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Here's your success mentor, Darren Hardy.

Why do you do what you do that way?

Have you asked yourself that question, or do you just keep doing things as you've always done?

Because, well, hey, that's the way you've always done it.

That can become wildly inefficient.

Chances are, the world has progressed, but you still might be working like it's 1999, or sooner.

Here's an example from something I just read.

According to the detailed military operations

manual, it is required that three men are needed to fire a cannon. One to hold the cannon, one to load

the ammunition, and the third one just stands there doing nothing. Why do you need that third person

at all? No one has stopped to ask why in a very long time.

Originally, the third man's job was to hold the horse so that it wasn't spooked by the sound of the cannon's explosion and run off.

At the time the manual was written, you had to have a horse pull a cannon to the top of the hill.

That meant that you also needed

someone to stand there and hold the reins so the horse couldn't run away when the other two

started firing the big gun. This made total sense for maybe the first two centuries or so of

our military history. But do we still really need three soldiers to fire a cannon successfully?

Presumably, the person with no active role may have some ceremonial or backup value, but in

reality, it's a total waste of resources and your tax dollars.

So here's what I want you to think about today.

What are the cannon firing processes in your life or business operation?

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