Nobody that first starts their business are “professional” in any way. At one point in time we were all green. Of course, some people have a natural ability to do better than others in any given field, however, experience in something doesn’t necessarily mean that you are ‘better’ than those
without experience.
In the book “Talent is
Performers” by Geoff
Colvin he discusses this
idea. If you don’t know
who Colvin is, he is the
chief editor of Fortune
Magazine and has been
for nearly three decades.
He was tasked with
writing an article about
“high performance”
which prompted him to
write a book.
Within the book, he discusses the fallacy of talent. He found that “experience” isn’t the key for high performance. In fact, in many instances, experience made little to no different and in some cases, even made performance worse.
He says that people who implement “Deliberate Practice” in their daily lives achieve higher-performance metrics.
But what is deliberate practice?
The idea of deliberate practice ties in directly with “The Growth Mindset.” It refers to the process of always “upping your game” in the sense of pushing yourself to your limits and beyond. Once you have become familiar with something, do not get comfortable. Always look for new opportunities to grow. Always try to learn new skills, knowledge, and techniques that will
force you to think
outside of the box.
Deliberate Practice is all about stepping outside of your comfort zone and increasing the difficulty of any given task the moment you have mastered it. In other words, “always stay green” even if you master something.
Within your business, if something is working… do you simply let it run or are you trying to find new ways to optimize
performance? Are you modifying your sales strategies? Are you updating your pages? Are you attempting new things to bring in bigger audiences?
All of this falls under the category of “Deliberate Practice.”
by Jeandre Gerber
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