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Make each day your masterpiece."

Clive Griffiths
Clive Griffiths
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Make each day your masterpiece."

John Wooden's quote. Basketball coach with 10 NCAA national championships.

Most read it, nod, forget it.

Making it operational. It’s possible.

⇥ Seinfeld's daily writing chain.
⇥ Twyla Tharp hailing the 5:30am cab.
⇥ Marcus Aurelius journaling each morning.
⇥ Jiro still adjusting his grip on the rice at 85.

The common structure: Define masterpiece. Do it. Assess.

They'd each decided what makes a day count. Not productivity. Not busyness. The work that matters.

For me, a masterpiece has one standard:
↳ A client sees something they couldn't see before - and it was their insight, not my advice

To make that happen:
↳ I ask the question that provokes. Get out of the way. Protect the conditions for that conversation

Then assess:
↳ Did they think for themselves? Did I work on their agenda, not mine?

That's the standard. Every session.

Can you define what makes your day a masterpiece?

Or are you still measuring busyness?

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