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Copying & Pasting Other People’s Playbooks

📖 From the book The Third Door by Alex Banayan…

Ever since I’d been on my dorm room bed, I’d been obsessed with studying the paths of successful people, and while that’s a good approach to learning, I couldn’t solve every problem that way. 

I couldn’t copy and paste other people’s playbooks and expect it to work exactly the same for me. Their playbook worked for them because it was their playbook. It played to their strengths and their circumstances. 

Not once had I ever looked within myself and wondered about my strengths or my circumstances. What did it mean to out-Alex someone? 

While there’s a time for studying what’s worked for other people, there are moments when you have to go all in on what makes you unique. And in order to do that, you have to know what makes you, you.

Love that 😍

I’ve tried many times over the years to copy and paste other people’s playbooks, and the results have never been as good as I hoped.

Sure, you can (and should) take ideas and inspiration from others, but the best businesses always seem to have their own unique twist.

What’s yours? 🤔

Updated: June 13, 2024

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