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A high-performance mindset requires
being eager in the face of the mundane
and the vexing. Cuz that is what you are
going to face if you want to do
something remarkable. I think part of
the challenge of understanding this is
simply that
we see the products of that mundanity of
handling those things that are vexing
and confusing. And so you might see an
NBA player at the peak of their career
doing something amazing.
But you don't see the precursors to
that. Training in basketball for me was
so boring.
I remember doing entire sessions when I
first started playing cuz I was behind
the curve and I I needed to catch up.
Catching a ball, doing a pivot, pivoting
back, passing the ball.
For half an hour. But that's what you
need to be able to tolerate if you want
to achieve great success because it
comes through handling stuff that
frustrates and confuses you.
And it comes through repetition ad
nauseam of things that seem small and
unimportant until they're combined.
A model to help you embrace mundanity as
you seek your goal
is the FEE model. Focus, effort,
execution. Focus. Focus is the idea that
you can curate your whole attention into
this moment, regardless of how dull and
uninteresting it might feel, regardless
of how consequential or important for
your future it might be in your mind.
Can you lever your whole mental
faculties to that point in time and pay
attention in a really proactive way?
Effort is the first E. It seems obvious.
The idea that if you're going to achieve
something, frankly, whether it be
remarkable or ordinary,
you have to put in some effort. It seems
obvious, but most people don't think
that. And indeed, most people spend most
of their life, whether it be at work or
in sport, seeing just how many
percentage points off 100% they can
offer.
Can I offer 97%? It's almost like a game
people play at work. How little effort
can I get away with? Rather than
thinking, how about for the time that
I'm doing this, which will not be
forever, and should not be forever, but
for the focused amount of time I'm doing
this, my effort will be 100%.
Execution. Practicing in a way that is
very conscious of the right ways of
doing things, of the structures that
must be in place, of the movement of
your body, of the activity of your
brain.
A really conscious execution-minded
effort.
Somebody did a great disservice to
the idea of practice by misunderstanding
the research on practice. They just say,
"Practice makes perfect." And it's like,
"No, it doesn't. No, no, no, no."
Well-executed
practice makes perfect.
>> Mhm.
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