It’s The Questions That Matter
Since there is an optimal state of human consciousness that delivers peak performance and wellbeing, why would anyone want to devote any amount of time and attention to anything else? That’s not a rhetorical question. Try to figure out why we devote our time and attention to distractions. Make the case for it. “I don’t want to devote my time and attention to the optimal state of consciousness, because peak performance and wellbeing are stupid.”
We know the flow state exists. We know it feels ecstatic. Why wouldn’t we devote our time and attention to anything that does not deliver flow?
Because nobody ever asked us that question. Why hasn’t anyone ever asked us that question? Because they don’t know how to create the conditions for flow.
Teachers, coaches, managers, etc., they know how to create the conditions for compliance, but not for peak performance. The preconditions for compliance are fear and intimidation. The preconditions for flow are unshakable faith in oneself, audacity in the face of uncertainty, and integrity in the face of temptation and distraction. Why do most people hate school? Why do most people hate work? Why do most students hate most of their teachers? Why do most workers hate their bosses? If your school and your workplace were environments that trained you to master faith, audacity, and integrity so you could deliver peak performance and experience wellbeing, would you hate those environments? Would you hate the people who trained you to master those skills? Is your aversion to most teachers and managers an aversion to the conditions of fear and intimidation that most of them work to create?
Do you want to live in an environment that trains you to master faith, audacity, and flow so you can perform at your best, experience wellbeing, and contribute to the wellbeing of your community? Take a look around. Where do you see such environments? If you see one, join it. If you can’t find any, then help us build one.
Most of us spend most of our time looking for answers because we never learned that it’s the questions that matter. The questions form the basis for one’s decision-making framework. Who are you, and what do you want to do about it? What is the quest that you would happily devote your time and attention to every day? I can’t answer these questions for you, and I wouldn’t want to. Why would you want someone else to tell you who you are and what you should do about it?
Do you want to have the Adventure of Your Life? Do you want to look for the Adventure of Your Life in the quest to transform all of your talent into skill and peak performance? Do you want to follow your conscience in the face of every obstacle and every sacrifice?
If you answered “Yes” to all of these questions, what’s the plan? Would you like a framework that simplifies the process, accelerates your timeline, and increases your probability for success as you navigate the Adventure of Your Life? In a world where most people aren’t asking any of these questions, where can you find the most effective framework?
Do you want to take your answers from someone who has never even specified the questions? Would you like to specify the questions, then specify your own answers, and then create a decision making framework from your own authentic answers?