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Small Shifts. Big Outcomes.

One of the principles of excellently average performance is this:
Be incremental.

When people think about change, they tend to go big.

New plan.
New routine.
Massive overhaul.

And for a week or two… it works.
Then it fades.

But performance doesn’t usually come from massive swings.
It comes from small, intentional shifts
done consistently over time.

When I was learning to sail, one thing stood out:
You don’t need to turn the boat 90 degrees to change direction.
Sometimes it’s just a 1–2 degree shift.
But over time?
That puts you in a completely different place.

Same thing here.
A slightly better decision.
A slightly different response.
A small adjustment in how you approach the day.

It doesn’t feel like much in the moment…
But it compounds.
That’s the game.

Not dramatic change.
Incremental progress.

So today, don’t overhaul everything.

Just ask:
Where can I make a small, intentional shift?

Then do that.
And let it build.

P.S. Picking out what I’m putting down? Let me know how you are leveraging the Incremental in your life?

Happy Friday folks! Here is a lesson from Performance Design this week:

“Compass vs GPS”

I was talking with a client yesterday and his diagnostic uncovered something that I think a lot of us deal with.

Direction can show up in two different ways:
a compass and a GPS.

Sometimes you’ve got a really strong compass.
You know what you want. You know the kind of life you’re trying to build.
But you’ve got no clue what the actual steps are to get there.
And that gap? It feels like you’re stuck. Like nothing’s moving.

Other times it flips.

You’re busy. Productive. Doing a lot of things right.
But if someone asked, “Where is all of this going?”
You’d probably pause for a second, scratch your head, and say “Sh*t, I don’t actually know.”

And honestly, neither one is terrible.
There’s nothing wrong with meandering.
There’s nothing wrong with getting locked into the day-to-day.

But if you want to feel a little more aligned… a little more intentional…
you probably need both working together.
A compass to point you in the right direction
and a GPS to help you take the next step.

What was interesting with this client is that he had the compass. He had a clear end game. He KNOWS what he wants.
But he did not have the GPS. No play-by-play. No step by step path to get there.

And it was frustrating the hell out of him.

What we ended up talking about was this:
Exploration is part of the GPS.

Curiosity. Trying things. Testing ideas.
That’s not wasted time—it’s actually how you build direction.

But I think a lot of us try to skip that part.
We want to jump straight to certainty.
Like we’re supposed to just know the path.
And it doesn’t really work like that.

R&D is a real step. A productive one.
Even if it feels slower… or less certain… than having a clean plan.

Sometimes the next move isn’t knowing exactly where you’re going…
It’s being willing to explore long enough to find out.

esterday I shared that scenario about the “not-so-pitch-perfect-founder” who realized that her newfound entrepreneurial angst was not a matter of low confidence, but instead it was an issue of deficient skillset. She simply needed to get better at pitching to investors.

And you know what’s interesting?

She didn’t go get a certification.
She didn’t re-enroll in a masters program.

She simply watched a couple YouTube videos…
practiced with her cofounder…
and role-played with a few friends.

And she got better.

I think we overcomplicate skill development.
We think we need to become an expert before we take action.

But the reality is...
if you watch one good video, read one decent book, or talk to one open mentor,
you might already be more prepared than someone who didn’t.

It’s not about expertise.
It’s about intention.

Are you working on the right skill for the moment you’re in?
Because you could spend months becoming great at something…
that doesn’t actually move the needle.

Meanwhile, a small upgrade in the right skill
can change everything.

Don’t go for expert.
Go for intentional.

Interested in sniffing out key areas of your performance that might be holding you back? Check out www.mindurance.org or send me a message to learn more about how Performance Design is reshaping how we view optimization.