Being the best in the world.

One time, a musician came up to me and said, "I am going to be the best bass player in the world."  At first, I thought, "Get in line, kid."  But now, I wonder if that's possible?  

How to be the best? Now, create and ship your most excellent and effective work to those who depend on you.   

How to be the most excellent? Execute your acquired skills to the best of your ability - consistently.  

How to be the most effective? Make sure your actions are producing the results you intend.  

Do both consistently, every day, and you will be the best. But what about the world?

Being the best in the world assumes you want to be better than everybody else. Here's the thing, we falsely assume the world means everybody else. What if the world just meant, "to those who care about the work I do"? What if the world meant, "my coworkers"?  

What if the world could be the smallest viable audience that needs us to show up for them?  

With that perspective, I believe it's easy to be the best in the world. You just need to decide to do it. Now.  

Change is that simple.