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Search for your weaknesses and leaks. Once you identify them, like Botvinnik, find a strategy to tackle them head-on.

Figure out how you are going to achieve your BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goals). There are two big question to ask: Are you willing to meet the demands of your big dreams? And, how is it going to feel when your dreams become true?

Go to that place where you can see and feel those dreams happening. If you can convince yourself that feeling is so insanely good, then you’ll be willing to pay the price to get there. For more clarity, watch this video.

The crab-bucket effect: The minute you start to level up in your life, the other crabs in the bucket pull you back down—so you can be trapped in mediocrity with them. It’s driven by jealousy, envy, or resentment.

Make a list of the "crabs" who try to pull you down and the winners who lift you up. Spend your time with the winners. It's worth repeating that you're the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with.

Outsiders by William Thorndike This book examines why CEOs succeed and emphasizes that one of the most important tasks of a CEO is the allocation of capital and time.

Understand the difference between working IN your business and ON your business. Take the time to step away to strategize and think big picture about how you allocate time and resources.

The chaos in your life. Mario Andretti said, "If you have everything under control, you're not moving fast enough."

Take a moment to recognize that many of your problems arise from success. Ask yourself if you would trade your problems to have everything totally under control. Viewed from that perspective, you may start to see chaos as a good thing.