When you watch star athletes play, you notice that all the greats make things look effortless.
At a concert, and you see the band perform, all the musicians play together with ease – it’s especially true when you are at a jazz concert and there is a lot of improvisation.
What makes all of that enjoyable to watch is the fluidity of everything – knowing that [most of us] can’t perform at that level. It’s awe-inspiring.
I played a lot of baseball growing up and coaches always taught us to “not think” as much. The more we were in our own heads, the more internal pressure we put on ourselves, and the harder it was to be successful.
The less we actively thought about the action right in front of us, the better decisions we made, and we let our intuition guide us.
A big part of what you see when you watch someone great is what you don’t see. Tension is notably absent. Instead, a certain ease, a gentle fluidity. A grace, not a grind.
Jason Fried
In business, a lot of that fluidity and grace comes when you let your team be smart on your behalf.
- You don’t control everything.
- You don’t have to micromanage.
- You don’t have to be the creative powerhouse.
You can loosen up and think less.
