Potential vs. Performance: Powering Up Your Path to Success

Pivot To Joy

In this episode, Coach Kooley discusses the difference between potential and performance, and how balancing these elements is critical for sustainable success. She explains potential as what you can do based on your abilities and skills, while performance is what you achieve by applying those abilities. Coach Kooley explains the importance of avoiding the "Peter Principle" trap of promoting based solely on performance in a current role versus assessing the potential for a new role. She provides practical tips for aligning your actions with long-term aspirations, such as setting clear goals, prioritizing high-impact tasks, seeking feedback, collaborating effectively, and adapting to change.

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Timestamps:

[01:14] The concepts of potential vs. performance as the foundation for success.

[02:13] What does potential and performance really mean?

[03:26] The Peter Principle and the importance of considering potential when promoting employees

[04:38] Benefits of recognizing potential pitfalls and setting intentions for success

[05:48] The importance of balancing short-term performance and long-term potential

[07:04] Practical tips for aligning actions with aspirations

[09:16] What adopting to change looks like

Quotes:

• The simple difference between success and failure is intention. Set the intention for what you want, work at it, and get help if you need it.
• This is called the Peter Principle, a concept formulated by Lawrence J. Peter that simply states that employees are promoted based on their performance and current role rather than their abilities to perform the new role that they're promoted to.
• No one is a mind reader, so you'll have to communicate your goals, the progress you're making on them, and the challenges you're facing effectively to gain their support and feedback.
• It's important to stay flexible and adapt to change. Change is a given in life, especially in the corporate world, where reorganizations and changing leadership are constants.
• Knowledge isn't power; it's potential until you do something with it, so go out there and turn your potential into performance and show people what you can do.

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