short-term and long-term goals that you can act upon right now to impact someone
elses
life in a positive way.
5) 212 Commitment: You cannot get what youve never had unless youre willing to do
what
youve never done.
Write down a present goal that youre committed to and then the steps you need to
take
to get you there. Remember your market value increases by knowing and doing more.
212 the extra degree
A Guide for Commitment
by Sam Parker and Mac Anderson
6) 212 Belief: Whether you think you can, or think you cant
youre right.
Name a time when you felt like someone underestimated
your abilities and how your beliefs powered you through.
What methods do you use to stay positive, even during great strife?
7) 212 Focus: Having a simple, clearly defined goal can cut through the fog like a
beacon in the night.
If you had to name your companys most critical issue right now, would would it be?
How
can this issue be improved or even eliminated by giving it your complete, undivided
attention? How can you create laser-like focus in order to bring attention and resolution
to this issue?
8) 212 Perseverance: By endurance, we conquer.
Why is focus on short-term goals sometimes so imperative to long-term success? And
why is communication among team members so important to the overall success of the
team as a whole?
CONCLUSION
As for 212, the unreasoning goes like this. If you have some
water on the stove and you start adding heat, you take it from
room cold water right out of the tap to 211 degrees and pretty
much nothing happens. But if you go just a little farther, to 212
degrees, there is a state change, the water boils, real action
takes place, nothing is the same. That little change makes all
the difference. So in your sport/life/business/blog you have to
Asymptotic Curve
Adapted from the Wikipedia article on Asymptotes
Put another way, excellence is asymptotic in my experience. An
asymptote is a curve that approaches a line, but will never
touch it. In other words, the trip from beginner to not bad goes
really fast. The trip from not bad to damn good takes quite a
while. The trip from damn good to the best takes luck, aptititude
and 540 calories per gram. The trip from the best to perfect
cant be attained short of divine intervention. it takes 540
calories to turn 1 gram of water (at 100 degrees C) to steam,
I remember a great magician I used to like to watch on the
streets. Someone came up to him and said Youre really good.
He said, No, Im great. Do you know the difference? The
difference is that it only took him 80 calories to be good. But
long years of trial and practice, the investment of another 540
calories made him great. From incompetence to competence
takes 80 calories. From competence to excellence takes 540
calories.
With this one degree you can move hundreds of people across
country. With this one degree you can change lives. With this
one degree the unthinkable can happen. With this one degree
you can achieve your goals!
Are you prepared to give that one degree, 212 degree effort?
Probably not, but discipline and perseverance force us to press
on.