Timothy Gallwey, 2000
This book develops Gallwey ‘s tennis coaching model and applies this to the wider context of work. For Gallwey performance at work, as in sport, is undermined by potential interference.
P = p – i Performance = potential less interference.
Performance can therefore be enhanced, either by growing “p” potential or by decreasing “i,” interference. The goal of the 'Inner Game' is to reduce whatever interferes with the discovery and expression of one’s full potential.
Gallwey’s underlying premise is that we have two ‘selves’.
Self 2 is the human being itself, embodying all the inherent potential we were born with, including all the capabilities actualized and not yet actualized.
Self 1 is the critical inner voice, the ‘know-it-all who (does) not trust Self 2’ but who constantly advises, criticises and effectively undermines the innate abilities to perform that we all have. Self 1 is the influence of all the criticism we have been exposed to in the past, pushing us to adapt to the demands of the outside world.
Self 2 is the human being itself, embodying all the inherent potential we were born with, including all the capabilities actualized and not yet actualized.
Self 1 is the critical inner voice, the ‘know-it-all who (does) not trust Self 2’ but who constantly advises, criticises and effectively undermines the innate abilities to perform that we all have. Self 1 is the influence of all the criticism we have been exposed to in the past, pushing us to adapt to the demands of the outside world.
He outlines 3 interconnected principles involved in the process of learning to learn and personal change: Awareness - about knowing the present situation with clarity; Choice - about moving in a desired direction in the future; Trust- in one’s own inner resources. (ACT).
