Recently I was invited to the book presentation of my GSA colleague Gabriel Schandl. He presented his new book "Giving the Best – Ways to Achievement Happiness" to his large audience. In a very successful keynote, Gabriel shared his very personal thoughts on the topic of top performance. The quintessence of this: that we should really live and use all our real talents, and not simply remain in supposed comfort positions because we believe that we absolutely need them.
The lecture as well as the subsequent reading of the book made me think. Namely, about how many people really live a truly harmonious life. Coherent in many respects. In the sense that what we do also fits with our values and our development process, we don't bend and we are completely at home. Coherent but also in the area of our real voice. Do we always say what we think? Or do we just swallow many things and don't formulate them? So do we not give voice to our thoughts in this respect? Certainly not a powerful, meaningful one? And if we do do this, with what pitch and power of voice does it happen? Beeping, quietly, or too loud and drowning? Both mean not using the power of the voice, which we all carry within us, properly. This closes the circle to achievement happiness for me. We can only really feel this if we live our true talents and abilities.
My personal conclusion: In order to be able to live performance happiness, managers are also strongly called upon to deploy their employees and high potentials in such a way that this top performance is possible. This is not just an employee task! Just as executives and decision-makers of all stripes must always be great role models in terms of voice. If this role is exemplified by the managers, great companies are created that are exceptionally successful in the long term and whose voice can be heard powerfully!
To all those who have this goal in mind, I recommend this book from the bottom of my heart.
Enjoy reading.
Yours, Arno Fischbacher
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