Enhance Your Performance: The Power of Thought Sparring
Enhance Your Performance: The Power of Thought Sparring
Six Ways to bring on your A-game with a Thinking Partnership
Hi, it’s Clive. This post 15 for my 30 day writing challenge. It’s written for high achieving, ambitious experts who are responsible for business growth. Let's exchange what's predictable for what's possible.
Feeling stuck in your professional growth? It might be time to bring in some backup.
Let's talk about bringing in a sparring partner to enhance your performance.
You might be thinking, "Do I really need someone else in my corner?" I've been there – it's a game-changer. And you can judge for yourself.
Here are six ways sparring partners have helped me improve my performance:
Dialogue that matters. Active attention helps you talk through and refine your thinking.
Challenge your thinking. Questions that make you think twice and examine biases.
Smarter decision-making. Use a proven process to walk you through tough calls.
Fresh eyes, broader perspective. Sometimes we're too close to see the big picture. Time to breathe and think.
Confidence boost. A mix of support and challenge to make you trust your gut.
Blind spot detector. An outside perspective is like having a spotter in your mental gym.
The bottom line: a sparring partner isn't there to do your job, they’re there to help you think.
Their role is to help the best get better.
Think clearer. See sharper. Decide smarter.
If you're ready to take your game to the next level, a sparring partner might just be what you need.
🚀 Let me ask — what's the biggest challenge you’d choose for a thought sparring session?
I work 1:1 with highly ambitious experts on their growth agenda: including mindset and behaviour change, leading others in a high stakes situations, and influencing decisions with integrity.
If that’s for you please get in touch.
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