How far would you say you are from your desired place in life? 

In life, the gap between your current and desired states might be big or small.

It might be the difference between $1 or $1 Trillion, 1 lbs or 100 lbs, 0 or infinite presence with your family. 

You may feel the gap between where you are now and where you want to be is more of a chasm than a gap and that’s ok. 

As I’d shared in a previous Reflection, focusing on the gap is pessimism. It's not about how big the gap is, how long it takes to cross, or the setbacks you face. 

It’s about the opportunity we all have to close those gaps. 

Hell, that’s one of the things I love about the triumvirate of sales, coaching, and leadership. 

Sales is helping people close a gap through the sale of a product or service. 

Coaching is helping people close a gap through questions, frameworks, and thought processes. 

Leadership is helping people close gaps through it all. 

When you identify gaps you can leverage a system to elicit where you are now and where you want to be. Once you have that set, you can elicit the obstacles, impacts, timeline, and results. 

After that you get to work on closing the gap one checkpoint at a time. 

You ensure that your desired end state is aligned with your Prime Directive.

You establish the gap and then direct your mind and move in the direction of the first checkpoint. 

You make adaptations based on the things you learn and continue iterating. 

With each iteration you check for alignment. You adapt. And you iterate again until each checkpoint is completed and the gap is closed. 

​Then you start the process all over again. Focus on the process. Focus on the journey. And enjoy the ride.

Death - Before - Dishonor

To your success,

Nate

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