Do This to Increase the Quality of Your Output

Remember the old computer acronym “GIGO,” which stands for Garbage In, Garbage Out?

It basically means that if data fed into a computer is flawed or otherwise nonsensical, then that is what will also come out.

A question we might ask is...

Key Point: If being careful to input the correct information into an external tool is so important, then how much more important is it to do so when it comes to our minds?

Young Jakob Risley (the 25-year-old sales and marketing phenom son of my longtime friend and colleague Sabrina Risley-Stowell) relates a terrific story titled “The Personal Evolution Letter” in an issue of his e-newsletter series.

Taking notice that some of his copywriting had become rather inconsistent, he decided to challenge himself with what he terms a “Dopamine Detox Experiment.”

Monday through Friday he would allow himself no entertainment except for books. Thus, no TV or movie streaming, no video games, and no social media (aside from necessary research).

To quote Jakob…

All I did in my free time was read books. The results were incredible.

Not only was I much more focused when working, but the quality of the content that I created this week went through the roof.

It wasn’t just because I wasn’t distracting myself.

It was because the quality of the content I was consuming was astronomically higher, so the quality of the content I created followed suit.

This is how your mind works. What you consume will always shape your thoughts, and your thoughts will invariably shape your behavior and what you create.

You’ve heard it before, quality input = quality output.

Yes, we have, Jakob. Yes we have. But I love how *you* said it!

Today’s Exercise: Consider doing a “Dopamine Detox” just as Jacob did. Cease feeding your mind with any mental junk food/garbage for a week, and see if your mental output is of a much higher quality.

Genuine Influence: The Go-Giver Way

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