PEAK PERFORMANCE COMES DOWN TO THE MIND
AN OPTIMAL MIND IS KEY FOR PEAK PERFORMANCE
You may think that “peak performance” means something only available for top performers – in other words, people who, for whatever reason, have been identified as “star talent.” But peak performance is truly available to all people who want to and are ready to reach their full potential, in any area of their lives, including work. For this to happen we need a strong fortified mind.
The approaches and techniques used in high-performance borrow heavily from the worlds of sports, mindfulness and the military – areas where optimal mind performance is key. Peak performance conversations usually start with finding out people’s “why” – their visions or life ambitions. Then, it moves on to explore the directions in which people need to move to achieve those visions, and the steps they need to take now to do so.
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In my experience the basic ideas are easier to understand, and when a person understands them, they can implement them faster.
To this point, there are four basic or key components for “success” (however you define success.)
They are:
· Vision
· Strategy
· Tactics
· Mindset
VISION:
STRATEGY:
STRATEGY:
Your personal vision statement guides your life; it provides the direction necessary to direct the course of your days and the choices you make about your career, relationships, your health, all aspects of your life.
Your personal vision statement is the light shining in the darkness toward which you turn to find your way. Your personal vision statement illuminates your way; it’s at the core of your personal empowerment.
Knowing your personal vision statement is the first step in focusing your life – for your joy, accomplishments, contribution and for your legacy.
STRATEGY:
STRATEGY:
STRATEGY:
Your strategy is the “big picture” of what you’d like to accomplish. What you are going to do to achieve your vision. This is your personal performance, your blueprint.
Your strategy is one or more large-scale plans that you will use to achieve your vision. A strategy looks inwards, but it also looks outward at your environment, your strength’s, weakness, the resources you have, and the resources needed. Your strategy must determine how you will become the person you want to be.
Your strategy must consider all issues and find solutions that work and that are in alignment your vision.
TACTICS:
TACTICS:
TACTICS:
Your tactics are how you will achieve your strategies and when. Your tactics are the specific actions, sequences of actions, and schedules you will use to fulfill your strategy. If you have more than one strategy you will have different tactics for each. This is your peak performance.
MINDSET:
TACTICS:
TACTICS:
Your mindset determines your success or failure of your tactics and is the catalyst for implementing the tactics. This is your warrior mindset, your mental training for peak performance.
Without the proper mindset you will not execute your tactics. If you don’t execute your tactics you will not accomplish your strategies. If you don’t accomplish your strategies, you will not fulfill your vision. If you don’t fulfill your vision you will have lived an empty life.
So, what is the relationship between mindset and success?
In a word, everything!