Darren Harris speaking on stage

The Elite Performance Mindset

This is both a mindset I lived as an elite athlete and the framework I now teach. It comprises three steps:

1️⃣ The Signs

Here are three signs of under-performance:

  • Performance ceiling: You’ve plateaued rather than peaked
  • Performance inconsistency: You’re good one day, average the next
  • Performance slump: You’ve dropped off, gradually or suddenly
2️⃣ The Causes

Here are three models of disability:

  • Medical model: You are disabled by disease
  • Social model: You are disabled by society
  • Psychological model: You are disabled by behaviour

The first model asks what’s wrong with you, the second asks what’s wrong with the world, but the third asks what you can do about it.

3️⃣ The Skills

There are three levels of performance:

  • Cultivate: Your every day skills
  • Prepare: Your before performance skills
  • Respond: Your during performance skills

Each level has specific mental skills.