What?

How do some people get so much more done in so much less time than others? They have a profound knowledge of what they are doing.

So What?

Take any job and think about how much better and quicker you could do it if you totally understood what needs to be done and how to do it. In spite of this obvious fact, many people go right on trying to do their job with a superficial knowledge of how to do it. This idea applies to every person and every job that exists on this planet. Here's an example of how this works:

Seasoned transplant surgeons can perform incredibly complex surgical operations with ease…but it may take them hours to fix a running toilet when they get home after a day of performing miracles and saving lives.

Seasoned plumbers may be able to easily fix a running toilet in a few minutes…but would you want to have them perform your transplant surgery?

In their own way, these people have ended up in the same place in life. They know how to do their respective jobs well because they took the time to develop a profound knowledge of what needs to be done and how to do it. But try to switch jobs on them and you will quickly see the effects of a lack of profound knowledge. When you switch the jobs, it will take more time to get less done…if the job gets done at all.

Now What?

There's an old saying, "What's in the well, comes up in the bucket.” Here are some great ways to fill up your "knowledge well” so you will have what you need when your "bucket” comes up.

Read - Learn in a few hours or minutes what it took the author years to learn. One common trait among most high achievers is their commitment to reading and ongoing improvement. Be sure and try any good ideas you read about. Remember, you can't lose weight by reading a diet book. You've got to try the diet.

Hang around masters - Find out who is among the best at your job and hang around them and learn from them. Especially hang around masters who have specific knowledge related to your calling in life.

Make sure you are passionate about your job - Everything else falls into place more easily if you love what you are doing. Discover your true calling in life and get on a path to mastering the knowledge related to your passion.

Stop making excuses and start learning more about your job than anyone else within a 100-mile radius of your workspace. When you accomplish this, move your radius out another 100 miles. Keep this up until you don't have anymore room to expand your radius.