Bryan C. Fleming

Thursday we looked at the path to success and the four different ways people approach it. You can read this article here. Over the past few days, we’ve look at the Dabbler, the Obsessive, and the Hacker. Today we’ll look at the Master.

The Master approaches a new skill differently from the rest. They know up front that anything worth learning will take time. They see learning their new skill as a life long process. A journey. They expect there will be quick results at times, but most of the work is done in the valley. The mountain top experience is rare. There will be long periods of no growth followed by short growth spurts. They understand the growth curve looks like this:

As we have learned Mastering anything takes time. Lots of it. Tomorrow we’ll look at why more people don’t have a long-term attitude towards success. I’ll reveal where I’m getting this information too, since truthfully, I’m just not smart enough to have figured all this stuff out.

Thursday we looked at the path to success and the four different ways people approach it. You can read this article here. Over the past few days, we’ve looked at the Dabbler and the Obsessive. Today we’ll look at the Hacker.

The Hacker – The Hacker is unlike the Dabbler and Obsessive because they will stick with something over the long haul. Because they don’t quit, they do get some success. The Hacker’s biggest problem is complicacy.

They are happy at whatever level they’re at. They don’t want to excel any further. Hackers don’t do anything to improve their skills. If it’s a marriage, they’re happy sitting home watching TV every night. After all, they ARE married right? In their jobs they do enough to get by, but you won’t catch them in any improvement classes. Nor will you see them networking in professional development clubs.

The Hacker is certainly better than the Dabbler and the Obsessive. But, they won’t reach the echelon of success. To do that you must be a Master, which we will cover tomorrow.

Thursday we looked at the path to success and the four different ways people approach it. You can read this article here. Today we’ll look at the second of these people – The Obsessive.

The Obsessive – This person starts out with much more enthusiasm than the Dabbler. If it’s a diet, they’re counting the calories. They’re putting in 5 hours a day at the gym. They get better results from the dabbler because of all their effort. Like the story of the rabbit and the turtle; they burn out. To find these people, look for the newbies that are overly enthusiastic. They won’t be around long.

What the Dabbler and the Obsessive have in common is they love the rush of starting projects. They lack the patience and self discipline too see thing through. The inevitable back slide that will occur in any venture gets the best of them and they’re off to something new again.

Tomorrow we’ll look at the third type of person – The Hacker. You’ll see they actually can persevere through the tuff times and don’t get derailed so easily.