Recently I have been reading a lot of blogs about helping people get out of their "rut" (example blog here) . I couldn't help but comment on this trend because they always miss what I feel is the most important advice.
1. Make a conscious decision that you are tired of just floating (being comfortably numb), with no passion to achieve your potential.
2. Create a clear vision of your best self. What would you look like if you were swimming (full of passion, energy, resilience and vitality) once again?
3. Spend at least 5 minutes every morning and 5 minutes every night (before bed preferably) intently visiting your best self vision.
4. Consciously change at least one of your low performance Mindset, Nutrition, Movement and Recovery habits. You can read through our previous blogs for some fantastic examples. Even better, come to one of our high performance programs to learn them all.
The bottom line is that your energy, resilience, brain performance, and capacity are the foundation of YOU building a high performance YOU. You can try to do all the things that all the gurus are recommending but without this foundation you won't succeed. Start with you. Sustainable High Performance doesn't happen by chance, it happens by choice.
By Scott Peltin, Founder, Director of Performance
TIGNUM - Institute for Sustainable High Performance
1. Make a conscious decision that you are tired of just floating (being comfortably numb), with no passion to achieve your potential.
2. Create a clear vision of your best self. What would you look like if you were swimming (full of passion, energy, resilience and vitality) once again?
3. Spend at least 5 minutes every morning and 5 minutes every night (before bed preferably) intently visiting your best self vision.
4. Consciously change at least one of your low performance Mindset, Nutrition, Movement and Recovery habits. You can read through our previous blogs for some fantastic examples. Even better, come to one of our high performance programs to learn them all.
The bottom line is that your energy, resilience, brain performance, and capacity are the foundation of YOU building a high performance YOU. You can try to do all the things that all the gurus are recommending but without this foundation you won't succeed. Start with you. Sustainable High Performance doesn't happen by chance, it happens by choice.
By Scott Peltin, Founder, Director of Performance
TIGNUM - Institute for Sustainable High Performance
This was the best 5 minutes I spent today (reading this blog). The next will be thinking about my vision of myself at my best. Thanks
Posted by: MichelleZ | May 19, 2009 at 08:02 AM
I have to tell you Scott you must be a mind reader. This week has been especially tough. I thought this economy would turn around by now. The company just keep making cuts and the pressure is crazy. Plus, everyone is just using the tough times to be mediocre. Very frustrating and starting to get me down. Great blog though and you posted it at exactly the right time. I'm hoping things turn around soon here in Europe because we need you guys here really bad.
Posted by: StanB | May 15, 2009 at 05:37 PM
Thanks for sending this to me BK. I did even better - I skipped my coffee and went for a walk with my water bottle. Now I'm in the right frame of mind for a kick butt day.
Posted by: MollyP | May 15, 2009 at 05:33 PM
Wow, I woke up this morning just not feeling on my game. I had my coffee, read the newspaper, checked my emails and then did my daily blog review. This is fantastic and very timely. I printed it, I'll re-read it all day, and I'll send it to everyone I know. Thanks Scott.
Posted by: BKG214 | May 15, 2009 at 05:08 PM