Chapter 2

How do successful executive athletes do it?

When it comes to achieving and sustaining high performance, the commonalities between executives and athletes get more numerous the closer you look. Top performers always seem to follow similar patterns toward high achievement. I am not talking about performance rituals here (which will be discussed later in the book), but about what executives and athletes do to get ready to perform at a high level and then sustain that performance.

Top-performing executives and athletes do the following:

1.  They prepare themselves for the upcoming event and make sure they are ready to perform.

2.  They plan their activities so that they know what they will do, when they will do it, and what will be expected ...

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