109. Performing and Performance: A Call To Be Our Best Self

Overview

What is performance and what does it mean to perform?

My recent conversations with D’Arcy Webb and Charles Gilbert, inspired me to reflect further on performing and performance.

In this episode, I explore differences in perception and understanding between these two words, how these show up in our individual careers and team dynamics, and the mindset that affects our relationship with performance.

For many, performance implies being inauthentic. But what if we defined performance as being wholly present, uninhibited by our fears, and unrestrained in expressing our instincts?

As D’Arcy Webb says, "We’re always performing. It doesn’t make us less authentic." I couldn't agree more.

Listen to the full episode to hear:

  • Shifting our definitions of performance and performing

  • Why performance doesn’t mean being inauthentic

  • Why performance can be a call-to-action for great work and to be our best self

  • How being part of a high-performing team brings joy to your work

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