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Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do
And 3 areas where your assistant needs more help
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Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do
Bruce Lee watched countless fighters wasting energy.
Big swings. Flashy kicks. Too much show, too little impact.
He trained differently. Every strike had to land straight, fast, and efficient. If a movement added no value, he cut it.
He coined that approach as Jeet Kune Do.
A martial art built on subtraction.
→ Fewer forms
→ Direct action
→ Speed through simplicity
Lee carried the same idea into life outside the gym. His journals are filled with sketches of kicks alongside lines like, “It is not daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.”
For him, mastery came from carving down. In body, in mind, in work.
Your assistant won’t know everything
Even the best executive assistants begin with blind spots. The real question is which ones matter, and which don’t.
Three areas that usually demand the most teaching:
Industry knowledge
If you run a dental practice, your assistant won't instantly know why you schedule root canals for 90 minutes but fillings for 30.
Walk them through your patient flow. Let them observe how you handle insurance pre-authorizations.
Their TRM grows with each layer of context you expose them to.
Company processes
Every team runs on unwritten rules. Reporting lines, who holds actual influence, which meetings reveal the real story.
Bring your assistant into leadership debriefs and decode the subtext.
“This is why finance always pushes back on Q3 initiatives.”
”This is why certain stakeholders get copied on emails.”
Specialized work
Social, newsletters, or content. Your assistant needs to absorb your voice and standards before they can produce anything independently.
Review old posts side by side. Let them watch a brainstorming session.
Then guide their first draft into something usable.
The more context you transfer, the faster your assistant moves from guessing to executing with confidence.
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