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The 4 Pillars of Mastery: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs ThinkCopyright: Christian Simpson & Christian Simpson Enterprises Ltd.

The 4 Pillars of Mastery:

How The Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Think

Success Implementation Guide


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Dear colleague,

Socrates said that the quality of a persons life will always be in direct proportion

to the quality of question they are willing to ask of themselves.

The quality of question we ask determines the quality of answer we receive. As

Ralph Waldo Emerson noted: when we have arrived at the question, the answer

is already near.

For the vast majority of entrepreneurs, the problem isnt so much about askingpoor quality questions, although for some thats certainly the case, the biggestproblem for most entrepreneurs is not asking the question at all.

Your Success Implementation Guide contains a certain kind of question that

brings about greater self-discovery and clarity for each of the strategies revealed

in the 4 Pillars.

This inquisitive, explorative type of enquiry will enable you to think far moreeffectivelyinto your existing results and what is creating them, so that you can

improve how you think into the results you intend to experience in your

business and your personal life.

Its aboutimproving the quality of your thinking and becoming increasingly self-aware to accelerate the accomplishment of your entrepreneurial goals.

I have deliberately limited the number of questions relating to each pillar to 5 or

6. In reflecting upon them, you may find further questions spring to mind. Should

that happen to you, I strongly suggest you immediately write the question down

and reflect upon it before moving to the next in the document.

Of course, the ideal situation would be to ask questions in real time, however, as

were not collaborating in person, I can assure you that if you engage this guidedprocess with an open mind and a spirit of genuine curiosity, the time you invest

will be rewarded handsomely.

In answering these questions, youll relate the power of the advanced thinkingstrategies found in the 4 Pillars of Mastery to your unique set of circumstances.

By doing so, you are behaving in the manner of the most highly successful and

wealthy entrepreneurs.

And that brings me to share one of the most important truths of life. Act as if you

are you draw it to you, what you act as if you are, you become.

Enjoy the process of discovery ahead.

Best wishes,

Christian Simpson


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Pillar 1: Develop the Owner Not The Business

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What do you reallybelieve about your potential? Be brutally

honest as you answer this question when I prompt you in the

video.


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3. What was your biggest take-away from Pillar 1?


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4. What specifically will change in your day-to-day activities as a

consequence of your new understanding?


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5. If you were to prioritise improvement over activityin your

business tomorrow, what would you be doing differently?


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6. What are the implications of these changes on your short,

medium and long-term goals?


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Pillar 2: Influencing At Cause Not Effect

1: Name the top 3 results in both your personal and business life that

youd like to improve. Write them down in a notebook.

For each one, answer the following questions:

i) What is the primary cause of that outcome?


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ii) What have you done that is different to what you

normally do, in order to achieve these changes?


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iii) Whats stopped you from improving this aspect of your

life?


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iv) What could you do differently to change the outcome?

Have no limits in your thinking here: let your

imagination run wild. Be open to possibilities and be

willing to think the ridiculous no answer is irrelevant,

there is no right or wrong, and no one is judging you.


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v) What else could you do?

vi) What would you suggest to a friend if they were in your

situation?


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vii) Think of the wisest person you know, either someone

you know personally or someone you have never met

who you admire for their wisdom: for each result, what

would he or she suggest you do?


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viii) What has been your greatest learn from Pillar 2 and this

line of enquiry?


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Pillar 3: Focus On Potential Not Performance

1. What aspects of your business and personal life reflect that you

focus on potential rather than performance?


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2. If you were spending more time focusing on your potential

rather than your performance, what would you be doing

differently in your typical working day?


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3. What impact would the change youve highlightedhave on your

business and personal life?


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4. What are the specific changes that you need to make so that

you can prioritise time focusing on your potential rather than

your existing performance?


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5. Write out 3 activities that you are willing to commit to

undertake in the next month, which focus exclusively on

developing your potential.


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Pillar 4: Decision Making: Know The Why Not The How

1. Reflect back on the most important decisions youve made in

your business in the past 12 months. Given your new

understanding, what would you have done differently?


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2. What would have been the implication of doing things in this

new way?


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3. Now applythe same line of enquiry to your personal life.


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4. In what area of your business are you resisting making a

decision?

5. How is that serving you?


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6. Now apply the same line of enquiry for your personal life.


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7. List the most important decisions you need to make in the next

4 weeks: given your new understanding, what action will you

take?

Decision 1:

Action

Decision 2:

Action


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Decision 3:

Action

Decision 4:

Action


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Congratulations!

One of the worlds greatest entrepreneurs, Henry Ford, said thinking is thehardest work there is, which is why so few people partake in it.

In a single sentence, Ford got straight to the heart of what separates highly

successful entrepreneurs from those who work very hard and yet accomplish

mediocrity at best, failure at worst.

By completing this guided process, youvedemonstrated that youre willing to dowhat few entrepreneurs are willing to do, so that you can accomplish what few

accomplish.

Your return on investment is not just the clarity, insight and direction youvealready benefited from because of how youve applied yourself to the process,but the ideas and solutions that are still to be revealed to you for following this

line of enquiry.

This is only the beginning. Return to these questions again and again, and create

a time for thinking into your daily schedule. I recommend first thing in the

morning, when the mind is recharged and empty of yesterdays noise.

Im delighted to be given the opportunity of helping you achieve greater success

in your personal and professional life, and I hope well continue to collaboratewithin a mutually beneficial, long-term relationship.

Best wishes,

Christian Simpson

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