Stay Focused on Your Core Genius

Jack Canfield's Success Principle #39

Jack believes in something he has called core genius: the one thing that we love to do and do so well that we hardly feel right charging people money for doing it. It's effortless and a whole lot of fun.

Delegate completely for greater success.
Many successful people delegate mundane tasks to others so that they are free to pursue their core genius. People like golfer Tiger Woods, baseball great Sammy Sosa, and professional trainer Anthony Robbins all delegate. Why?

Consider that it takes Sammy Sosa about 1 second to hit a home run. At the writing of The Success Principles, he was earning $10,625,000 for about 70 seconds of batting time each year. Perfecting his core genius pays off a lot more for him than if he spends his time raking his leaves or changing his oil.

If I could earn $75 per hour and pay a neighborhood kid $10 per hour to cut the grass, why would I ever mow the lawn? Over the course of 20 weekends, I could earn an extra $65 per hour. That would net me an extra $1,300 per year.

Most people never delegate. Why? We don't believe it's right to pay others to do our work. We think people will see us as snobs, or we're afraid to give up control of what we do. This is ridiculous.

Jack stresses the importance of delegating a task completely. For instance, if I hire a teen to mow my lawn, I should tell him how I want it done at the beginning of the season. I shouldn't spend time every week explaining the tasks to him. I give him the freedom to do the work, which frees me to work on my core genius: writing.

Do what you love, and the money will follow.
The worst mistake we can make is to start out with the goal of just making a lot of money. If we diligently practice what we have a talent for doing, the money will flow our way. I know a lot of people who work in jobs that they hate, because they're trying to stay afloat. They never have time to do what they really love, because they're focused on paying the bills.

We all have to take care of ourselves, and the bills must be paid. But wouldn't it be a lot more fun to make stained glass windows, run a summer camp for kids, write novels, or design jewelry than to slave at a desk in jobs we hate?

Today's Challenge
Make a list of mundane tasks that you do every day which could be delegated to someone else. Direct your kids or your spouse to help with some of the things you do. Hire a teen to mow the lawn, shovel snow, or rake leaves. Contract with a cleaning service so that you are free to pursue your core genius. Delegate just one thing and use that time to start doing something great with your life.


Jack Canfield, America's #1 Success Coach, is founder of the billion-dollar book brand Chicken Soup for the Soul© and a leading authority on Peak Performance and Life Success. If you're ready to jump-start your life, make more money, and have more fun and joy in all that you do, get your FREE success tips from Jack Canfield now at: www.FreeSuccessStrategies.com