How to Become the Best in Any Field?

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Many of us struggle with too little time, too many responsibilities, hectic lifestyle, and so on. Even though we are not satisfied with things as they are, we do nothing to give our best and become the best in our chosen field. Often, we do not find the energy and are not willing to move forward and live the best version of ourselves. Sometimes it is because of our priorities, but oftentimes it is because of a lack of awareness. Many of us are simply satisfied with being mediocre. But, those who have managed to push their own limits know that any of us can be the best at everything we do. According to them, it is not impossible. If we want to be an expert, we just need to devote our time and energy. We need consistency. However, to persist and invest our time and energy in a long run, we need to love what we do. Without love, we cannot give our best. By doing what we do not like, we will give up quickly. Exhaustion, fatigue and lack of motivation will not help us go too far. Furthermore, many people are not quite sure what they love and what potentials they have. To find out what inspire us and what our affinities are, we need to explore as much as we can. Only through error and trial, we can find out what are our capabilities and potentials. To find out more about how to become the best in any field, the article “Becoming the Best at What You Do” gives us the following suggestions.

Follow Three Steps:

Here’s the bottom line. If you want to be great at something that is important to you, then you must do three things.

1. Break down the things you need to do into the smallest of components.
2. Master each component, individually.
3. Measure your progress.

What is it that is important to you? If you want to be a great mom, discover the little things that great moms do, and then work on those things each day. If you want to reach the top of your career, then identify the little things the top performers in your field do and then strive to master them.
As you strive for excellence to do your best, make sure you are measuring your progress.

Many people who really want to become the best in a certain field are not willing to give something new a chance. They hesitate to act as an amateur and want to become professional at once. Some of them see themselves as a failure if they settle with the amateur status. They rather give up of the uncertain path and choose certainty, even though they have to give up on their passion. But, if we want to speed up the process of becoming a pro, we may look for coaches, mentors, free online courses and so on. It is up to us whether we want to settle for less and complain, or decide to try to live up to our own standards and become the best in a chosen field.