I completed the first draft of my first book in under 90 days. And I’ve just completed the first draft of my second book in under 30.
I put my productivity and momentum down to creating Quests for myself.
To be effective on a Quest, you need to be clear about four things:
- What’s the treasure, the goal of your quest? How will you 100% know you’ve accomplished it?
- What’s the timeframe? When does the Death Star become operational, or when will Sauron’s increasing strength become insurmountable?
- What are the dragons? The outer obstacles and challenges to overcome.
- And what are the demons? Your inner challenges; the mindsets and limiting beliefs that are getting in your way.
As an example, a Quest might be “Secure $10M of funding this quarter. Overcome our low visibility with investors, our pitch deck that seems not to be converting. And defeat my imposter syndrome that’s showing up as deference instead of confidence when I’m in those critical presentations.”
Boom! Once this is clear, the game is on.
Many people set goals, but they don’t understand the dragons and especially the demons they need to overcome. And so they get waylaid and defeated.
Don’t do that!
