𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗜𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝘁 𝗚𝗼 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿?
This was the question that drove Ben Hunt-Davis and his crew to Olympic gold in 2000. Every decision, every action, every tiny detail was assessed against one simple metric: “𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙖𝙩 𝙜𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧?”
Their commitment to this principle was so strong that they even chose to skip the Olympic opening ceremony because attending would have meant missing a meal – demonstrating their unwavering focus on performance.
It’s a powerful mindset – not just in sport, but in business too.
As a business mentor, I see too many entrepreneurs and business owners getting caught up in distractions – spending time on things that feel productive but don’t actually move them forward. Meetings that don’t lead to sales. Marketing that doesn’t align with their ideal client. Operational tweaks that don’t impact profitability.
That’s why I encourage my clients to ask their own version of this question:
– 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸?
– 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴?
– 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴?
It’s about focus, clarity, and making fractional differences that compound into major success.
If you applied this mindset to your business, what would you do differently today?
Constantly ask yourself: “𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙖𝙩 𝙜𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧?”
