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Eric Potterat

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165 total appearances

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Something You Should Know
How Your Biases Are Used Against You & How Top Performers Think -SYSK Choice

They know, hey, this is just one pass that I've dropped.

Something You Should Know
How Your Biases Are Used Against You & How Top Performers Think -SYSK Choice

That means I'm statistically going to catch the next 30 in a row or something.

Something You Should Know
How Your Biases Are Used Against You & How Top Performers Think -SYSK Choice

Yeah, I respectfully, I just don't buy that narrative.

Something You Should Know
How Your Biases Are Used Against You & How Top Performers Think -SYSK Choice

I do think, you know, my, my, one of my favorite quotes of all time is a Roger Federer quote.

Something You Should Know
How Your Biases Are Used Against You & How Top Performers Think -SYSK Choice

Um, and he said, staying the same as going backwards.

Something You Should Know
How Your Biases Are Used Against You & How Top Performers Think -SYSK Choice

And I do think when you look and, and obviously how many weeks, number one, or how many years, number one was this guy?

Something You Should Know
How Your Biases Are Used Against You & How Top Performers Think -SYSK Choice

Um,

Something You Should Know
How Your Biases Are Used Against You & How Top Performers Think -SYSK Choice

We can name countless the Roger Federer's of the world in their disciplines.

Something You Should Know
How Your Biases Are Used Against You & How Top Performers Think -SYSK Choice

I do think that that's also something we see with the world's best performers is they're constantly trying to incrementally improve.

Something You Should Know
How Your Biases Are Used Against You & How Top Performers Think -SYSK Choice

mistake that i think a lot of people make mike is that they try to do too much too soon and that proverbial head will then explode right rather than okay how can i continue to work incrementally out of my comfort zone and keep pushing what i believe the limits are because i actually think those limits are self-imposed so but isn't isn't it uh true that that well i i think everybody knows it's true that you only get better if you

Something You Should Know
How Your Biases Are Used Against You & How Top Performers Think -SYSK Choice

Yeah, 100% agree.

Something You Should Know
How Your Biases Are Used Against You & How Top Performers Think -SYSK Choice

And this is where I can certainly create some hate mail and some naysayers out there as well.

Something You Should Know
How Your Biases Are Used Against You & How Top Performers Think -SYSK Choice

And I have to say this very carefully.

Something You Should Know
How Your Biases Are Used Against You & How Top Performers Think -SYSK Choice

Do I want people to fail?

Something You Should Know
How Your Biases Are Used Against You & How Top Performers Think -SYSK Choice

Of course not.

Something You Should Know
How Your Biases Are Used Against You & How Top Performers Think -SYSK Choice

None of us want to watch, you know, someone fail.

Something You Should Know
How Your Biases Are Used Against You & How Top Performers Think -SYSK Choice

But these micro failures or iterations are really important.

Something You Should Know
How Your Biases Are Used Against You & How Top Performers Think -SYSK Choice

The other quote I really like is, you know, if you're not failing, you're not trying hard enough.

Something You Should Know
How Your Biases Are Used Against You & How Top Performers Think -SYSK Choice

You're not moving outside of that comfort zone.

Something You Should Know
How Your Biases Are Used Against You & How Top Performers Think -SYSK Choice

But there's a very fine area there, right?