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Creating Space · May 2025 · Vol. 16
Your Comfort Zone isn't Doing You Any Favors.
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Welcome
Shortcuts are Meant for Those Who Know the Rules
What is the fastest way to get from Point A to Point B?
If I only had a nickel for every time I’ve gotten that question.
While I appreciate curiosity and efficiency more than most, there is something important missing from that line of thinking.
You see, excellence lies in the understanding of the fundamentals.
No shortcut will ever work if you don’t build a foundation, and I’ve learned that holds true for everything in life – from setting goals to building relationships.
Without looking at a big picture map, you will never have a thorough understanding of the landscape you’re in, and you’ll wander around the woods completely lost.
Not the best way to approach things.
Shortcuts are tools — not substitutes.
They’re designed to save time for those who’ve already invested in the effort to understand the process and the limitations of any give system.
In other words, you cannot break the rules unless you know what the rules are… right?
Let’s take software as an example.
You could memorize all the keyboard shortcuts in the world, but if you don’t understand the program, those shortcuts would be pretty useless.
Pressing [Cmd]+[S] doesn’t help if you don’t know what you’re saving — or why. The same goes for business, creativity, and life.
Shortcuts optimize what you already know — they don’t build the foundation for you.
I’ll be the first to say it: learning the basics can really suck.
There’s trial. There’s error. There’s the messy middle where nothing clicks, and it’s frustrating as hell. It’s really not that much fun.
That’s why most people want to skip that part, but if you truly want to success, you can’t sidestep the learning curve. It’s a required part of the process.
So-called shortcuts only show up after you’ve earned the right to use them.
Mastery requires respect — for your time, for your coaches, and for the skill itself.
If you want faster results, start by understanding the system.
The more fluent you become in it, the more opportunities you’ll spot ways to work smarter, not harder.
The next time you’re tempted to find “the secret” to achieving a result, pause and ask yourself if you’re truly committed to the outcome.
If you were, you wouldn’t have had to ask.
With that said, I'm curious: Where are you trying to skip a beat?
Hit reply and let me know,
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New on YouTube
May 2025 Productivity Report
Your Comfort Zone isn't Doing You Any Favors
This month, I share why fear of change is the one thing that often keeps us stuck. It's uncomfortable. Downright brutal, sometimes... yet so necessary. Ugh. Here we go again.
Read the overview up top, the full blog post here, and check out the visual report over on YouTube:
 In this video, I:
→ share why May was an intriguing month for me personally
→ show you how to think about your goals and track progress
→ explain what stats I focus on and I'm progressing towards my goals
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