The Most Powerful Performance-Enhancing Drug

The most powerful performance-enhancing drug – how you talk to yourself.

It’s the most powerful drug known to mankind.  The performance edges that can be achieved from skillfully and consistent use of this drug include: increasing self-esteem, creating a dramatic boost in self-confidence, reframing and transforming meaning, and changes in behavior and attitude.

The ‘health warning’ that accompanies the powerful drug is in the fact that it is in abundance, is at no cost, and many people are simply not aware of its existence or power.  Therefore it can easily be misused and is often abused.

Individuals often suffer untold damage without knowing what it is or who the culprit is until it’s too late, and that makes it even more dangerous.

Even after the cause (careless use) and effect have been recognized and understood it can take potentially years to repair the damage.  Sadly, in many cases, the individual never fully recovers from its misuse, and it can destroy self-esteem, shatter confidence, and severely limit performance potential, particularly when the performance involves making decisions. – David Alred, The Pleasure Principle

Getting around different and better people

One reason there is segregation among classes, interests, talents and races is that people like people who are like them.  It’s been this way for ten thousand years.

But the problem is that if you are always around people who are like you, then you won’t improve.

“People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.” – Oliver Goldsmith, 1759

People who are more ambitious than you, smarter than you, more educated than you, fitter than you, more self-disciplined than you, and more caring than you, etc – will do you good.

What is rubbing off the people around you onto you?

The key to being great at anything

What is the key to being great at anything?  

Self-mastery.

If you can control yourself, you can be a master.

Control your focus, your attention, your thoughts (story, expectations, emotions), and your actions.  Be self-disciplined.

If you can do that, you can harness the amazing powers within you to do something quite extraordinary.

Can you do it?

Positive energy

A person’s positive energy increases as they create value because the pressure is siphoned off.

We all have pressure to do good, perform, provide, and be respected.

As we get to be really good at something that serves others, the gnawing of those needs gives way to satisfaction, self-esteem, and positive energy.

Be good at what you do. 

It does a lot of good for others – and for you.

Gratitude from you feels like appreciation to them

Gratitude for someone on your part feels like appreciation to them.

People go where they are appreciated.

Who do you need to show gratitude for today?