I’d like to introduce you to the Watkinson three step miracle plan — an ingenious method that can help you achieve pretty much any goal in life. You'll feel like the child in this odd stock image - effortlessly soaring towards the light beneath the wings of an eagle.

Here’s how it works:

Step 1 - Find an expert
Step 2 - Ask them what to do
Step 3 - Do it

Despite the apparent simplicity of this process and its incredible success rate, I’ve noticed that most people prefer to do otherwise:

Find someone totally unqualified - ask them what to do - do it.
Find an expert - tell them what to do - do what you told them.
Find an expert - ask them what to do - do something else.

Every genuinely competent professional I've ever met has observed the same phenomenon, much to their frustration. I won’t pretend I understand why.

I will say this though. If you find an expert and demonstrate a willingness to pursue steps two and three, they'll think you’re the best thing since sliced bread, because you're allowing them to fulfill a bit of their potential.

As a token of gratitude they’ll go out of their way to make you their biggest success story. Everybody wins.

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