10 Ways to Reach Peak Performance

In the June/July 2011 issue of Lava, Matt Dixon wrote about “10 ways to reach peak performance on and off the course.”  These 10 characteristics are apparent in most elite competitors in racing and/or the business world.  Read the list and observe how they are intertwined in your racing, training, work and life in general.  Reaching the top of anything takes a tremendous amount of hard work, sacrifice and commitment. Develop these 10 characteristics and reaching your top will be a little less daunting.

#1 Goal-Oriented Thinking

#2 Assessment

#3 Support

#4 Specificity

#5 Resistance to adversity

#6 Balance

#7 Patience (And Resilience)

#8 Passion

#9 Risk-Taking

#10 Recovery

If you don’t have all of these characteristics dont worry, no one is perfect. The good thing is that you can try to develop the characteristics that are lacking in.  Its never to late to change!

Thanks for reading!