Self-trust
Those of us who work daily to coach people on their performance, whether at work or in sports, work from the principle of self-trust. This is the practice observation that self-trust is the foundation for all effective and peak performance.
Self-trust means defining our goal and getting out of our own way to get there. It’s the Tao of focused presence minus trying to micromanage ourselves in the process - letting presence and focus get everything done.
The principle was certainly at play as the improbable 21 year old Julia Mancuso won the Olympic gold medal in skiing for the US this week.
Her description of her experience smiling through thick Italian snow flakes at the start gate: I thought all I had to do was ski fast to the bottom. I wouldn’t make it any more complicated than that … Sometimes that’s all it takes. Sometimes, everything takes care of itself.
