Society defines “Winning” by looking at the Scoreboard.
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Did you get the deal?
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Did you get the promotion?
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Did you hit $1M?
This is Lagging Indicator thinking. The scoreboard tells you what happened in the past. A Sovereign ignores the scoreboard and focuses on the Leading Indicators.
The Winner’s Protocol
A “Winner” is not a person who has won. A “Winner” is a person who is running the algorithm that makes winning inevitable.
1. The Friction Heuristic
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The Trait: “Does what’s difficult.”
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The Protocol: When faced with two choices, always choose the one that involves more pain in the short term.
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Easy Path: Eat the cake. (Pain later).
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Hard Path: Fast. (Pain now).
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Rule: The Hard Path has less traffic.
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2. The Identity Lock
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The Trait: “When a programmer, programs. When a cook, cooks.”
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The Protocol: Absolute Presence.
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If you are writing code, but thinking about email, you are losing.
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If you are with your kids, but checking Slack, you are losing.
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Rule: Be 100% where your feet are. Multitasking is the skill of failing at two things simultaneously.
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3. Dynamic Subordination
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The Trait: “Mostly leads but gracefully follows.”
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The Protocol: A true Alpha is not obsessed with being “In Charge.” They are obsessed with “The Mission.”
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If the Intern has the best idea, the CEO shuts up and follows the Intern.
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Rule: Rank doesn’t matter. The Truth matters.
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The Definition of Victory
If you execute the protocol perfectly—you focused, you chose the hard path, you served the mission—you have Won. Even if the deal falls through. Even if the market crashes. You controlled the Input. The Outcome is just gravity.
#DhandheKaFunda: Don’t look at the scoreboard. Look at the ball. If you play the game right, the score takes care of itself.