Hello Go-Getters!

Do you want this year to be better than last year?

I do. I want every year to be better than the year before. That’s why one of my practices is to learn something new every day.

Continuous learning is how top achievers get better every year, and how you can too.

This is why I’ve decided to create an Ask Jill Anything (AJA) Column for you. The first AJA is below!

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Where did I get the idea?

Yesterday, I looked at my Skillshare stats and was gobsmacked as I realized my growth. For the longest time (my first year on Skillshare), I’d averaged 96 students per month.

Then whammo. Over the past 3 months, I've averaged 1,023 students per month! (Thank you!!!)

Two things struck me when I discovered I’d 10X’d my monthly growth.

First, I was reminded, that’s how success shows up. Slowly … ever so slowly (sometimes feeling like it may never happen) then, suddenly, there it is. All at once.

Second, I decided I wanted to do more for you; help you play even bigger, and get more of what you want, even faster. That’s where my new AJA column comes in. I want to help you learn whatever it is you need to know to achieve your most important goals this year.

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Volume 1: Ask Jill Anything (high performance related)

The first question for Ask Jill Anything came in as a DM from a student who follows and chats with me on Instagram from time to time. He was responding to a story I posted about a 5AM sunrise.

The Question:

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My Reply:

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In my case, I usually wake up at 7AM, but I like to keep my mornings calm and mellow until at least 8AM, so I am not considered a ‘morning person.’

And while I’m certainly not the most successful person out there, my life is the best it’s ever been.

Five years ago, I was in 6 figures of debt caused by my car accident, depressed, and in a career slump wondering if I’d ever be able to figure out what could make me happy. Three years ago, I was doing better, but I had chosen a career (productivity consulting) that required long hours and long drives in rush hour traffic to get to my clients' offices.

Last year, I made well over 3X the sales I did the year before, and as my 1,073 Instagram and 20,670 Facebook followers can attest, I did it mostly from my living room, while traveling the world visiting rain forests, beaches in Bali and Puerto Rico, hawker centers in Singapore, or looking at the ocean right now as I am writing to you.

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But it’s not just me who can succeed without starting my day at 5AM.

Dan Pink, one of the world’s most respected authors on human behavior and performance, confirms this in his book When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing.

And I have more evidence from the real world too. Way back when I ran my restaurant in Toronto, we had several multimillionaire regulars, I remember multimillionaire tech-inventor in particular who proudly admitted he woke up at 10AM each day and did his best work late at night.

Science confirms it, and so do real people. Whether you do or don’t like mornings is not a deal breaker in your success. What matters more is that you are setting and steadily moving toward goals you care about.

Developing your important goals and maintaining steady progress toward them is the easiest way to become better than you were before. Then, like my Skillshare success, when you stick with it long enough, seemingly suddenly, you’ll have what you want.

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Recap: This Week's High-Performance Takeaways

Starting Small is the easiest and most predictable path to having a better future. Everyone can start small. You can start small. If you set and hold your focus on a measurable and motivating goal — which you should set using MOMA The Best Goal Setting Method out there — then, at some point down the road, you’ll look up and realize, you're exactly where you want to be.

Embrace your Personal Productivity Clock. Some of us are morning people, other’s aren’t. But everyone can be successful. There are plenty of people who succeed without finishing half their day before 5AM. Research shows that you're better off reflecting on when you have your best energy and then working on the projects that will make the most significant difference in your life at those times.

Need help deciding what your move-the-needle projects are? The ones that will help you upgrade your home, relationships, finances or career? Take my latest course ABCDecisions and learn how to make your best possible decisions from now on.

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Submit your Question

Got a performance related question of your own? You can submit yours as a reply to this post (on my Skillshare page). Or like my student above, you can reach me on Social Media by:

Following me on Instagram and asking me in a DM
Following me on Facebook and asking me in a message

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My “Heck Yeah” Report

Those of you who follow me on social media know, I’m all about building and living a life that makes me say “Heck-Yeah, I loved how I lived it!”

To me, it’s not just about achieving my goals, but also being able to say, I’m exactly where I want to be, right now. Every day.

This month I'm especially touched that since its February launch 529 students have taken my ABCDecisionscourse! That makes it my fastest-growing course on Skillshare so far!

Thank you! I’m grateful for your support. I feel fortunate to be able to do what I love, teaching success-skills around the world to Go-Getters like you.

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That’s all for this month. Thanks for reading!

Rooting for your success,

Jill

PS: Congratulations to my three February contest winners! Amy Buller won the FREE year on Skillshare. Gina Evans & Youssef Benihoud each won a spot in my upcoming book mastermind!

PPS: What have you always wanted to know about high-performance?

Follow me on Instagram and ask me in a DM, or
Follow me on Facebook and send me a message

Jill McAbe

Business & Marketing Strategist

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