Mike Kim: You Are Idea-Rich & Execution Poor!

Author: David Oaks
Published: Mon 08 Mar 2021
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In one of my first interactions with Mike Kim, he said that I was "idea-rich but execution poor."

This is a way of thinking that keeps me small and mostly unsuccessful.

Mike's word to me was powerful enough to begin a waking process into reality:

For all that I know, I do so little with it.

I am the product of the knowledge-is-power generation. But that belief leads down a path of disappointment. Knowledge is only powerful when acted upon—ideas collected by the thousands, unless acted upon, mean little.

In one of our mastermind classes Mike Kim was even bold enough to tell us to stop listening to so many voices. Kary Oberbrunner even devotes a chapter in his latest book, Unhackable, to promote a “content restriction diet” where he describes how the pursuit of “more content gives the illusion of accomplishment.”

IF I truly am idea rich and execution poor, then…

Any internal boasting in the number of books I have read in the last year is suddenly irrelevant.
How many podcasts I listen to is suddenly trivial.
The large amount of money I spent on online courses last year is now totally embarrassing.
The multitude of thought-leaders I am pursuing in order to get-it-right-before-I-start is a dead battery that will never let me start my engine.

My biggest enemy is my lack of execution.

…ideas collected by the thousands, unless acted upon, mean little.

All my best ideas mean nothing unless I act upon them. In the end, all my very best ideas, unless executed, mean little.

Mike Kim must be friends with Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington... They say the same thing:

“You can be smart and have access to lots of information and great ideas; you can be well connected, work hard and have lots of natural talent, but in the end, you have to execute.”

They even say that:

“Execution is the single greatest market differentiator. Great companies and successful individuals execute better than their competition. The barrier standing between you and the life you are capable of living is a lack of execution. Effective execution will set you free. It is THE path to accomplish the things you desire.” (The Twelve Week Year).

I don't have an idea problem.

I have an execution problem.

The truth is, if I just execute what I already know, I will likely double and triple my impact (and income!).

As Moran and Lennington say...

It's not what you know; it's not even who you know; it's what you implement that counts.

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Mike Kim: You Are Idea-Rich & Execution Poor!