surveyed over seventy-five high performers across sports and business on what allowed them to perform at their best and what prevented them from reaching their potential. The preventors? Expectations, overly concerned with outcomes, letting others or themselves down, and feeling like they “had to” instead of wanting to. They performed up to their potential when they felt secure in who they were and what they were doing, when their motivation was from joy, instead of fear. They felt free to perform.
