Compete Every Day: The Not-So-Secret Secret to Winning Your Work and Life

by Jake Thompson

Overview

Performance coach Jake Thompson shares the seven key choices that leaders make in order to enhance their focus, increase their levels of success, and win their work and life.

COMPETE EVERY DAY examines the important actions that the best of the best make on a daily basis in order to separate themselves from everyone else. The lessons shared can be used by everyone, but most rarely do believe that “winning can’t be that simple.”

In reality, it is that simple. The magic, however, is in the application of these seven lessons every single day. You’ll learn how embracing your own Competitor Mindset will allow you to do just that.

COMPETE EVERY DAY will motivate and empower you to embrace your inner Competitor and strive for the higher levels of success in your work and life that you’re truly capable of achieving.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781950892525
Publisher:	Clovercroft Publishing
Publication date:	09/01/2020
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Jake Thompson is a popular keynote speaker and entrepreneur whose passion for helping leaders develop grit and influence provides the foundation for his organization Compete Every Day.

Starting from humble beginnings selling t-shirts from the trunk of his car in 2011, Jake built the brand into a global influence through the power of sweat, hard work, and quality relationships. He now teaches companies how to use the same championship focus and competitive mindset to elevate their performance at work and in life.

His belief that success is a matter of our choices and competitive focus was rooted in his years of entrepreneurial success, research, and consulting work with organizations all over the country. He currently resides in Dallas, Texas, with his wife and two dogs.

Table of Contents

01 Success in Life and Sports 1

02 Why Competition Matters 6

Aretas 10

Every Day Is a Competition 13

"Can't See" Creates "Can't Miss" 19

Chapter Takeaways 25

03 Outwork Your Talent 26

Born versus Built 28

Law of Compensation 31

Talent Doesn't Determine Your Choices 37

How to Outwork Your Talent 42

Chapter Takeaways 44

04 Never Let the Hard Days Win 45

Always Finish 50

Adversity Is an Opportunity 53

The Midnight Rule 55

What Matters Most 57

How to Never Let the Hard Days Win 61

Chapter Takeaways 63

05 Embrace the Process 64

What Really Goes into Game Day 64

It's Not about "Right Now" 69

What's Most Important? 71

Play Tag 74

Hope Isn't a Strategy 80

Be Where Your Feet Are 86

Day One 89

How to Embrace the Process 90

Chapter Takeaways 92

06 Build Your Starting Lineup 94

Loud Doesn't Equal Important 97

Your Friends Determine Your Fate 100

The Saban Way 100

Three to Avoid 101

Three to Look For 104

Start in the Mirror 109

How to Choose Your Teammates 111

Chapter Takeaways 113

07 Lead with Your Actions 114

See It; Then Believe It 116

Sweep the Parking Lot 118

Let Them Do It 121

Game Time Adjustments 124

How to Lead Better 126

Chapter Takeaways 128

08 Always Do Your Best 129

No Shoes? Doesn't Matter 136

Raise Your Baseline 142

How to Always Do Your Best 144

Chapter Takeaways 145

09 Help Others Win, Too 147

Worth Remembering 149

Help Others Win, Too 151

Chapter Takeaways 152

10 End on Empty 153

The Two Scariest Words 155

What's More Important 157