Nov 12, 2018
The environment always wins. If you’ve ever had an exhausting day full of too many decisions (and haven’t we all?), you know all too well that willpower is finite. World power, on the other hand, doesn’t run out. World power means designing an environment with just the right balance and harmony to support you and challenge you to grow and get results, so you can rely on your environment instead of your limited willpower. This is why designing your environment sets up a framework for success, whether in business, ethical influence, teambuilding, or even with family and friends.
According to Thomas Leonard’s theory, there are nine environments. These surround you, where you’re the unchanging core at the center of a pie chart. The nine environments are:
This framework offers a powerful way to see and design the world around you. In other words, it helps you to design the context of your world, not just the content. Either you control your environment, or it controls you. Without significant environmental design, no process of change is sustainable, because it relies on your (finite) willpower. To achieve sustainable success, always design these nine environments to be the picture of your next evolution.
Tune into this episode to learn how you can use your knowledge of these environments to shape your world and life, what I believe the tenth environment is, how to decide which environment to focus on first, why momentum is the most powerful force in the business universe, and how to create a more adaptive, predictable, and successful outcome.
In This Episode:
[03:03] - Alex gives a quick overview of the key insights that he’ll be talking about throughout today’s episode.
[04:05] - We learn about willpower, world power, and the incredible benefits of creating an environment instead of relying on your willpower alone.
[06:57] - Alex offers a quick overview of the nine environments.
[09:19] - Either you control your environment or it controls you, Alex points out.
[12:38] - Alex’s goal for you in this episode is for you to understand that environment always wins, and that willpower is overrated.
[13:32] - Willpower is always shackled by environmental design.
[15:26] - Alex explains that environment equals context, and context is the determining factor in your life. If environment is context, willpower is content.
[17:21] - We hear what Alex believes is the 10th environment, as well as how to prioritize your environments.
[19:21] - Here’s today’s Alexism: “Focus on building momentum, not just growth.”
[20:38] - Alex talks about how momentum applies to the idea of environmental design.
[22:05] - We hear a quick review of the insights that Alex has covered today, including why environment is more powerful than willpower.
[23:06] - Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please head to this link and leave your biggest takeaway from this episode as an iTunes review!
[24:52] - Alex gives away a powerful free gift in honor of this 35th episode of the podcast: instant free access to his powerful new video e-course, available at this link!
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