Anything important that you’re working on – your career, building a business, improving your presentation skills, becoming a better performer or athlete – takes dedication in order for you to see the type of success you want. Success and positive outcomes take work, time, and effort.
This isn’t news to you if you’re trying to improve something in your life. The question is: What type of effort is the best type of effort?
One answer to this question is beautifully illustrated by Brian Tracy’s Parthenon Principle.
The Parthenon Principle acknowledges that every large-scale effort is made up of several small parts (think of the columns of the Parthenon) that support the overall effort. Strengthening and improving each of these parts by a small amount will have a big influence on the strength of your overall effort. Making each of the parts just a little better will give you a big net effect in our outcome.
Think about the columns that are supporting your project. What can you do to make small improvements in each of these columns?
I’ll look more at the Parthenon Principle, and how it applies to specific areas of life, in tomorrow’s post.
