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When Do You Perform & Live at Your Best? — Beneath The Surface

2025/5/23
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What Got You There with Sean DeLaney

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Sean Delaney: 我发现,要发挥最佳水平,关键在于自由。我们常常被教导要努力奋斗,牺牲当下的快乐以换取未来的成功,但这种模式往往适得其反。真正的卓越来自于释放自我,而非紧抓不放。这意味着摆脱身份的束缚,放下对结果的恐惧,全身心地投入到当下。我邀请大家重新审视生活和工作,找回那个自由的、能够充分发挥潜力的自己。 Sean Delaney: 我认为身份认同是阻碍我们发挥最佳水平的重要因素。当我们给自己贴上标签,比如“领导者”、“运动员”时,就会不自觉地开始保护这个身份,从而给自己设限。为了维护身份带来的好处,我们会停止自然地表达自己,开始管理自己的形象,从而产生紧张感。我建议大家不要将成就与身份混淆,不要让身份成为阻碍你前进的枷锁。真正的力量来自于无名,来自于流动和开放。 Sean Delaney: 我相信对结果的恐惧是另一个重要的阻碍。当我们过于执着于某个结果时,就会变得紧张和焦虑,从而无法发挥出最佳水平。我建议大家要学会放下对结果的执念,全身心地投入到当下。你可以全心全意地追求目标,但不要让结果决定你的完整性。真正的力量在于,全力以赴,但不执着于结果。深深扎根于当下,不被任何结果动摇。 Sean Delaney: 我还强调了活在当下的重要性。我们常常沉溺于过去或担忧未来,却忽略了当下。我认为记忆和想象应该服务于当下,而不是取代它。当你专注于当下时,你才能真正地发挥出你的潜力。我建议大家要学会放下过去的包袱和对未来的担忧,全身心地投入到当下。尝试放下身份,只是存在。

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This chapter explores the common misconception that high performance requires constant pushing and grinding, and introduces the idea that true peak performance comes from a place of freedom and presence, not stress and tension. It challenges the conventional wisdom of achieving success through sacrifice and proposes a more sustainable approach.
  • High performers often ask themselves when they perform at their best.
  • The conventional approach to high performance often involves pushing, grinding, and sacrificing joy.
  • Peak performance arises from freedom, not forcing; from looseness, lightness, and fluidity; not restriction by fear or expectations.

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We’ve all been taught that in order to succeed, we need to push harder, grind longer, and sacrifice joy now in hopes of earning it later. But what if that model, the one most high performers live inside, is the very thing keeping us from our best? In this episode, Sean DeLaney) unpacks one of the most powerful, paradoxical truths about performance:  You don’t perform at your best by gripping harder. You perform at your best when you’re free. This isn’t about throwing out discipline or abandoning your goals. It’s about releasing the identities, fears, and outcome attachments that block your presence — and returning to the state where your highest self actually lives. We’ll explore:

The hidden trap of identity and the performance persona What happens when you stop performing for approval How to work toward meaningful goals without being held hostage by outcomes Why the present moment is the only place your genius lives

If you’re tired of achieving but not feeling fully alive… If you want to reclaim presence without losing ambition… This one’s for you. 🎧 Listen now and start living from the version of you that flows — not the one that’s forcing it. Stay Connected with Sean 🌐 Explore more at WhatGotYouThere.com) 📚 Get my latest books, tools & coaching SeanDeLaneyCoaching.com) 📩 Reach out or connect with me directly [email protected])  If this resonates, share it with a friend who’s walking a similar path. https://x.com/SeanDeLaney23) https://www.instagram.com/itsseandelaney/) https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-delaney-00909190/)