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Why we default to the performance zone
We spend so much time in the performance zone because most of the time our environments often are, unnecessarily, high stakes. But there are still things we can do about it:
- We can create low-stakes islands in an otherwise high-stakes sea.
- We can execute and perform as we're expected, but then reflect on what we could do better next time.
- We can lead and lower the stakes for others by sharing what we want to get better at, by asking questions about what we don't know, by asking for feedback and by sharing our mistakes and what we've learned from them.
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How to spend more time in the learning zone
- Nurture the growth mindset: Believe and understand that you can improve.
- You must want to improve at that particular skill. There has to be a purpose you care about because it takes time and effort.
- Know how to improve, what you c...
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The learning zone of Demosthenes
Demosthenes, the greatest orator in ancient Greece, did activities designed for improvement.
- He studied a lot: law, philosophy, and great speeches and acting.
- To get rid of the habit of involuntarily lifting his shoulder, he practiced his speeches in front of a...
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Why we don't improve despite our hard work
The most effective people and teams go through life deliberately alternating between two zones: the learning zone and the performance zone.
The performance zone maximizes our immediate performance, while the learning zone maximizes our growth and our future performance.
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Deliberate practice
This involves breaking down abilities into component skills, being clear about what subskill we're working to improve, giving full concentration to a high level of challenge outside our comfort zone, just beyond what we can currently do, using frequent feedback with repetition and adjustm...
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The learning zone and the performance zone
The learning zone is when our goal is to improve. Then we do activities designed for improvement, concentrating on what we haven't mastered yet, which means we have to expect to make mistakes, knowing that we will learn from them.
That is very different f...
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The learning zone and the performance zone
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That is very different f...
How to spend more time in the learning zone
- Nurture the growth mindset: Believe and understand that you can improve.
- You must want to improve at that particular skill. There has to be a purpose you care about because it takes time and effort.
- Know how to improve, what you c...
We respond to what we expect to happen
Our complex nervous systems continually process and integrate information about the body, regulating and balancing the resources. We respond and adapt to what is happening to us or is expected to happen to us.
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