Romesh Hettiarachchi
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The difference is recognizing that systematic thinking beats heroic effort every single time. To document one process this week, measure one key metric next month, and setting one quarterly priority that actually connects to your life goals.
Simple steps that compound over time.
Simple steps that compound over time.
August 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The difference is recognizing that systematic thinking beats heroic effort every single time. To document one process this week, measure one key metric next month, and setting one quarterly priority that actually connects to your life goals.
Simple steps that compound over time.
Simple steps that compound over time.
Every business owner faces the same fundamental choice: to either build a job that demands your constant presence, or build a business that creates value while you focus on what truly matters.
The difference here isn't talent, connections, or market timing - though these help.
The difference here isn't talent, connections, or market timing - though these help.
August 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Every business owner faces the same fundamental choice: to either build a job that demands your constant presence, or build a business that creates value while you focus on what truly matters.
The difference here isn't talent, connections, or market timing - though these help.
The difference here isn't talent, connections, or market timing - though these help.
I've spent a couple of years adapting EOS to legal practice.
Knowing what I know now, here's what I wish someone had told me ten years ago.
Knowing what I know now, here's what I wish someone had told me ten years ago.
August 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I've spent a couple of years adapting EOS to legal practice.
Knowing what I know now, here's what I wish someone had told me ten years ago.
Knowing what I know now, here's what I wish someone had told me ten years ago.
3️⃣ From Dependency to Systems. You document your key processes so work gets done consistently, whether you're there or not.
This means better client service and real freedom to step away.
This means better client service and real freedom to step away.
August 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
3️⃣ From Dependency to Systems. You document your key processes so work gets done consistently, whether you're there or not.
This means better client service and real freedom to step away.
This means better client service and real freedom to step away.
2️⃣ From Guessing to Knowing. You track metrics that predict success in your business.
Instead of hoping things are going well, you have early warning signals and confidence in your decisions.
Instead of hoping things are going well, you have early warning signals and confidence in your decisions.
August 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
2️⃣ From Guessing to Knowing. You track metrics that predict success in your business.
Instead of hoping things are going well, you have early warning signals and confidence in your decisions.
Instead of hoping things are going well, you have early warning signals and confidence in your decisions.
At its simplest, an Operating System is a practical framework that creates three fundamental shifts in how your business functions:
1️⃣ From Reactive to Intentional. You work from clear priorities that connect short-term tasks to bigger goals
1️⃣ From Reactive to Intentional. You work from clear priorities that connect short-term tasks to bigger goals
August 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
At its simplest, an Operating System is a practical framework that creates three fundamental shifts in how your business functions:
1️⃣ From Reactive to Intentional. You work from clear priorities that connect short-term tasks to bigger goals
1️⃣ From Reactive to Intentional. You work from clear priorities that connect short-term tasks to bigger goals
2️⃣ They didn't measure busyness but measured what mattered to their success.
3️⃣ They built systems to remove themselves from operations -not because they didn't care, but because they wanted something sustainable.
What connected all experiences was an Operating System.
3️⃣ They built systems to remove themselves from operations -not because they didn't care, but because they wanted something sustainable.
What connected all experiences was an Operating System.
August 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
2️⃣ They didn't measure busyness but measured what mattered to their success.
3️⃣ They built systems to remove themselves from operations -not because they didn't care, but because they wanted something sustainable.
What connected all experiences was an Operating System.
3️⃣ They built systems to remove themselves from operations -not because they didn't care, but because they wanted something sustainable.
What connected all experiences was an Operating System.
three patterns emerged from the conversations I had with more experienced business owners at the Accelerator Program:
1️⃣ They moved from vague goals to specific outcomes that connected to their actual lives (“enough revenue to justify a holiday every quarter”).
1️⃣ They moved from vague goals to specific outcomes that connected to their actual lives (“enough revenue to justify a holiday every quarter”).
August 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
three patterns emerged from the conversations I had with more experienced business owners at the Accelerator Program:
1️⃣ They moved from vague goals to specific outcomes that connected to their actual lives (“enough revenue to justify a holiday every quarter”).
