The 30% Day – Deliver without your “A” game
Do you ever wake up and feel that you were just a little off center? Maybe the glass is 30% full or it is a 30% day? Not sure why? – Coming down with a cold? Bad night’s sleep or lack of sleep catching up? Or a mountain of to do’s? Just not at your best but you have that big meeting and you have to deliver?
You still have to deliver and you need to be there for your colleagues and clients. Tiger Woods won the Masters without his “A” Game – can you win without your A-game?
Many sports psychologists say you should play with the “game” that shows up with you on the day. If you arrive at the tennis court and your topspin backhand does not arrive with you, or you arrive at the golf course and all you brought is a hard fade – dig deep and play with what came with you – you will have better results than fighting through the early part of your game and getting behind the eight ball.
So how do you deliver when you are having your 30% day at work and to where do you go when you need your go-to shot? If you are on your own – do it for the family, pride, you name it – you have no choice and you have to find a way. If you are part of a team – you can’t bring them down and you owe it to them to 1. let them know you are under the weather and not at your best 2. that you need them to help you through – as you would do for them 3. Dig deep, go with what you got and be the best that you can be. The additional focus will help you stay in the game.
Just as great marketing cannot save a bad product, lack of practice will not see you through. And this is where the walk-through’s and the practice comes in – the more you practice, the more you know what your go-to place is, and the easier the 30% days are to navigate.
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