How to achieve better results
I recently had the pleasure of facilitating a day with some of the Olympic team at a Sponsored event. My role was to draw out information from them and also manage the questions from the audience.
One of the participants was Steve hooker who won the Gold in the Pole vault. My question to him was “Steve in Athens (2004) you came 28th in the world, 4 years later you won the Gold. What did you do in those 4 years to get that quantum leap in performance?” His response was interesting! Steve said that he always did the big things right, trained hard, ate well, and worked on his technique. However he realised that he didn’t do the small things right. These were things like, taking time out each day to relax, working on his mental focus, meditation, sleeping well, monitoring his self talk, working on his emotional control and small changes on his technique. He said that to move from really good to exceptional, you need to consistently do the small things day in and day out.
Recognising this was one thing, but changing his behaviour was the really challenging part. To facilitate this Steve had a daily list of the little things he had to do. As he did them he ticked them off. At the end of the day the number of ticks gave him a score out of 10. Each day he aimed for a ten out of ten day.
What small stuff are you missing out on each day? What is the extra small percentage in your day that could make a massive impact on your quality of life? Can you make a plan and consistently have 10 out of 10 day.
Too often we think that we have to do large things to get greater performance, productivity and wellness, however success in anything is all about doing the right things day in and day out.
Posted By Dr Adam Fraser on the 12/1/09
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