1️⃣ They moved from vague goals to specific outcomes that connected to their actual lives (“enough revenue to justify a holiday every quarter”).
In 2022, I joined Entrepreneurs Organization's Accelerator Program, tired of being the bottleneck in my own practice.
This was the same year I read Gino Wickman’s Traction.
These experiences taught me a foundational truth. Successful businesses are built on repeatable systems.
This was the same year I read Gino Wickman’s Traction.
These experiences taught me a foundational truth. Successful businesses are built on repeatable systems.
August 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
In 2022, I joined Entrepreneurs Organization's Accelerator Program, tired of being the bottleneck in my own practice.
This was the same year I read Gino Wickman’s Traction.
These experiences taught me a foundational truth. Successful businesses are built on repeatable systems.
This was the same year I read Gino Wickman’s Traction.
These experiences taught me a foundational truth. Successful businesses are built on repeatable systems.
Sustainable success comes from building systems that amplify your strengths, not fighting your natural patterns.
When you align your workflows with your Zone of Genius, you don't just work more efficiently - you work more joyfully.
That's when you thrive.
When you align your workflows with your Zone of Genius, you don't just work more efficiently - you work more joyfully.
That's when you thrive.
August 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Sustainable success comes from building systems that amplify your strengths, not fighting your natural patterns.
When you align your workflows with your Zone of Genius, you don't just work more efficiently - you work more joyfully.
That's when you thrive.
When you align your workflows with your Zone of Genius, you don't just work more efficiently - you work more joyfully.
That's when you thrive.
4 Highlight accordingly
🟩 Green: Activities that leave you feeling more engaged and capable. These are activities where you excel without friction.
🟥 Red: Activities that deplete your mental/emotional resources. These activities should be systematized, delegated or eliminated.
🟩 Green: Activities that leave you feeling more engaged and capable. These are activities where you excel without friction.
🟥 Red: Activities that deplete your mental/emotional resources. These activities should be systematized, delegated or eliminated.
August 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
4 Highlight accordingly
🟩 Green: Activities that leave you feeling more engaged and capable. These are activities where you excel without friction.
🟥 Red: Activities that deplete your mental/emotional resources. These activities should be systematized, delegated or eliminated.
🟩 Green: Activities that leave you feeling more engaged and capable. These are activities where you excel without friction.
🟥 Red: Activities that deplete your mental/emotional resources. These activities should be systematized, delegated or eliminated.
1. Grab two highlighters (red and green work best).
2. Pull up two weeks of your calendar that represent your typical workload.
3. Review each day hour by hour with one simple question: Did this energize me or drain me?
2. Pull up two weeks of your calendar that represent your typical workload.
3. Review each day hour by hour with one simple question: Did this energize me or drain me?
August 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
1. Grab two highlighters (red and green work best).
2. Pull up two weeks of your calendar that represent your typical workload.
3. Review each day hour by hour with one simple question: Did this energize me or drain me?
2. Pull up two weeks of your calendar that represent your typical workload.
3. Review each day hour by hour with one simple question: Did this energize me or drain me?
While most professionals can identify difficult tasks, few know which specific activities energize versus drain them.
One simple way to uncover these patterns is to conduct an Energy Audit (credit to executive coach Matt Mochary who I learned this exercise from):
One simple way to uncover these patterns is to conduct an Energy Audit (credit to executive coach Matt Mochary who I learned this exercise from):
August 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
While most professionals can identify difficult tasks, few know which specific activities energize versus drain them.
One simple way to uncover these patterns is to conduct an Energy Audit (credit to executive coach Matt Mochary who I learned this exercise from):
One simple way to uncover these patterns is to conduct an Energy Audit (credit to executive coach Matt Mochary who I learned this exercise from):
Research indicates that people who spend approximately 70 - 80% of their time on activities that energize them consistently outperform their peers.
Your Zone of Genius sits at the intersection of what you're naturally good at and what energizes you.
Your Zone of Genius sits at the intersection of what you're naturally good at and what energizes you.
August 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Research indicates that people who spend approximately 70 - 80% of their time on activities that energize them consistently outperform their peers.
