The Secret to Sustainable Success – Warrior Mind Podcast #615
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In this episode of the Warrior Mind Podcast, I’m going to begin a series on peak performance. Today we’ll look at the secret to sustainable success.
Peak Performance –The Growth equation
The Secret to Sustainable Success
What is peak performance? Peak performance is a level of exceptional functioning in which a person effortlessly performs an activity to the maximum of their ability while fully focused and immersed in the feelings of confidence, engagement and enjoyment.
Stress and rest = growth. This equation holds true regardless of what you are trying to achieve.
Stress demands rest, and rest supports stress.
The strongest individuals spend their time either pursuing their activity with ferocious intensity or engage in complete restoration and recovery.
Performance Practice:
Based on Ultradian rhythm concept (pomodoro method)
- Alternate between cycles of stress and rest in your most important pursuits.
- Insert short breaks throughout your work over the course of the day.
- Strategically time your “off-days”, long weekends, and vacations to follow periods of heavy stress.
- Determine when your work regularly starts to suffer. When you find that point, insert a recovery break just prior to it.
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We have a single reservoir of brainpower/willpower for all acts of cognition and self-control, even those that are unrelated, i.e., resisting cookies.
Performance Practices:
- Remember that “stress is stress”: fatigue on one task spills over into the next, even if the two are completely unrelated.
- Only take on a few challenges at once. Otherwise, you’ll literally run of energy.
- Tweak your environment to support your goals. This is especially important at times when you know you’ll be depleted. It’s incredible how much our surroundings impact our behavior, especially when we are fatigued.
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