The Hidden Cost of Being a Great Operator

0:00between excellence and satisfaction >> Mhm. >> is an interesting one. I had this line this year which was what you are praised for in public, you will pay for in private. >> Mhm. >> A lot of the time, the things that make you fantastic operator when it comes to business and your career often can be totally unadaptive, maladaptive when it comes to the kitchen table.

0:25>> Computing priorities. And I like this is this is such a this is one that I I I think I think a lot about this. Um because there is a priority. There is one that you want more. And I think people have a lot of trouble with that. >> This is why people who are monomaniacal often get so much further than people that don't because even just the thinking cost of managing, navigating the trade-offs. >> Yeah. >> That's why someone asked me basically how how monomaniacally should I go after my career? And I said, "Well, it depends on what phase you're in."

1:00Uh but I think it is almost impossible to make a big swing, make big progress in your life without going complete sicko mode for an extended period of time. >> Yeah, it's about 10 years. I mean, I've just I think it's it's like about 10 years. I've just going um >> I'm not going to compromise. >> Yeah. It's no compromises. It's no There's this um episode in in Breaking Bad and the title was I think no half measures.

1:29And I think it was about whether you punish someone or kill them, but that was the >> [gasps] >> But I remember watching that episode and the the line stuck with me a lot. Like no half measures. Either do or don't. And I think that half measures yield null outcomes. >> Yeah, it's not that you get half results. >> Yeah. And so what many people are plagued by is they are doing half-measures in four domains and have yielded none.

2:01And they feel like they are trying all the time. They're working every hour that they're awake to pursue or serve four different masters. And it's the realization that compromise on one means getting neither. And I think that people have a hard time with that because they're unwilling to say I I I want one thing more than another. And I think you just have to be able to say like I'm willing to sacrifice this thing not forever, but for now.

2:31>> Obligation because of anchoring bias, because of the momentum of where you are now, because of the fear of regretting it. This is where This is where the inaction thing comes back in. People think that inaction has no cost, but it it does have a cost. >> Usually it's higher.

2:57Like um It's like money love speed. Wealth loves time. Poverty loves indecision. >> Mhm. >> And if you think about inaction as an action, we are we are always doing something. Even if you were watching television, you are taking an action. It's just not making It's not making any progress or maybe you're making progress in a show. Maybe you're making progress in your in your relaxation. Maybe your resting heart rate drops. Like you Like things are always occurring. Um and I think it's just whether we are voting with our behavior about the outcome that we truly want. And most of the outcomes that we truly want happen at a delay, which is what makes them worth wanting.

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