The Hedgehog is a small and delicate creature…with one very powerful strategy for dealing with attacks and threats:
Curl up into a ball of prickly spikes.
No matter what happens, no matter who or what threatens the Hedgehog, it has just one simple strategy that works every single time.
Jim Collins — (Author of “Built to last”, “Good to great”, “How the mighty fall” and “Great by choice”) — calls this The Hedgehog Concept.
He found that every successful company that has achieved and maintained success…found their ONE thing that answered 3 critical questions:
- What are you passionate about?
- What are you good at?
- What could you be paid for?
In other words:
PASSION + SKILL + ECONOMIC ENGINE
Make a list of your passions, skills and possible economic engines (ways that others are already getting paid for engaging in your passions&skills).
Look for patterns, ask your friends and dig deep into finding the ONE thing that addresses these 3 questions.
(It’s a bit of work, but far less than your current workload in Medical school).
When it comes to following your dreams, you need to become a Hedgehog.
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