What Is the Performance Paradox, and How Does It Stifle Our Ability to Improve?
. When it comes to performance and and output, Briceño explains that it’s less about the type of performance people engage in and more about the expectations of improvement without change. “It’s OK sometimes to focus on performance to maximize short-term results.
But if we’re doing that every week, then we’re not going to get better, and as a result of that, our results are going to suffer in the medium term and longer term.”Often, high achievers get stuck in this illusion of effort-based improvement.
With enough effort and determination, we expect our growth to continue. However, Briceño points out, “If we are just trying to do what we know works all the time, trying to minimize mistakes, then we get stuck and we don’t improve.” He uses the analogy of someone learning to play tennis.
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