The Best Rules

There are certain rules we follow. There are three that I call my Best rules or guidelines. So here goes.

Rule 1. Do your best in every thing you do every single moment.

In everything you do. When you take a bath, eat breakfast, drink coffee, dress up for work or school, drive a car, talk or text by mobile phone, set up your work table, prepare your meeting minutes, conduct a meeting, write an email, address a business issue, write an issue document, write a proposal, eat lunch, freshen up, configure a system, reply an email, record an issue, update notes, attend a meeting, address process owners, summarize a meeting, record finances, drive home, fix stuff, eat dinner, write a blog, keep gadgets, freshen up, have sex, and sleep.

By keeping this everyday, it helps me in trying to achieve some level of excellence. This guideline for me has opened the path, and my understanding, on the next rule.

Rule 2. Do what you do best.

I knew growing up there were things I did better than other kids. Like dance, for example, no kidding, don't laugh. Okay, perhaps solve math problems. Or lead a group, a science team, an inventors' group, a brotherhood, a class, an editorial team, an activist group, a project team, a business. It didn't stop there. The more I put myself in challenging tasks, the more I understood myself and realized areas that I'm stronger in character and skills than most.

So for me the way was simple. To optimize my stay in this life, I do what I do best. I just focus on what I do best. And get rid of the crappy ones that others do best. It sounds simple but you have to filter through to find your finest abilities. In so doing and knowing and doing and knowing, repeatedly, you put yourself ahead of a certain pack, ahead of the curve in your area of expertise or competence. And economics wise, this translates into services that value more than the average.

There are probably at least three things right now that you yourself can say that you do better than most people. Dwell on those know-how, work on them and grow them like nobody does.

The more I let my skills grow, the more I need parameters for optimization.

Rule 3. Adapt best practices in your area of expertise.

The most part of what you do have some great history ingrained into it. Other people have done it multiple times that some form of better, if not, best, practices have been formulated. Adapt them.

If you think you're the best technologist in your school or industry, try comparing yourself to other people around the world. Read through their works and listen to their advises. Practice them as you see fit to your projects.

The process in integrating these best practices may provide you with further innovations or inventions. That again will allow you to further expand your competency and be ahead of the pack.