Shifting Gears on High Performance
SUMMARY
Do you feel like a performance car that's actually only running on about half it's cylinders? Are you constantly tired and losing your mojo because you're exhausted? I know how that feels.
So, stick with me because this week I want to help you shift your thinking and behaviour to have way more energy and enjoy what you're doing so much more.
The shift that I am going to talk to you about today is going from that high-performance mentality alone to sustainable performance.
Firstly, start over the IDENTITY area in our personal leadership. Next, change your BEHAVIOUR.
TRANSCRIPT
Do you feel like a performance car that's actually only running on about half it's cylinders? Are you constantly tired and losing your mojo because you're exhausted?
Hi, this is Grant Herbert, VUCA Leadership and 'Sustainable' Performance Coach, and today I want to continue our conversation in this second area of Professional Leadership by helping you shift gears on your PERFORMANCE.
I call myself a Sustainable Performance Coach because sustainability is what it's about. It's about being able to do it and help others to do it for longer; without burning out.
Burnout is on the rise again around the world. Coming out of a pandemic, a period of big change, and all the things happening in the world have exacerbated the effect on people. Physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually, people are flat.
The shift that I am going to talk to you about today is going from that high-performance mentality alone to sustainable performance.
High performance is a good thing. However, it's not a good thing if it's not done in a way that is going to mean that you can continue for years to come.
Our brain and body are finite resources. They're not designed like a piece of machinery to just go 24/7.
SUSTAINABILITY is allowing you to have all the energy you need to be who you need to be in every area of your life, not just your career.
So, what are these shifts that we need to make?
Firstly, just like everything else, we start over the IDENTITY area in our personal leadership.
We ask the question: "For what purpose — why am I performing this way?"
And the second side of the ledger is to ask the question: "At what cost?"
Once you've worked out those areas in your mind, the next thing to do is to change your BEHAVIOUR.
Changing your behaviour means that you look at sleep, movement, your mental capacity, how you work with your emotions, and all these things differently because you are a human being. You are mortal. Although you are strong, you still have limitations.
So, what is it that you need to do to shift from high performance to sustainable performance to be able to do what it is that you do — in fact (more importantly) be who you need to be for the people that you want to be that for a longer period of time?
Well, that's it from me for another week. Join me again next week when I have had plenty of sleep, and we look at the second area in our Professional Leadership, and that's your POSITIONING. I'll see you then.
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