Life by Design

Build a life by design, not by accident — and leave behind a story worth telling.

Skill

Earn the right to win

Purpose: You don’t deserve leverage until you’ve earned competence. Skill is the entry fee—proof that you can create results worth amplifying. Without skill, you’re guessing. With skill, you’re executing.

Core Idea: Be so good they can’t ignore you.

The 2 core principles:

1
Identify the one skill
Not every skill matters equally. One skill moves the needle more than everything else combined. For a founder, it might be sales. For a creator, writing. For an operator, execution speed. Find the skill that creates the most value in your context—then go all in. Generalists are replaceable. Specialists are irreplaceable. Depth > breadth.
2
Practice with pain
Practice without feedback is repetition. Track reps. Measure progress. Seek feedback that stings. Put your work in front of truth-tellers. Get rejected and learn why. Growth lives where comfort dies. Deliberate practice targets what you’re worst at, not the comfy moves you’ve mastered. Pain reveals blind spots faster than anything else.

OUTCOME: You become the asset, not the liability. Skill compounds faster than luck. You earn permission to build leverage. Opportunities find you instead of you chasing them.

START HERE: Identify your one skill this week. What’s the skill that, if you mastered it, would 10x your results? Write it down. Block 1 hour daily to practice it deliberately. Track your reps.