Here are a few performance truths that I’ve already heard this Games, that apply equally to business and life as they do to elite sport.

2. Sport is a microcosm of life. No doubt about it! It’s all
there at the Commonwealth Games. The highs and the
lows. The effort and the reward. The success and the
failure. And it’s all neatly played out on the screen right
before your very eyes.

3. So when I hear those sporting truisms coming
from those high performance athletes in the
pressure cooker of elite competition, I pay
attention, because I know there is truth in what
they are saying.

4. Here are a few performance truths that I’ve already
heard this Games, that apply equally to business and life
as they do to elite sport.

5. “I just focus on the process and not worry about the
outcome.” My number one all time favorite! You can’t
control what is going to happen in the future – whether
it’s in 30 seconds or 3 years. You can plan and hope
about the future, but the real action takes place right
NOW! When you get focused on the here and now – the
process – then the outcome pretty much takes care of
itself.

6. “I’d love another PB.” It’s empowering to try to beat
yourself. It’s a beautiful challenge – there is nothing
more pure. Fear and striving cease when you only have
to beat yourself. Focus intensifies. Performances
lift. Records fall. Self-confidence soars. This is a great
lesson to teach your kids!!

7. “I’m just taking it one game at a time.” Why waste your
precious psychological resources thinking about a future
“what if” scenarios. When you have the courage to stay
in the moment, away from that future focus, you can be
the best that you can be – which means you have
nothing more to give. This is exactly how you want to be
at then end of any game!