Peak Performance – ARTHUR CODDINGTON

Making Friends with Chaos

Arthur Coddington — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 15:16:27 +0000

Using data is a key to improvement. To separate ourselves from others, we should embrace chaos.

Deepak Chopra and the Meaning of Life

Arthur Coddington — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 17:42:45 +0000

Your consciousness constructs the expansion of facts I’m a dreamer and a skeptic. As a teenager, I remember being fascinated by the Amway promotional materials given to my parents, dreaming (like so many MLM victims) of the good life, then sitting at my desk and doing the math. When I walked to the living room …

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Why Practice is Essential for Mindset Training

Arthur Coddington — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:15:06 +0000

What’s the one thing people fail at around mindset training? PRACTICE A software engineer doesn’t take on an innovative challenge without having learned and practiced the coding techniques she will use. She studies and becomes so comfortable with her available skills that she can invent around them under pressure. A presenter doesn’t walk onto …

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I Am the Foraged Mushrooms

Arthur Coddington — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 18:23:59 +0000

I am the foraged mushrooms. A friend of mine described his recent state of mind with these words. This wonderful image describes one element of himself, one ingredient of a gourmet dish. He could have told me hours of stories about his last few weeks and it would not have provided as much information as …

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Achieving Vulnerability

Arthur Coddington — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 21:35:20 +0000

Top performers can seem like freaks of nature, impervious to pressure, perpetually healthy and prepared for battle. Invulnerable. I believe it’s the opposite. Being vulnerable can be mistaken for a sign of weakness, but it can actually be one of our biggest strengths. Don’t get me wrong, top performers are often freaks of nature. As …

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Those Damned Expectations

Arthur Coddington — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 18:54:53 +0000

Peak performance is about paradox. Be intense and stay relaxed at the same time. Play with bravado and humility simultaneously. Be fully trained nearly beyond the bounds of health – and fully rested too. The bigger picture of peak performance is the same. When we commit to big goals, we can be seduced by the …

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Plateaus and Four Ways to Get Past Them

Arthur Coddington — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 20:09:52 +0000

Everyone hits plateaus on the way to impossible goals, but there are things you can do to get past them more quickly: staying with the plan, changing the plan, easing up and staying one step ahead. Why Am I Stuck On This #@?!ing Plateau? I’ve hit a plateau. Actually I’ve hit hundreds. We all reach …

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The Failure of Failing Forward

Arthur Coddington — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 19:00:58 +0000

(This article is based on a talk I gave at Nonprofit Boot Camp in San Francisco.) Haunted By Failure A few years ago I led a program at Craigslist Foundation called LikeMinded. It was part of a high profile suite of projects funded by a major foundation. Like 9 out of 10 web initiatives, it …

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Creating Deep Mastery from Repetition: Problem Solving

Arthur Coddington — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 17:05:32 +0000

This is the fourth and final article about using repetition toward deep mastery. So far, we have explored discipline and expertise and expression. Repetition can take us to an even deeper level when we integrate it with problem solving. LEVEL 4 – REPETITION CREATES ELEGANT SOLUTIONS It’s easy to be expressive when things are going …

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Creating Deep Mastery from Repetition: Expression

Arthur Coddington — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 18:05:55 +0000

In this series, we are exploring different ways repetition can lead us to mastery. So far we have looked at discipline and expertise. This time we go one step deeper, to expression. LEVEL 3 – REPETITION CREATES EXPRESSION Level 2 of DEEP mastery – expertise – is about fixing flaws. It’s about pursuing perfection. Learning …

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