“The magic happens when you find the sweet spot
where your genuine interests, skills, and opportunity intersect.”
(Scott Belsky, American entrepreneur, 1980 – )
The sweet spot – that moment when it all comes together. It’s the impact of the ball on the tennis racket where power, control, and angles meet with perfection. It’s also the realm of thinking where “jobs” are so joyful, we’d do them for free! It has variations known as being in the zone, flow, and peak performance. But no matter the name or arena, it’s where time is suspended, effort becomes effortless, and performance is optimized.
Surrounding the sweets spots are the just living, drone zones, and truly undesirable times. Too often, they’re experiences of boredom and frustration when time crawls, tasks are tedious, demands push us beyond our limits, or stress racks our system. They lead to malaise, procrastination, working harder, burn out and, eventually, stopping out. In short, our heart is not in it and the mind longs for release.
That heart-mind connection is the secret! As every athlete knows, sweet spots are no accident. They are action reactions. Here’s the action plan: follow your heart, play to your strengths, and gain know-how. Start with one area of desire. Small or large, work or leisure doesn’t matter; truly loving it does. Second, focus on what already works, even if that’s just a little. Don’t have a long drive off the tee? Work on your putting. Love to doodle, but struggle with math? Draw it! Last, upgrade your know-how. Send your mind on a quest for new methods and strategies to perfect what you don’t do well. Seek expert guidance. Get a coach!
We all can achieve our own peak performance moments. But we can’t wait for opportunity and sweet spots to happen; we have to create them!
Turn sweat and stop into sweet and top notch!
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