[[Peak performance]] tags:: #note/statement | #on/performance | #on/failure | #on/self Lon Setnik dates:: 2022-06-21 *Blaming => failure, owning failure => success.* This reminds me of [[Extreme Responsibility]] as a philosophy. When I am able to [[Identifying Reality]], what is in my zone of influence and what is in my zone of control, I can focus the correct energy on the correct outcome. It's kind of like using [[accidental feedback]] for [[Deliberate Practice]] instead of looking for excuses outside me. I haven't failed until I've blamed is an idea that emerges in the Rock Warriors Way, when attention is focused on blaming the situation, it causes you to stop improving and start giving excuses. This matters because [[😀 Better is always possible]], if you can only believe. Blaming allows [[Ego Is The Enemy]] to block responsibility for the decisions that you made that got you to the current moment, thus responsibility for the solutions. ### What would the opposite argument be? ## Sources: [[Rock Warriors Way]]