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What’s Your 20 Mile March? by Brett & Kate McKay

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Highlights added March 21, 2024 at 8:30 AM

But as I evaluate the times I’ve been successful in life, I notice a pattern. It usually wasn’t through big Herculean efforts, or snazzy new productivity plans that I achieved my goals, but rather through steady, consistent efforts. I reached my goals by throwing on my knapsack every single day and setting off on a 20 Mile March. (View Highlight)

Collins and Morten lay out seven elements that create a good 20 Mile March:

  1. Clear performance markers
  2. Self-imposed constraints
  3. Appropriate to the enterprise [or individual]
  4. Largely within your control
  5. A proper timeframe — long enough to manage, yet short enough to have teeth
  6. Designed and self-imposed by the enterprise [or individual]
  7. Achieved with high consistency (View Highlight)
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Highlights added March 21, 2024 at 8:30 AM