You Already Have to Be Enough | Peter McLaughlin | YLYC Conversations

Peter McLaughlin (00:00) And there's, there's a paradox inside of all of this too. I've done a fair amount of work with elite athletes, NFL players, division one football players, and some others. And the paradox is in order to be at the literally at the top of your game as an elite athlete, or as a performer, you have to be completely in the moment. Stefan Lindberg-Jones (00:26) Hmm. Peter McLaughlin (00:28) So if your mind is partially going to the past to some failure you had in the past and hoping it doesn't happen again right now, if your mind is partially going into the future of the consequences of success or the consequences of failure, you're not fully present. And if you're not fully present, as you know, as a musician, you can't give your best performance as a musician, as an actor, or as an athlete. Or I would argue, Stefan Lindberg-Jones (00:56) So true. Peter McLaughlin (00:57) Even in business, if you're making a presentation to investors or a sales presentation or you're trying to rally the troops to motivate them and part of your mind is somewhere else, you simply cannot perform at your highest level. And by placing all of that stuff around ego in its proper location, its proper status, It's easier to let go of all that, which paradoxically allows you to perform better. You already have to be enough,