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My new-and-improved blog and website has moved to: www.performance-rules.com. Please join me there, and update your Favorites list.
Ross
A funny thing
has happened to me over the past year. As part of my constant, burning desire
to learn and improve myself, I wanted to focus on and become more self-aware.
While this has mostly been a good thing, it’s also led to a challenge I hadn’t
expected. A challenge of acceptance.
s an
amazing thing. As Yogi Berra once said, “You can observe a lot by just watching.” I agree. You
can also learn a lot, and change a lot simply by observing – by being aware.
The winner of last week’s Worst Performance Award is… me, for focusing on bad performance! So, this week I’m looking for nominations for the Best Performance Award. And just like last week, since it’s the first time I’ve done this, I’m open to any exceptional performance, no matter when it was.
Stop for a
moment and picture this: It’s sometime in the next year or so, and the economy
really starts rolling again (okay, it could happen). The company you work for,
while not back to where it once was, is doing well. Sales have picked up, and
everywhere you look things are looking like a near-full recovery is imminent.
The hiring freeze is no longer; you’re looking at hiring new people. Pay raises
are even back.
What makes some
people successful, and others not so? I’m mostly talking about in the business
world, although it could be in any activity. What makes some people perform so
much better than others? This is a question I’ve spent a lot of time – years,
in fact – thinking about, and studying. I get excited just thinking about it,
I’m so passionate about human performance. Okay, I may not be “normal,” but
that’s just who I am.
So, what makes some people perform better than others?
I went into a
restaurant the other day, and upon sitting down at a table a male server
strolled up – acting very cool, almost to the point of appearing to not care
whether I was there or not – and said, “Hey buddy. A beer? Iced tea?”
Imagine this: You’re driving a race car. It’s an open-wheel, open-cockpit car, like an Indy car or Formula One car. Bright red. Number 5 on the nose.
A recent edition of USA Today (November 6, 2009) ran an article about the consistent success of Hendrick Motorsports’ NASCAR teams. Some would say domination is a better word than consistent success, given that they are closing in on their fourth consecutive NASCAR championship (perhaps taking 1st, 2nd and 3rd). The article is titled, “Happy in the Workplace - Hendricks Motorsports’ people skills key success,” and it provides some lessons that any organization, whether in sport or the business world, can learn from.
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I'm a performance coach, a learning junkie and professional race car driver.
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