How potent are you when you show up to perform? What would it look like if we always gave things our best versus giving our most?

Giving your “best” means you’re like a ninja when you show up. You perform with such accuracy that people are simply amazed. You are a specialist at what you do and when that one thing needs to be done, you show up and deliver the goods. Your down time is spent dreaming and thinking; it’s spent sharpening those skills for when you’re called to perform.

Giving your “most” means you just continue to throw hours at something until it gets done. You think if you can just find six more hours in each day, you will get ahead. If you could just work seven days a week, things would turn out better. But at some point, you have to take a break. Better to do it before burn out sets in.

For me, taking a two-hour bike ride in the morning before work allows me to more than gain back those hours in the work day. Something about the endorphins and time to think just works for me.

Whatever it is you do, please don’t just show up and give your most. Take time to stay fresh so you can show up and give your best!