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Internal Mastery

Graham Weaver emphasizes the importance of mastering one's internal game for personal success. He shares his journey towards enlightenment, highlighting how our perception of external events is filtered through our minds, shaping our reality. This realization led him to explore practices like meditation and journaling, which he finds invaluable in gaining control over his life.

Your whole life is unfolding externally, and there's events and there's situations, and then that life goes through a filter, which is your mind.

--- Graham Weaver

Weaver believes that by focusing on internal mastery, individuals can significantly influence their external success 1.

   

Interpersonal Skills

Interpersonal skills play a crucial role in business success, as discussed by Graham Weaver and Matt Abrahams. Weaver explains that life often presents itself as an external game, but true success begins with mastering the internal game. He uses the analogy of investing to describe how focusing on internal growth can lead to asymmetric outcomes in life.

You end up with these wildly asymmetric outcomes. So you don't end up with, like, a whole bunch of two or three x deals. You end up with some okay ones, and then some just gargantuan home runs.

--- Graham Weaver

By addressing limiting beliefs and focusing on personal development, individuals can achieve greater success in both personal and professional realms 2.