Zachary ClinchSpring 2015

SMARTCUTS

Part 1:Shorten

Part 2:Leverage

Part 3:Soar

SHORTEN

Hacking the Ladder

Training with Masters Rapid Feedback

LEVERAGE

Platforms Waves Superconnectotrs

SOAR

Momentum Simplicity 10x Thinking

Hacking the Ladder

There is no one right way to get there.

Create your own path to the top.

Hacking

the

Ladder

All it takes is one small win. After that the

chances of another

small win become

greater and greater.

Training with

MastersMentorship is the secret of many of the

highest-profile achievers throughout history.

Data indicates that those who train with successful people who’ve “been there” tend

to achieve success faster.

Training with

Masters

There is a big difference between mastering something and moving on

once something is “good enough”

Rapid Feedback

The problem is that people won’t try if they feel like they will fail.

Rapid Feedback“If you’re not failing you are either very lucky, very good, or not pushing the boundaires enough.” – Dr. Bradley Staats

The fear of failure is what keeps some people from reaching their true potential.

Platforms

Isaac Newton attributed his success as a scientist to “standing on the shoulders of giants”

This is what platforms are, building off of the work of great thinkers before you.

PlatformsWe actually only need higher-order thinking and the ability to use

the platforms to do everything else.

WavesTo succeed you

need to be able to pick your waves.

That meaning you have to know

which waves can win and which waves will lose.

Waves

“If you don’t have a good or better platform to perform on

than your opponent, you’re going to lose.” – Sonny Moore

Superconnectors

The act of making mass connections by tapping into hubs with many spokes

Superconnectors

No matter the medium or method, giving is the timeless smartcut for harnessing superconnectors and creating

serendipity.

Momentum

“Success is like a lightening bolt. It’ll strike you when you least expect it, and you just have to keep the momentum

going.” – Michelle Phan

YouTube channel with 5 million subscribers and 800 million views, originating from a single video.

MomentumMomentum isn’t

just a powerful ingredient

of success. It’s also a powerful predictor

of success.

Simplicity

Sometimes bigger is not better. Sometimes more of a good thing is too much. Sometimes the

smartest next step is a step back.

SimplicityOften, the thing holding us back from success is our inability to say no.

Creativity comes easier within constraints.

10X Thinking“It’s often easier to make something 10 times better than it is to make it 10 percent better.”

– Astro Teller

10X Thinking is the art of the extremely big swing.

10X Thinking With an increase in the

amount of “big swings”

comes with it the increase

in number of failures.

SpaceX is on its way to no just 10x, but potentially 100x decrease in the cost of getting to space because of their willingness to swing big.

In conclusion…The way innovators have been able to gain success so quickly are by using the 9 different smartcuts which are:

•Hacking the Ladder

•Training with Masters

•Rapid Feedback

•Platforms

•Waves

•Superconnectors

•Momentum

•Simplicity

•10x Thinking