Most performance advice tells you to do more.
Here are three principles that actually work.
1. Pressure is information, not a problem to solve. The professionals who sustain high performance longest aren’t the ones who eliminate pressure. They’re the ones who learn to read it accurately.
– Real World experience: I recently had to record a difficult, high level track for someone. I acknowledged the pressure and focused on the job and outcome – not the pressure.
2. Your internal state is a performance variable. Sleep, clarity, the quiet background noise in your mind: these aren’t separate from your performance. They are your performance.
– Real World experience: I constantly attempt to ‘talk to myself’ in positive terms. This helps replace self doubt.
3. Consistency beats intensity every time. The ones who crash aren’t usually the ones who worked hard. They’re the ones who never learned to recover.
– Real World experience: I’m not perfection, I make mistakes. How I cover these up and how quickly I recover without dwelling on this, is the crucial factor.
If any of this resonates, it’s probably worth paying attention to.
Georg Voros is a musician and performance specialist with 45+ years of top-level experience and author of two books on performance. He delivers high-impact workshops on productivity and flow, and offers tailored mentoring packages to support personal growth and achievement. Learn more at www.vorosperformance.co.uk
