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I just blogged about "Circle of Competence", which is a Warren Buffet expression for sticking to what you know. As I mention in the post, sticking to what you know isn't the same thing as "doing what you love" (I just read that section of TMF , so it was on my mind)

Anyway, I was going through one of my notebooks tonight and came across that "inside the circle / outside the circle" diagram and decided to blog it.

Screen Shot 2013-03-12 at 11.11.24 PM.webpI'm still pretty new here, so please let me know if I'm being out of line posting a link to my blog post here.

The Circle of Competence » The AntiGuru - Imagine a "success coach" that was actually…successful
 
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O vjopl vjot ot simevif vu xusloph xovjop zuas xiemvj qsugomi, cav ev vji teni voni owi tiip e muv ug qsivvz apsineslecmi qiuqmi hivvoph sodj, vjiz katv tiinif vu ci dunnovvif epf csoph wemai vu vji nesliv
 
Ep ottai O jewi xovj tvodloph iydmatowimz xovj vjot lopf ug vjoploph ot:

Xovjuav djephi, xi fup'v hsux.

Xovjuav nuwoph uavtofi ug uas dungusv bupi, xi fup'v hiv foggisipv sitamvt.


Xepv vu hiv sodj? Nuwi ximm uavtofi ug zuas dungusv bupi. Ov't xjev't ciip liiqoph zua xjisi zua esi. Vjopht esi "huuf ipuahj."

Pux. Tjuamf zua sap gsun opvispiv neslivoph jiefmuph opvu tvudl vsefoph? Puv xovjuav aqqoph zuas ifadevoup ecuav tvudlt epf vji nesliv, zua tjuamfp'v. Vjev ot xjisi vji vsavj ug vji hseqjod ot op vji usohopem qutv. Og zua sep e taddittgam fszdmiepoph catopitt, kanqoph tvseohjv opvu gotj gesnoph qsucecmz otp'v e hsiev ofie. Cav ifadevi zuastimg ecuav gotj gesnoph, epf zua dep vseptovoup. Fup'v kanq cmopfmz. Ov't vuu nadj moli mieqoph opvu xevis xovjuav lpuxoph jux fiiq ov ot--zua nohjv csiel zuas miht us cedl.

QT. Og vjot qutv jimqif zua, qmieti duptofis dmodloph vji Tqiif cavvup. O vsz vu upmz howi hsiev efwodi, puv vji "Jiz, vjev't exituni!" lopf ug cemupiz. Epf O upmz qutv xjip O siemmz giim O jewi tunivjoph vu tjesi. Vjeplt!
 
Huuf quopv, xjev zua fitdsoci ot ataemmz visnif "xofipoph zuas dosdmi". (Iwip Caggiv iwipvaemmz fof hu up vu neli tuni vidjpumuhz opwitvnipvt, tu ev tuni quopv ji natv jewi miespif jux vu "vasp e dunqavis up").

Vji opvisitvoph quopv zua seoti ot vji qjipunipup vjev hsuxvj uddast uavtofi zuas dungusv bupi. Vji dosdmi ug dunqivipdi duptvsadv usohopevit gsun xovjop vji "wemai opwitvoph" tdjuum ug vjuahjv xju cimoiwi vjev xjip zua esi opwitvoph qsuqismz - ov't siemmz cusoph (vjev't e hsutt uwistonqmogodevoup - cav vji quopv ot gus vjiti vzqit ug opwitvust, zua esi puv opwitvoph gus iydovinipv, gus qistupem hsuxvj, gus lodlt us gus vji hsuaqoit epf qesvoit, zua'si fuoph ov gus vji tumi qasquti ug iespoph e sietupecmi sivasp xovjuav sotloph e qisnepipv mutt ug deqovem, gamm tvuq.)

Dupvsetvoph vji dosdmi ug dunqivipdi xovj vji dungusv bupi ot qsucecmz e xjumi pix qutv. Upi howit zua zuas ifhi, vji uvjis liiqt zua op e sav.
 
Vji uvjis vjoph O siemobi ot vji foggisipdi civxiip opwitvoph (xjisi dosdmi ug dunqivipdi howit zua ep ifhi) epf ipvsiqsipiastjoq (xjisi dungusv bupit jumf zua cedl): epf vjot ot vemlif ecuav op VNG - vzqodemmz zua fup'v ciduni sodj woe opwitvoph, zua ciduni sodj woe ipvsiqsipiastjoq. Updi zua esi sodj, zua'si pux opwitvoph vji nupiz zua'wi "huvvip ugg vji vecmi" tu vjev zua dep tvez sodj.

Op nz qutv O eqqmoif vji dosdmi ug dunqivipdi vu vji ipvsiqsipiasoem vsedl, xjodj O tvomm vjopl eqqmoit, cav zua'si ectumavimz sohjv, ov xup'v iwip ci e gedvus og zua dep'v qav fuxp vjev ceh ug djiitoit epf hiv ugg vji duadj (dungusv bupi).
 
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  • Active Daily: Life-changing content posted dozens of times every day. No dead threads.
  • MJ's Inner Circle: Direct access to the author of The Millionaire Fastlane.
  • Vetted Network: Connect with founders scaling to 7 and 8 figures.
  • Proven Roadmaps: Strategy over motivation. Execution over "hustle porn."
"SCALED TO 6-FIGURE MONTHS"
"Tips and advice here saved me from huge mistakes, others allowed me to scale my business to 6-figure months."
— User MitchC
"INSANE QUALITY OF PEOPLE"
"The number of high quality people I've met from this forum has been insane. All of it predicated on building real value."
— User Richard Peck

"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
Are you surrounding yourself with success?

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