your current |
| 1:46.5 | thinking. He has definitely been listening to the podcast. That's fantastic. I am constantly trying to |
| 1:52.5 | determine what is the best that I can do in all aspects of my life. I have come to realize that this |
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