What you deserve

# Chapter 91

The results you deserve will follow from the quality of your execution. - John Gruber

Notice that Gruber says the results you *deserve*! That is quite a bit different than how I have always hear this said, in that you get the results you want when you do . . . whatever. But usually the results I want is to lose weight without dieting, gain muscle without lifting, finish first without working hard, and be smart without thinking. You get the picture. I am lazy. You are lazy. Most people are lazy. I think lazy is the normal. And the results most people get in life are the lazy results. But then we see someone who has more . . . .

My friend Bernie says you have to get your butt in your seat and do the work. I want to up that to, you have to get your butt in your seat and do the work with excellence. Bernie is trying to help people just get started toward producing something, and he and I both want that producing to be amazing.

But you and I have to decide to pay the piper. In fact most of the time whatever you pay the piper is precisely the quality of results you normally get. If you pay the piper poorly your results will be poorly. If you pay the piper well, then your results will generally be good. But if you really want stellar results, then dig in hard and unflinchingly work until it is amazing.

Once upon a time, I was a fairly famous public speaker. In my network, I was gold! Honestly, you would not believe how good I am. But I worked my butt off for every single one of those amazings. I practiced and practiced for years! We get the results we deserve almost always.