Your Zone of Genius sits at the intersection of what you're naturally good at and what energizes you.
Your Zone of Genius sits at the intersection of what you're naturally good at and what energizes you.
5. Lastly, be imaginative. What you think your career will look like when you graduate may not be realistic three years from now.
Explore ways to be creative with what you learn so that you can build a career doing what you love.
Explore ways to be creative with what you learn so that you can build a career doing what you love.
August 3, 2025 at 3:57 AM
5. Lastly, be imaginative. What you think your career will look like when you graduate may not be realistic three years from now.
Explore ways to be creative with what you learn so that you can build a career doing what you love.
Explore ways to be creative with what you learn so that you can build a career doing what you love.
4. Get proficient at using technology to deliver value to your colleagues. That knowledge will be indispensable when you start your private practice.
August 3, 2025 at 3:57 AM
4. Get proficient at using technology to deliver value to your colleagues. That knowledge will be indispensable when you start your private practice.
3. Most law professors will know very little about the daily realities of legal practice.
If you are looking for a career in legal practice, network and build relationships as early as possible.
If you are looking for a career in legal practice, network and build relationships as early as possible.
August 3, 2025 at 3:57 AM
3. Most law professors will know very little about the daily realities of legal practice.
If you are looking for a career in legal practice, network and build relationships as early as possible.
If you are looking for a career in legal practice, network and build relationships as early as possible.
2. Law school can only teach you how the law was interpreted and applied in the past.
It teaches you nothing about how the law will be impacted by unexpected developments in the future.
It teaches you nothing about how the law will be impacted by unexpected developments in the future.
August 3, 2025 at 3:57 AM
2. Law school can only teach you how the law was interpreted and applied in the past.
It teaches you nothing about how the law will be impacted by unexpected developments in the future.
It teaches you nothing about how the law will be impacted by unexpected developments in the future.
1. The practice of law is changing rapidly. Expect the legal industry to look very different when you graduate than when you started.
August 3, 2025 at 3:57 AM
1. The practice of law is changing rapidly. Expect the legal industry to look very different when you graduate than when you started.
Drucker's insights highlight how innovation rarely comes from the latest fads - rather opportunities often missed.
Looking to innovate? Consider whether these sources of innovation apply to your industry.
The next breakthrough may be closer than you think.
Looking to innovate? Consider whether these sources of innovation apply to your industry.
The next breakthrough may be closer than you think.
July 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Drucker's insights highlight how innovation rarely comes from the latest fads - rather opportunities often missed.
Looking to innovate? Consider whether these sources of innovation apply to your industry.
The next breakthrough may be closer than you think.
Looking to innovate? Consider whether these sources of innovation apply to your industry.
The next breakthrough may be closer than you think.
7️⃣ Magic happens when different fields of knowledge converge.
SpaceX combined rocket science, manufacturing, and software to revolutionize space travel.
Moderna applied decades of mRNA research to rapidly develop COVID vaccines.
SpaceX combined rocket science, manufacturing, and software to revolutionize space travel.
Moderna applied decades of mRNA research to rapidly develop COVID vaccines.
July 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
7️⃣ Magic happens when different fields of knowledge converge.
SpaceX combined rocket science, manufacturing, and software to revolutionize space travel.
Moderna applied decades of mRNA research to rapidly develop COVID vaccines.
SpaceX combined rocket science, manufacturing, and software to revolutionize space travel.
Moderna applied decades of mRNA research to rapidly develop COVID vaccines.
6️⃣ Position ahead of shifting attitudes, not after.
Patagonia built its brand around environmental consciousness before sustainability became mainstream.
Whole Foods transformed organic food from niche to premium health choice.
Patagonia built its brand around environmental consciousness before sustainability became mainstream.
Whole Foods transformed organic food from niche to premium health choice.
July 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
6️⃣ Position ahead of shifting attitudes, not after.
Patagonia built its brand around environmental consciousness before sustainability became mainstream.
Whole Foods transformed organic food from niche to premium health choice.
Patagonia built its brand around environmental consciousness before sustainability became mainstream.
Whole Foods transformed organic food from niche to premium health choice.