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The ideal point of performance is where our instinct, and our craft / experience, cross.

  • Writer: Ali Assareh
    Ali Assareh
  • Mar 16, 2023
  • 1 min read

A really powerful insight from M Night Shyamalan (director of The Sixth Sense):


The ideal point of performance is where our instinct, and our craft / experience, cross.


- When we are younger, we have instinct, but not enough craft / experience to execute on it.


- At some point, we have enough craft / experience to really execute well on our instinct — that is our peak performance.


- However, as we grow older, we tend to rely more and more on our craft / experience as a way to protect ourselves. Success makes us conservative, and we take fewer risks.


The trick then is to consciously avoid over-relying on craft / experience to the detriment of our instinct.


It’s a neat way of putting it 🙃




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