So today, I want to teach you one of those principles in “The 10X Rule” by Grant Cardone that I know will shock you and change your life forever. It’s called: Be Interested In The Group. This is a simple rule, but it significantly changed how I think about success and how I live my life on a daily basis. I just had to share it with you.
The deal is this: your winners and losers are not just you; they are those in your society whose successes or failures you share, at least eventually. As Grant puts it: many city councils, states, and federal programmes grind to a halt because individuals are always looking out for themselves at the expense of the group. Me-first attitudes functionally dilute the collective ability of society to act, and if it is ultimately good that collective endeavour is made, you will get yours catch-up because collectively we will eventually get it together.
Good leaders get this: any company that puts the greater good first helps itself. When your team wins and when it gets better, you can’t help but do better too. You’re lifting each other up so you can all get further, further, further.
Here’s what happened to me. Before this habit, I could plainly see that being part of a team that worked well, I excelled, and when I wasn’t part of one, I too sucked. Once, at a startup where everyone was awfully competitive and cared far too much about their own work alone, things were chaotic. Stress levels were high, productivity was low, and nothing got done. We missed goals and, poof, the startup folded. I was left lonely and too demotivated to even care.
But then I came across ‘The 10X Rule’ and all of that stopped. I started focusing on the people in my tribe, of whom there were 12. I coached, offered to help, listened, and celebrated. You won’t be surprised by what happened. All 12 started to improve as well.
At that new job, my goal was to create a culture where we were in it together. The group had been falling behind on deadlines and missing their targets. As a result, I was trying to ensure that those whose success was tied to the group hitting it weighed on others who were not pulling their weights. These consequences motivated the reluctant workers. As we started to meet our goals, and the energy zoomed back in, everyone thrived – individually, and as a whole.
Grant Cardone is correct when he says: ‘It takes money to make money. What you lack, others possess, so reach out for assistance.’ Self-actualised leaders understand that great teams are a prerequisite for their own successes, so helping their associates is not only nice, it is smart.
