High Performer
I heard a podcast with the Danish Millionaire Club, where a sharp opinion is presented; "For every 100 employees in an office, only 2 are doing anything"! I know what is meant, although the example in its most literal form is somewhat exaggerated and unappealing. What is meant is that there are a few High Performers who outshine everyone else. A High Performer is not a person who does 10, 20 or 50 percent more than the average. A High Performer delivers hundreds of percent more value than the average does.
It is part of the personality, to be a High Performer or not. High Performers are typically self-motivated and are successful in several areas. Many companies understand that these superhero employees have high value, and of course want to hire them, but it is a small percentage that are difficult to attract. There has been research into how to motivate employees to higher productivity, as well as to retain the ones you have.
Being a High Performer is a personal choice. With the choice comes success and wealth, as you will achieve goals that other people do not. It is a choice that you make or not.
I would like to quote Stephen R. Covey who in this context is the author of 'Highly Effective People', but I actually don't think that Mr. Covey has so much focus on the already dubbed High Performer, but more focus is on teams and employees in general, and on how you can strengthen your organization with leadership.
But I found a note from Covey (right). And that is very descriptive of High Performers. You probably know the story about the guy who wanted to quit smoking and had tried everything without success. One day he ends up in the hospital and the doctor tells him that if he doesn't stop smoking immediately, he will die from his bad habit. The next day, the man has stopped smoking, but he has also started eating healthy and goes for long walks to get exercise. He spoils his grandchildren extra and takes time to help with voluntary tasks at home in the residents' association.
High Performers have a different perception than others!
Why do those who are not High Performers not achieve their goals? Because they don't know their own goals. High Performers have their goals written down. Goals within different subjects, short-term and long-term goals, as well as action plans to achieve their goals.
"High Performers operate in positive circles that create self-reinforcing discipline to achieve even more and better results."; Søren Lymark Johansen
If you are a High Performer and you train for running, then you will also have described which goals within your running training you want to achieve. And you will examine how best to achieve those goals. You will soon find that when you have slept well at night, your running training goes better. So you make sure you sleep enough hours every night and have a stable sleep rhythm.
You find that you sleep better at night when you have eaten healthy, so you develop habits and new disciplines to eat healthier. To know what is healthy to eat, you buy a book about healthy food and lifestyle. This is a typical pattern where one discipline gives birth to a new discipline. In this way, a High Performer will increasingly differ from the average. And seen from the outside, it can seem like supernatural powers.
If you would like to be a High Performer, then you can choose to be one. It's that easy. You can just choose it and your life will be changed overnight.
Life is not fair. I don't promise it will be easy. But it will be a personal journey you will never regret. You can also choose to sigh every time you wake up on Monday morning, impatiently waiting for the workday to end, after which you throw yourself on the sofa and watch TV all evening. You choose which life you want.
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