Performance = Potential - Interference

I was totally amazed when I first caught a glimpse of the sexy equation above. I felt like I had just discovered the Relativity Equation of human performance.

It totally makes sense:

If there was no interference (fears, doubts, space, time, social conventions, taboos, etc.), your performance in an ideal world would be EXACTLY your potential.

Of course, there are two kinds of interference: internal and external. The external type can usually be seen, and can be dealt with.

It's the internal interference (fears, doubts, misconceptions, prejudice, etc.) that is hard to detect, identify and remove.

Dr. Phil has a nice way of putting it: "You can't change what you don't acknowledge!"