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Napoleon Bonaparte - An amateur is easily spotted because he tries to do too much · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Dot com. Welcome to the Daily Quote, the
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  podcast designed to kick start your day in a positive way.
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  I'm your host, Andrew Mcgibbon. And let's jump into today's
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  quote from Napoleon Bonaparte, the French military commander
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  who conquered most of Europe. He once said an amateur is
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  easily spotted because he tries to do too much.
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  Think about that. Trying to do too much is the
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  mark of an amateur. Not too little, too much.
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  This seems backwards at first. We're told to hustle, to do
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  more, to maximize productivity, to add more skills, more
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  projects, more goals. But Napoleon understood
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  something most people miss. Professionals focus.
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  Amateurs scatter. The amateur tries to master 5
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  things at once, while the professional masters one thing
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  deeply. The amateur takes on every
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  opportunity. The professional says no to
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  everything except what matters most.
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  The amateur spreads their energy across a dozen projects.
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  The professional concentrates their full force on one
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  objective. Napoleon conquered Europe not by
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  fighting on every front at once, but by concentrating his forces
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  at decisive points. He didn't try to do everything,
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  he did the essential thing with overwhelming force.
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  This is how mastery works. It's not addition, it's actually
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  subtraction. You don't become great by adding
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  more things to your plate. You become great by removing
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  everything that doesn't serve your primary objective.
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  The amateur's calendar is packed.
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  The professional's calendar has a white space because they've
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  eliminated the non essential. The amateur is busy.
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  The professional is effective. So here's the question.
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  What are you trying to do that's making you look like an amateur?
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  What can you cut? What can you eliminate?
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  What singular objective deserves your full attention right now?
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  Because professionals don't try to do everything, They focus on
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  the one thing that matters. That's it for today.
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  I'm Anna McGivern, signing off for now, but I'll be back
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  tomorrow. Same pod time, same pod station
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  with another daily quote.