03-04: 10 Ideas to Build a 10X Mindset

Ever since I read the 10X rule, I have been obsessed with building a 10X mindset. 10X thinking, 10X action, 10X life. This obsession stems from the desire to build, achieve, grow, and be my future self. 10X means achieving 10 with the same effort needed to achieve 1. Or achieving 1 with a 10th of the usually required effort. Instead of reading 10 books a year you read 100 books using the same effort but different tools and skills. Or say, you achieve your 10-year plan in 6 months, just like Peter Thiel said.
10X mindset requires a different way of thinking. It requires 10X discipline.
Here are 10 ideas that are helping me with my 10X journey.

PS: If this gets 10 likes, I will turn it into a blog and share it here :)

1. Clear Priorities - (ideally no more than 3)

Clear priorities are the compass that guides us in this turbulent world.
Having priorities helps us get clear about what matters to us, and sets directions in our life.
There is no point 10Xing the wrong priority.

2. Clear about Your Future Self

We all have had this thought of advising our younger selves what to do, especially what NOT to do. I know I would. What if we do it the way around. We decide who we want to be now and let future self give us advice or tips. Who else to trust more than our future selves, who did it.
What we focus on expands. Having a clear idea about who we want to be will keep us focused and clear.

3. 10X Goals

“We are kept from our goal not by obstacles but by a clear path to a lesser goal.” ― Robert Brault.
To have a 10X mindset, we first need to have 10X goals. Goals worth pursuing and can stretch us. If we set goals that we can achieve with the current skills and cognitive capabilities, then we are not 10Xing.

4. Pathways Thinking

There are many paths to achieving a goal. The key is to know the shortest path.
You can spend a year trying to scale your business, or you can reach out to a coach or join a cohort that can help you get there faster.
When you use pathways thinking, you start to think of WHO not WHAT. Who can you collaborate with to achieve your goals faster? Who is the mentor you need to reach out to or the coach you need to hire?

5. Be self-aware

Being self-aware helps us be clear and frees us from our assumptions and biases.
It strengthens our decision-making muscles. All these are needed to build 10X mindset.

6. Multiplication by Subtraction

Let go of the wrong goals, the toxic people, and distractions.

7. Learn how to Learn

Learning how to learn faster is a superpower. If you know how to read faster, then your throughput will increase. You will process more information, synthesize more, and create more.
Ask Jim Kiwik says, “All learning is state-dependent. Choose states of joy, fascination, and curiosity.”

8. Always Questions Assumptions

Elon Musk is great at this. There is more than one way to build a rocket.
By questioning assumptions, you open yourself to thinking in pathways.

9. Live and breath 20/80 Rule

10X is also about doing a lot more with less. Knowing the 20% of your activities that bring 80% of the results is important. The more time you can spend on the 20%, the better off you will be.

10. Invest in Yourself

Investing in your growth is the best investment. The more you know, the better you get at all the previous tips, the stronger your 10X mindset becomes.

Younes

03-04: 10 Ideas to Build a 10X Mindset

1. Clear Priorities - (ideally no more than 3)

2. Clear about Your Future Self

3. 10X Goals

4. Pathways Thinking

5. Be self-aware

6. Multiplication by Subtraction

7. Learn how to Learn

8. Always Questions Assumptions

9. Live and breath 20/80 Rule

10. Invest in Yourself

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