Jake Humphrey

So I think most people try and control results.

I think what we've seen in the conversations that we've had, and we're going to hear from more experts in a minute, is that high performers don't try and control results.

They just manage expectations.

And it's not, I don't want people to listen to this and think, what?

So high performers lower their standards and therefore they're always happy with the outcome.

That's not what I'm saying.

I think...

what high performers do is they separate effort from entitlement.

Does that make sense?

They sort of go all in on preparation.

Exactly as I just said with the kids, they go all in on preparation, intensity, execution, but they don't attach their emotional state to that specific outcome.

Yeah, he also said that he used to, because you know how people love visualisation and they love to visualise the best outcome, don't you?

He used to visualise his goggles coming off during a race and what he would do, how he would think if his goggles slipped and he got all water in his eyes.

And I think this is very interesting, isn't it?

Because suddenly we're talking about the fact that high performers kind of anchor themselves to standards, not to outcomes.

So actually Adam Peaty expected it to be uncomfortable.

He expected the path to be messy.

He expected the setback to show up at the worst possible moment.

And again, this isn't because Adam Peaty or many of the other people we've spoken to is a pessimist.

It's because they're accurate, right?