MRP has totally transformed my life and I’m in the spirit of giving back. After I unfucked myself and started gaming my wife, sex is back on the menu, so I started fine tuning every aspect of my life-which was the next logical step.
I learned the Razor’s Edge concept from a book (I’ll give the reference if anyone asks me, I’m not here to promote any books) and want to share with you. It helped me tremendously at work and even start my side business. I used it to advance my career and continue to use it today. I’m teaching it to my kids. It’s a great mindset to have in business.
Like always, use this mindset from a position of strength – because you are a professional and take pride on your work. Don’t use this from a needy little bitch mindset who tries to impress other people like your wife or your boss. You are you OWN JUDGE.
So here it is:
The line which separates winning from losing is as fine as a razor’s edge… it really is. The real winners in life are, more often than not, only two or three percent more effective than those who lose. You are only one inch ... one step ... one idea ... away from turning onto the boulevard of beauty in your own life.You need to understand that you can be every bit as effective as anyone you read about or even hear about.
The Razor’s Edge is simply doing a little bit more … a little bit more than others … a little bit more than is expected … and a little bit more than is necessary. And it doesn’t really take any special skills or talents to do it. The good news is you can have the Razor’s Edge working for you. It can totally change your life. It did for me.
Always Fall Down Forwards…(Second Effort Concept)
Vince Lombardi, former football coach of the outstanding Green Bay Packers football team, described the Razor’s Edge concept in football very well when he said, “Most games are won or lost in the last two minutes of the first and second half.” But what Lombardi is best remembered for—with respect to football’s Razor’s Edge—is the “Second Effort” concept, which he introduced for the edification of his players. In a nutshell, the “Second Effort” concept simply meant, that when a player was initially stopped by the opposing team, he would always surge forward a second time, with the added thrust of a “second effort.”
Now, just consider the tremendous difference you could create in your own life if you were to adopt a similar mental attitude. For example, if you are a person who is working in sales and currently selling only three units a week, what would the consequences be for you if you were to decide to make one additional sale per week, through a conscientious application of the second effort concept?
Well, on a weekly basis, it might not appear to be a major breakthrough. However, viewed over the time frame of an entire career, it would actually amount to well over two thousand extra sales. Moreover, from a monetary standpoint, it would mean you would actually receive an extra ten years’ income over the span of a forty-year career. Yes, that one sale would be the Razor’s Edge difference, which could catapult you into “the big leagues” in your chosen career.
At the end of a work day, I always “Fall Forward”… I clean my desk off, organize shit, make a To-Do list for tomorrow, send that one last email to close the loop on something, sign up from that training class, etc..
In 1947, the race horse named ARMED won $761,500. But the horse who finished second in earnings that same year won only $75,000. Now, if you were to look at their winnings alone, it would appear that ARMED was thirteen times better than his closest competitor. However, when you compare “the times” that were actually registered by those two horses in their races, you learn that ARMED was a mere four percent better!
There was only a little difference between the two horses, but that little difference made all the difference in the world. And it’s a truth I see repeated over and over again … in every profession of life. The “greatest” golfers … like Tiger Woods … are only 3 or 4 strokes better than the “poorest” golfers in the tournament, but their winnings are dozens of times higher than those who come in second, third, or fourth place.
So, it’s rather obvious, “The line which separates winning from losing is as fine as a razor’s edge.”
It’s simply doing a little bit more … a little bit more than others … a little bit more than is expected … and a little bit more than is necessary.
-One person ‘just about’ starts a project, the other person starts it. -One person ‘just about’ starts eating healthy, the other person actually starts eating healthy. -One person ‘almost’ completes an exercise, the other does complete it. -One person sees an opportunity, the other acts on it. -One student ‘nearly’ passes the exam, the other does pass it… and although the difference in their marks may be only one percentage point out of a hundred, it’s that one point that makes all the difference.”
How can you get the Razor’s Edge working for you?
There are dozens of things you can do.
- Refuse to Settle for the Basics:
For example, you may have mastered the basics of reading by the fifth or sixth grade. But have you done anything since then to improve your reading skills? And you may have mastered the basics of arithmetic, but have you gone beyond that to master the skills required for saving, investing, and budgeting for your future? Get off your ass and go for something bigger and better.
