In sports, just about everyone says “focus on the process.”
The best coaches all preach process. Why?
A THREAD on why everyone preaches focus on the process, what we get wrong, and how to apply the concept to your own performance. 👇👇👇
The best coaches all preach process. Why?
A THREAD on why everyone preaches focus on the process, what we get wrong, and how to apply the concept to your own performance. 👇👇👇
Good things take time.
When we focus on outcomes instead of process it results in a few things:
1. Puts time pressure on us shifting us to quick fixes and shortcuts
2. Pushes us towards a focus on the external. Extrinsic rewards/motivation and comparison to others
When we focus on outcomes instead of process it results in a few things:
1. Puts time pressure on us shifting us to quick fixes and shortcuts
2. Pushes us towards a focus on the external. Extrinsic rewards/motivation and comparison to others
Both of those may work in short term but backfire over the long haul. Decades of research show better performance comes when intrinsic motivation is the driver.
We’re playing a 9-inning game. Yet, we often feel like we’re always in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs. We’re not.
We’re playing a 9-inning game. Yet, we often feel like we’re always in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs. We’re not.
Good results take consistency, not heroic efforts.
A focus on outcomes pushes us towards heroic efforts. The big workout, launch, or sales push. But success isn’t determined by a great day. It comes from stacking month after month of solid days.
Consistency compounds.
A focus on outcomes pushes us towards heroic efforts. The big workout, launch, or sales push. But success isn’t determined by a great day. It comes from stacking month after month of solid days.
Consistency compounds.
What does it mean to focus on the process? Simple
1. Set a hard but just manageable goal
2. Figure out what steps it takes to achieve that goal
3. Largely forget the goal and focus on completing the steps
1. Set a hard but just manageable goal
2. Figure out what steps it takes to achieve that goal
3. Largely forget the goal and focus on completing the steps
Even with that mindset, there will always be a pull towards an outcome focus. Here are some strategies to prevent the pull:
1. Let things happen instead of always trying to make them happen. Forcing often backfires.
1. Let things happen instead of always trying to make them happen. Forcing often backfires.
Just look at sports, when we try to force ourselves to run faster or swinging a club harder, we tense up and our performance plummets.
Relax to win.
Do the work, practice, then let your body do its thing
Relax to win.
Do the work, practice, then let your body do its thing
2. Focus on small steps for big gains- Consistency over time is what we’re after.
3. Stop one rep short. You can only go to the well so many times. In work and exercise, push yourself but stop a rep or two before exhaustion. That’s where the biggest gains are.
3. Stop one rep short. You can only go to the well so many times. In work and exercise, push yourself but stop a rep or two before exhaustion. That’s where the biggest gains are.
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It’s an excellent distillation of what it takes to perform and reach success in a sustainable manner. Many of us have gone about it all wrong.
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