High Performance Learning (study #5)

Question 1

What is Brendon’s definition of “High Performance”? Give 2 examples.

Answer 1

1. The ability to outperform standard norms over the longterm.
2. It’s a science and a discipline.

Question 2

What is “High Performance” about? Give 4 examples.

Answer 2

1. You outperforming you.
2. Getting better & better & better.
3. Consistent high achievement over the long haul.
4. It’s a journey, a lifestyle, an everyday way of being.

Question 3

What is high performance NOT about?

Answer 3

1. It’s not about peak performance – high levels of achievement and then crashes.

Question 4

What is one key differentiator between high performers and others?

Answer 4

They’re better learners. They absorb and apply information quickly – this allows them to advance quicker.

Question 5

To achieve High Performance, you need to become comfortable with these 5 rules?

Answer 5

1. Honor the struggle.
2. Judge after routine, not contemplation.
3. No short-term thinking.
4. Flow.
5. Ambition sucks without a calendar.

Question 6

What is “Honor the Struggle”?

Answer 6

According to Brendon it means – The next level of mastery is becoming comfortable with the uncomfortable.

Question 7

What does “Honor the Struggle” mean to you, Brie?

Answer 7

Recognizing that there will be times, many times where what I want to achieve will be hard. Really hard.

For me, to honor the struggle means to trust that I am capable of doing what it takes & becoming who it takes to achieve my intended goal or envisioned result.

Question 8

What is “Judge After Routine, Not Contemplation”?

Answer 8

When given a challenge most people resist and become defensive. Sometimes it’s their ego flaring up and other times it’s an impulse to say, “Nah, that won’t work for me.” – so they don’t even try.

Brendon suggest not judging ideas based on whether or not you immediately connect with the idea based on your past, circumstances, current reality or what you think you know about the world.

Be like a High Performer – someone who’s more like a mini scientist, testing and trying things.

Question 9

What does “Judge After Routine, Not Contemplation” mean to you, Brie?

Answer 9

To me this means when receiving advice from someone who’s where I want to be, it’s ultra important that I’m open to consistently trying their suggestions before I say, “That’s not for me.”

There have been so many times where I’ve shut down ideas. Not because of who they’re coming from but because I lacked belief in myself to achieve similar or better results.

I didn’t believe in me so I didn’t believe in the idea. I realize now that there will be many times where I simply need to trust the advice of my mentors before I trust the doubting voice in my head.

Question 10

What are the 2 things Brendon says about “No Short-term Thinking?”

Answer 10

1. Develop the strategies & skills for the long-term vision of your life.
2. Most of the problems in your life are from short-term thinking or short-term action.

Question 11

What does “No Short-term Thinking” mean to you, Brie?

Answer 11

This is super powerful. I felt its’ truth when Brendon shared that my problems are most likely from short-term thinking.

He’s right and it’s something I never thought about until he spoke it. This makes me want to rethink a lot of my habitual reactions to things that keep perpetuating in my life.

Question 12

What is “Flow” within High Performance?

Answer 12

It’s measuring where you are throughout the day and asking yourself questions like, “Did my best self show up sometime today?”

Question 13

What does “Flow” mean to you, Brie? Give 2 examples.

Answer 13

1. It means taking notice throughout the day whether or not I’m bringing my best, my truest and most energetic self.
2. It’s taking measurement of want I want to progress in.

Question 14

What does Brendon say about “Ambition sucks without a calendar”? Give examples.

Answer 14

1. Ambition without scheduling to make it happen makes you a dreamer. There’s a difference between dreaming & doing.
2. A lot of the big dreams that people have are not on their calendars. It’s not scheduled and so it’s not in reality, it’s not in play.
3. If you’re not putting your dream on a calendar and sticking to a routine, to a habit or creating a schedule, then your dream isn’t going to happen.
4. Early momentum without a schedule dies every single time. A schedule is the thing that props up the momentum.

Question 15

What does “Ambition sucks without a calendar” mean to you, Brie?

Answer 15

Everything. Literally, everything. It makes perfect sense that if it’s not on a calendar, it’s probably not going to happen.

For my dream to be scheduled, to me, is showing that I’m for real about it. I’m serious. I’m dedicated. I’m committed to making it happen, one 50 min. block at a time.