It’s the heart of high performance and the critical step before you worry about any of the next seven steps. The great news about delivering big results is that powerful science tells us exactly how to do it well; the fundamentals haven’t changed in ages.

1

Set Big Goals

We know which behaviors will help and harm your performance. Use this information to demonstrate performance-driving behaviors and avoid those that may undercut your success.

2

Behave to Perform

When you grow, you get a better choice of jobs and more money in your pocket. Every minute you aren’t growing your capabilities, you’re losing your competitive advantage to someone who’s working hard to grow theirs.

3

Grow Yourself Faster

Science shows that your ability to influence and connect with others predicts who will be a high performer. The more strong, productive relationships you create, the closer you’ll get to your theoretical maximum performance.

4

Connect

Your ability to quickly adapt your behaviors to your company changing strategies and needs makes you more versatile, valuable, and more likely to get opportunities to demonstrate even more high performance.

5

Maximize Fit

As your career evolves, you’ll need to show new behaviors to sustain your high performance. Some of those behaviors might not come naturally to you, so get comfortable faking them until they become your new normal.

6

Fake It

Your body plays a critical role in your performance and the science shows that sleep is the most critical and controllable factor. The surprising fact is that quality matters much more than quantity.

7

Commit Your Body

Your hard work to be a high performer shouldn’t be derailed by popular but questionable management advice. These fads prevent theoretical maximum performance and waste valuable time that you can apply to the seven steps proven to work.

8

Avoid Distractions