What's Your Process/Trust Your Process: Part 2, Trust Your Process!

Hey everyone,

Christopher Peck here with Speak Into Action Communications.

Welcome to Part 2 of What's Your Process/Trust Your Process:

Trust Your Process!

When I was twelve, as part of my middle school physical education class, I took archery. I loved it. And I was pretty good too. Two year running, the archery team I was on--Bullseye, clever huh--came in first place in our school wide tournament.

But back to the archery class:

The final exam was a performance exam. We would fire three arrows, and the total score would determine our grade.

I could not sleep the night before. Despite my success in the class I was concerned I wasn't prepared for the final. So I stayed up most of the night going over and over in my mind the correct mechanics for successfully firing an arrow.

The exam came and I was terrified. My breath was rapid, my body was shaking, my confidence was gone, and after firing three arrows my final score was…

Seven.

I was going to get a “D” on my final exam.

I was embarrassed, near tears, and in my defeat discovered something remarkable.

The freedom of letting go.

Every student was given a second chance. Three more arrows. I knew I couldn't do worse than seven, so I gave up overthinking and just trusted my muscle memory.

Arrow one: Bullseye

Arrow two: Bullseye

Arrow three: Almost bullseye

Twenty-five points. An "A."

Hopefully the moral of this story is pretty clear. Last week we talked about the importance of building a process. That's what the whole archery unit was about. But when the time comes to perform, you have to trust your process.

Too many times I see professionals throw the baby out with the bathwater because of fear, a lack of self-confidence, or some perceived conversational nuance.

Trust your communication process. Trust your ability to build rapport, set communication expectations, and trust the breakthrough language of your business.

If you haven't landed on a process that's providing you the results you want, I’m offering a free ‘Breakthrough Language’ Strategy Sessions to the first two business leaders who contact me and mention this blog.

Together, we can develop a breakthrough strategy for your business.

Thanks for reading! This is Christopher Peck with Speak Into Action Communications: helping businesses perform better by training better performers.

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