The secret to high performance is knowing less, not more

Uncertainty holds the key…

Not one human on this planet knows what will happen in the next thirty minutes.

Some may have a vague idea.

Some may have a plan, but they don’t know the specific outcome of their plan.

The weather may change.

You may slip.

You might receive a powerful letter in the post from a long-lost relative.

No one knows.

And we, as a species, aren’t big fans of not knowing.

At least, that’s the illusion we create for ourselves.

Most of our fears are rooted in the icky feeling in our chests because we think we wish we knew what will happen, but we don’t.

So there’s that gap of not knowing.

And it makes us overcompensate by rooting around in our minds for answers, plans and solutions, making us stressed.

We want it figured out.

But hear this: life wouldn’t be interesting if we knew what would happen.

The very thing that holds our interest terrifies us too.

Today, I want to propose something to you (I’m still working on getting better at…