Is there anything worse than being average?
Here's the one thing real high performers fear more than any other:
Being ordinary.
And all of ordinary's permutations. It's being in the middle, average, forgettable. Leaving no impact, mark on the world, making no difference.
Ordinary is irrelevant.
It's leaving untapped potential on the table. Never seeing what's possible at the edge of your skills. Knowing you didn't give it your best and left more in the tank.
I get it.
That's scary.
And managing (or altogether overcoming) this fear requires a great deal of work. On your skills, on your technique, but mostly on yourself.
That's why I developed my own framework for high performance. I use it for myself. I use it for the people I coach. I use it to give clear guidance on how to get better, so you don't have to worry about settling for mediocre.
Here's what it looks like:
And here's how you get started using it:
Assess where you are in each area on a 1-10.
Take your lowest area and identify 1 action you can take to get better in that area.