Brainpower or Horsepower?

Brainpower or Horsepower?

How to get a job well done means something different today than it did a few years ago.

You see, for the last 50 years we were in the ‘Information Age’, where speed and access to information is what gave people a competitive advantage. This of course, was preceeded by the Industrial Revolution, where mass production defined success.

Apparently we are now in the Age of ‘The Internet of Things’. I’m 42 years old – so don’t ask me what that means.

How to get a job well done means something different today than it did a few years ago.

But I will tell you this – we have gotten TOO FAR AWAY from Mass Production.

As valuable as Brainpower is, it is not a substitute for Horsepower. Quite obviously, we need both.

For far too long people have guarded and leveraged their access to information to have an advantage – and it’s made them LAZY.

Ever wonder at how many Tradesmen make multi million dollar empires all the time?

HORSEPOWER – that’s how. They understand their trade, they understand business – and they GO.

So say what they will. The ‘Internet of Things’ can be the new ‘soup du jour’ all you want. But if that knowledge is not applied and showcased with an obsessive and mighty work ethic – it will just blend in with the rest.

In fact, the more society evolves to an even more dependent knowledge based economy, I would bet my house that those that embrace that knowledge but keep their PRIMARY focus on outworking others will enjoy success at the highest level.

So don’t get comfortable.

Get to work.