- Decide to become an expert in Something:
You see … once people understand the basics of something, they usually stop their learning in that area. Only a small percentage of people ever go on to become the acknowledged experts in a particular area. And they are the ones, of course, who typically receive the largest incomes. That’s why you should look at what you’re doing, and ask yourself, “How good am I at doing it?” and “How much better could I be?”
- Dedicate Your Time to Study:
All you have to do is study one hour a day in your chosen field, and in five years you will be an expert in that field. “If you were to follow this schedule rigorously, in a relatively short span of time you would stand among your peers like a giraffe in a herd of field mice.”
- Turn Your Car into A Library:
Turn your radio off and your CD player on. If you’re like me, you drive thousands of miles to work or errands each year. In fact, if you drive as many as 25,000 miles per year, you’re spending the equivalent of thirteen forty-hour weeks sitting behind the wheel of your car. So you’ve got the time to listen to educational, motivational CDs. And whether or not you consciously focus on what you’re hearing, it’s virtually impossible to keep on exposing your mind to good, clean, powerful, uplifting information and not be positively influenced by it.
- Add the Razor’s Edge Element to Your Job:
Perhaps you’re in a customer service position. You will be astounded at what happens if you change your attitude towards your customers. If you tend to see customers as an interruption OF your business … instead the reason FOR your business … you’re bound to lose some customers. But if you think of ways to sharpen your customer service skills … and then actually do it … you’ll see an amazing difference in how you feel and in how much they buy. Try smiling at every customer. Give everyone a genuine, welcoming “hello” instead of perfunctory “hi.” And make sure you go out of your way to thank them for their business.
Practical Applications of the Razor’s Edge:
- Studying for a test?
Work one or two extra practice problems a day, it will add up over time. Does that take any special skill? No. It can totally stack the odds in your favor. I also used the Razor’s Edge when I wrote my first book, which was 182 pages. I didn’t write that book in one sitting. I wrote 1/2 page each day for an entire year and ended up with a complete book at the very end. Little things add up to bigger things.
- At work:
I also used it and got my first big promotion at work. Every Friday, we are required to enter the status of all the projects we were working on in an online website. I was in the construction field, so most engineers would write out what was going on the jobsites, etc.
However, I noticed that there was an option to include a picture in your report. I also noticed that no one else was attaching pictures in their reports. It was all words. So, I made a point to snap a photo with my phone every Friday morning when I visited the job sites of my projects. When I wrote my weekly status reports, I made sure to upload my jobsite photos. It only took a second to upload it. But it made a huge impact for the managers who read these reports in the main building every Monday morning.
When I was promoted, my manager told me that I was the only project engineer who attached photos to his reports. He also told me that a picture was worth a thousand words and he could really understand what was going on my jobsite and loved visually seeing the work that was completed. Taking a photo and uploading it took such little effort, but had a HUGE impact on my career.
More Examples:
- Last week, I bought a travel chess board for my kids from an online company. I’m teaching my boys how play and one of them accidently broke one of my wooden pieces. So I decided to buy them a board that has plastic pieces so I wouldn’t have to use my nice board.
Anyway, when we opened the package, the online chess company strategically put several candy bars in our package. My kids were so happy and tore into them! What a nice little surprise. To see my kids’ faces light up over a candy bar was awesome. They were more excited about the fucking candy bars than their present from me. Something that took a second to do and maybe only reduced their profit margin by .1% had a huge impact on my first impression of this company. If I ever need to buy anything related to chess again, I will buy it from them.
2)I was sick and visited a new Urgent Care near my house. They gave me a shot and some meds.. Few days later, I received a phone call from the Doctor who treated me. He asked me if I felt better and if there was anything else he could do for me? Wow! I never had a doctor actually call me before to check up on me, especially from an Urgent Care. Simple little things like that… you bet if I get sick again I will go back to that place.
Summary:
1)You are only one inch ... one step ... one idea ... away from turning onto the boulevard of beauty in your own life.
2)It’s simply doing a little bit more … a little bit more than others … a little bit more than is expected … and a little bit more than is necessary.
3)The line which separates winning from losing is as fine as a razor’s edge… and it really is. The real winners in life are, more often than not, only two or three percent more effective than those who lose.
4)You need to understand that you can be every bit as effective as anyone you read about or even hear about.
5)And it doesn’t really take any special skills or talents to do it.
6)Always “Fall Forward” and take the “Second Effort”.
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