Reflections from the edge

We each have our own personal “edge”. It is the point beyond which we have difficulty going. Ancient map makers used to mark areas of the world they had not explored “here be dragons”. Stephen Pressfield talks about “ The Resistance”. Seth Godin talks about “The Lizard”, and in his original ground breaking work, Tim Galwey suggested a simple equation;

Performance=Potential minus Interference

Where interference is all the things that define the edge for us – approval of others, self belief, and the internal voices of “should, must and have to”.

All of these ideas point to the same thing – our own self limiting beliefs. It is not fault, or weakness – it is largely hard wired. Much has been written elsewhere by neuroscientists, cognitive psychologists, behavioral economists and others (and if you want details, you can find summaries and book links at http://www.growhouseinitiative.com/library.aspx.)

I suggest for all practical purposes, we can simplify these findings into two critically impo…