Is Performance More Technical or Personal?

All performance is a combination of personal and technical. But it’s more personal than technical, because personal dynamics (mindset, behavior, relationships) always drive how people practice and perform technical dynamics (strategies, tactics, techniques).

Technical knowledge is easily attained. The personal skill to execute it is a more elusive quality.

Personal ability can overcome, with surprising frequency, lack of technical skill and even lack of talent. Things like effort, energy, enthusiasm, tenacity, charisma, resilience, humility, patience, and plain old-fashioned (non-glamorous) hard work will take you a long way and cover a lot of gaps.

In situations when you don’t have the minimum talent or technical ability to perform, your personal qualities determine what you’re willing to learn and how hard you practice to get better.

If you want to operate at increasingly elite levels, start with the personal and integrate the technical. When you work hard on who you and how you are, you build your skills on a deeper and stronger foundation.

Do the work.

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