1-1-1: Performing at your Best, being Okay with being Wrong, and building your Reputation
1-Thought-Starter
“You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do”
- Henry Ford
1-Insight
Growing up, did your parents and teachers always tell you to give it your all? Even as an adult, do you feel the pressure to perform at your 100% all the time? Turns out, you might be able to get a better outcome if you did a little less than 100%.
In fact, did you know that NBA star LeBron James believes in performing at 99.9%? Listen to this episode to find out why he chooses to hold back that 0.1%.
1-Recommendation
Most of us hate making mistakes. And we especially hate admitting that we’re wrong about something. But Nobel Prize-winning psychologist and economist Daniel Kahneman has something simple yet fascinating to say about making mistakes that really made me think about how we react to such situations. He says that he enjoys being surprised and that he likes to come across things that compel him to change his mind. Mistakes for him are positive experiences because they are teachable moments.
Host Adam Grant delves deeper asking what prevents people from arriving at this place where they don’t mind being wrong. Why do we live under the shadow of a Preacher/Prosecutor mindset? Could it be because ideas, especially nowadays, become associated with our identity? This is something important to think about given how polarised discussions can get on social media. Are we closing ourselves from exploring new ideas because we are so stuck defending our old ones?!
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