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The Three P’s of Repeatable Success

 

Part of revamping the blog has been thinking about what I really want it to be. Figuring out what changes I want to make, or viewpoints I want to get across.  In doing all that clarifying, I came upon a distinction that I think may be helpful.  The difference between the Three P’s that lead to Repeatable Success, and the Two T’s that are great for quick fixes.

The Three P’s

Principles

A principle is like an overarching theme.   It’s a general rule, which if followed, will lead to success.  There are general principles for life success (focus on what’s important, work hard, have integrity), then there’s principles which are more domain specific (if you want to have a succesful blog, have good blog content). These principles seem obvious, but putting them into practice is not.  You must find patterns that are in alignment with the principles.

Patterns

Patterns and principles are very similar.  However, the differences are that patterns give you tools to carry out the principles.  For instance, if having good blog content is a principle, write succintly would be a pattern… it’s something you can do which tends to lead to good content.  A principle is the answer to why someone is succesful, a pattern is the answer to how.

Proccesses

Finally, we have proccesses.  Processes take a bunch of different patterns and organize them together, in a way that makes sense in regards to the principles.  It then takes each pattern and breaks it down into actionable steps (techniques).  Principles are things which are pretty much universally true, patterns are things which will work for most people, processes will work for many people.  However, the great thing about processes is that (if they’re constructed correctly) they leave nothing to chance.  You start at A, you do these steps, and you get to B.

 

The Two T’s

Tips and Tricks

Tips and Tricks are a popular subject on many self improvement blogs.  They’re usually derived from taking bits and pieces of a process and giving them as individual tools.  A tips and trick post is great, because it gives you some simple things which you can go out and try right away, and if it works, you’ve immediately improved.  The downside with these posts is that the tips and tricks are often quick fixes, that only work in certain situations or under certain conditions.  When you encounter a new situation or condition that isn’t covered by the tip, you’re left searching for the next 

 I find it hard to apply a tip or trick aimlessly, with no thought as to why or when the tip should be applied.  Even if I do apply it, my brain immediately begins asking why it works, how else I can use it, and how I can teach it to others.

 For that reason,  you’re not going to see many tips and tricks posts here on Life of Matt.  Instead, I’m focused on timeless content, that allows repeatable success, even as circumstances change.  It might take you a bit longer to get through the posts, and it might take some work to apply what you read on here.  But in the long run, you’ll never have to keep searching for the next tip… you can use what you learn here for the rest of your life.  I think it’s worth it, don’t you?

-Matt

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March 19th, 2009 | Category: Goal Setting and Planning, Life Hacks, Motivation | 123 comments

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