How LeBron James turned himself into a highly efficient scoring machine

This is a really good article. I was just talking with my friends on how it seems like LeBron realized that he can be unstoppable; which in reality and from this read, means he's more efficient. When you're efficient at anything, it always look like you're dominate and at times unstoppable. Take Apple for example: During 2007 - 2011, they were on a run where we all thought the world would be iEverything.

I think finding your efficient level is the key indicator to someone or thing looking unstoppable once in motion. Meaning, once your startup is off the ground with a business model and making money on said business model, your next step is to find the efficiency level for which you best operate on. This includes all aspects of the company, not just sales. LeBron is an efficient scorer but also an efficient passer and defensive player. It wasn't until all things were working together and not in isolation, when people were like "WOW!!!, I think he figured it out". So if sales and everything else are booming but you have a very inefficient product development cycle, you will not be at your peak performance level. VentureBeat had an article about Tibco; which details this about having great technology and rocking but a sales missteps; which didn't allow them to get to their true efficient/ peak performance level (http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/28/tibco/). This seems like the problem with Apple now. They don't seem to be as dominate and unstoppable as before; which could be by design but I doubt it. The management shakeup and recent hiccups with Maps and Siri, shows that Apple is now not as efficient as it once was.

I believe when your efficiency level is found, you take nothing for granted as LeBron mentions is the reason he has transformed as a player. When you work at being great and the best you can be, you find out who you are and what works the best. You also find out who you are not and what doesn't work. You exclude what you're not and what doesn't work from the equation and focus on the variables that work for you. Only you can stop you, once you found your efficiency level that gets you to peak performance.

"It's work," James says. "It's a lot of work. It's being in workouts, and not accomplishing your goal, and paying for it. So, if I get to a spot in a workout and want to make eight out of 10, if I don't make eight of 10, then I run. I push myself to the point of exhaustion until I make that goal. So you build up that mentality that you got to make that shot and then use that in a game situation — it's the ultimate feeling, when you're able to work on something and implement it." That's a very inspiring pharagrafh.