Trapping Your Kill

Now that you’ve identified your kill, researched it, and discovered its weaknesses, it’s time to set your trap. Trapping your kill will require keen awareness and planning, but most importantly, execution.

Your prey is an apex predator, meaning, you’ve chosen the best at what they do, your market leader. They rank highest in your desired category and they didn’t get there haphazardly. The systems and processes they have in place are things your organization must improve on, perfect, and be more efficient in.

Each weakness you’ve identified will require an action plan for improvement in your business. Each thing you said your company would do better and those you said should or could be done differently. All of those items you discovered in your research will help you lay your trap. Your trap will be the improvement or elimination of those deficiencies in your business.

Springing your trap is the final phase. Launching, running, and scaling your organization will require development of processes and systems supporting your vision. Trapping and killing an apex predator requires an apex predator. You are at the top! You simply haven’t given notice that you are.

Today, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, I am grateful that:

I was able to help a total stranger. A neighbor needed help getting his friend to the pier. I was able to assist loading her possessions and ensuring transport to the port. It took a bit more than an hour but well worth my time to help her continue her studies en route to becoming a doctor.

Gary offered his assistance once more. I was slightly humiliated to ask, but it was much needed on my part. Not the humiliation but rather the willingness to ask for assistance. Letting others know of my struggles and my unrelenting desire to move forward may actually help them in the journey.

I’ve gotten even more tactical clarity. Seeing it before it happens is something I believe we all possess, yet the unyielding ability to make it come true is quite different. Most will stop short of their desired goals and those that continue will see the manifestation of things only they saw and believed were possible through applied faith.

Each weakness you’ve identified is a trap. Revisit your list and write down at least three ways to eliminate that weakness in your organization.

Be Great. Be Grateful!!!