[[Peak performance]] tags:: #on/performance dates:: 2022-03-27 people:: #people/arnoinger # power leaks *How I am in my way and reduce my effectiveness.* This reminds me of how I use [[Learners Practice Grid Template]] to reframe attention. It is related to [[Mindset]] and also focusing on [[Learning]] instead of defending my position, worrying about the past or the future, protecting my ego, and all the other ways I am reactive instead of curious about myself and others. It's kind of like the saying, “you haven’t failed until you’ve blamed someone else.” power sinks: which funnel attention into ego and self-image power leaks: which fritter away attention through negative self-talk or wishing behavior. This matters to me because I really want to be consistent in my self-opinion and my actual performance. I want to be kind, to take the upper hand by always learning and winning by kindness. In order to climb until I fall, I need to take a breath, assess the safety, then commit to the move, accepting the risk. ### What would the opposite argument be? If I set limits and take stands I will be more effective. people listen when I am loud or get fired up. This is short term helpful in my emotion-perverted mind but it takes the focus away from the real problem that needs to be solved and puts it on my behavior which is a distraction from what’s really important. This not only makes me less lovable, less caring, and less effective, but it makes the problems linger because they don’t get the attention they need. ## Sources: [[Rock Warriors Way]]