The article highlights the unrealistic expectations of aiming for peak performance daily, drawing parallels to athletes who cannot achieve their personal records consistently. It discusses the normal distribution of performance, explaining how striving for consistency can lead to a loss of creativity and innovation. Not every effort can be the best; the exploration of new ideas often requires tolerating 'bad' ones to reach excellence. This is essential for growth in both personal and professional contexts and emphasizes the need for balance in performance expectations.
Performance is not about hitting your personal record every day; it's about recognizing that such aims are unrealistic and ultimately unhelpful.
Striving for consistency in performance often leads us to the monotone middle of a performance bell curve, missing out on creativity and innovation.
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