Welcome to Day 1538 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me. 

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Creating A Moonshot Mindset – Ask Gramps

Wisdom - the final frontier to true knowledge. Welcome to Wisdom-Trek! Where our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. Hello, my friend; I am Guthrie Chamberlain, your captain on our journey to increase Wisdom and Create a Living Legacy. Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. Today is Day 1538 of our Trek, and our focus on Fridays is the future technological and societal advances, so we call it Futuristic Fridays. My personality is one that has always been very future-oriented. Since my childhood, I have yearned for the exploration and discovery of new technologies and advancements for the future. I grew up with the original Star Trek series, and even today, as I am now on my 65^th revolution around the sun, I still dream of traveling in space. Each week we will explore rapidly converging technologies and advancements, which will radically change our lives. At times, the topics may sound like something out of a science fiction novel, but each area that we explore is already well on its way of becoming a reality over the next couple of decades.

To keep with our theme of “Ask Gramps,” I will put our weekly topics in the form of a question to get us on track. This week’s question is, Hey Gramps, we have explored having a futuristic, exponential, gratitude, and purpose-driven mindset, but next, you mentioned a Moonshot mindset. I am not sure what you mean by a moonshot mindset. What is a Moonshot Mindset, and why do I need one? 

Creating A Moonshot Mindset

As an entrepreneur, or even in your personal life, what if you could achieve 10X growth while your competitors or associates achieve 10% growth? With a Moonshot Mindset, your growth is 10X bigger or better when everyone else pursues incremental change.

I am using some of the information in today’s episode mentioned in Peter Diamandis’s blogs and book “The Future is Faster Than You Think.”

If we use a business setting as an example, we see that most companies ask questions such as, “How do we reduce costs by 10%?” or “How can we increase profits by 10%?” Having a Moonshot Mindset means applying 10X thinking (or 1,000%) to all of your efforts and challenges. So, why should you aim for 10X growth instead of 10%?

I’ll give you three reasons:

1. Astro Teller, Google-Alphabet’s, referred to as “Captain of Moonshots” says that when you try to do 10% better, you’re putting yourself in direct competition with everyone else in your industry. It’s a competition that you’re likely to lose.
2. When you shoot for 10X improvement and try to do something radically hard, you approach the problem you’re solving in a completely different
3. When you attack a problem (any problem) as though it were solvable, you’ll be shocked at what you come up with even if you don’t know how to solve it.

In our world, change is the only constant, and the rate of change is increasing.

You either disrupt yourself, or someone else will.

Today, I’m going to discuss what a Moonshot Mindset is and how to develop one.

Let’s dive in…

With a Moonshot Mindset… 

(1) You understand that “the day before something is a breakthrough, it’s a crazy idea.” Your Moonshot Mindset permits you to tackle crazy ideas.

(2) You are willing to take the risks necessary to transform industries and society for the better. You recognize that those with a Moonshot Mindset are the innovators making the world a better place, moving humanity forward, and charting the future.

(3) You understand that a Moonshot within the realm of your Massively Transformative Purpose (MTP) can be the adventure of a lifetime, giving you joy and purpose-driven life.

(4) You are willing to aim at billion-person challenges. You recognize that the world’s biggest problems are the world’s most prominent business opportunities.

(5) You understand that Moonshots striving for a 10X improvement (or 1,000%) offer one-hundred-fold the benefit compared to 10% incremental improvement, but are rarely one-hundred-fold more challenging to achieve. A 10X improvement is 100 times more worth it, but it’s not 100 times harder.

(6) As a leader, you know that Moonshots focus and motivate your team, help you attract the best talent in the world, and allow you to solve interim problems while creating temporary products and services along the way.

How would your business or life be different if you had a Moonshot Mindset?

If you have a Moonshot (10X goal), what is an action that you can take in the next hour to make progress toward it? Our world is shaped by a few people with crazy ideas, fueled by their Massively Transformative Purpose.

Will you be one of them?

As a Christ-follower, we, of all people, should expect God to perform mighty works through us. The Kingdom of God began the size of a mustard seed.  The dark rulers of this world never expected what God would perform through His Church as we are told in 1 Corinthians 2:8-10

1 Corinthians 2:8-10

But the rulers of this world have not understood it; if they had, they would not have crucified our glorious Lord. That is what the Scriptures mean when they say,

“No eye has seen, no ear has heard,

and no mind has imagined

what God has prepared

for those who love him.”

But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets.

That is a wrap for today’s question. Join us again next Futuristic Friday as we look at another exciting exponential technology area on our ‘Ask Gramps’ episode. Our next trek is Meditation Monday, where we will help you reflect on what is most important in life. So encourage your friends and family to join us and then come along on Monday for another day of ‘Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.’

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Thank you for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, but most importantly, I am your friend as I serve you through this Wisdom-Trek podcast and journal.

As we take this Trek of life together, let us always:

1. Live Abundantly (Fully)
2. Love Unconditionally
3. Listen Intentionally
4. Learn Continuously
5. Lend to others Generously
6. Lead with Integrity
7. Leave a Living Legacy Each Day

I am Guthrie Chamberlain….reminding you to ’Keep Moving Forward,’ ‘Enjoy your Journey,’ and ‘Create a Great Day…Everyday’! See you on Monday!