#28 - Peak performance optimisation

Peak performance optimisation through healthy habits

Peak performance optimisation also means optimising your healthy habits. In order for us to be able to function at our peak levels both in work and family life we must ensure all aspects of our mind and body are running optimally. In this episode Niko & Tommi are joined by director, speaker, coach and board professional Petteri Kilpinen whose expertise is Peak Performance optimisation for organisations and C-level executives. This episode is full of invaluable information on how we can tweak our habits for a happier, more fulfilling and more productive life! 


Topics discussed include:

  • Petteri’s own introduction 

  • Petteri’s journey to coaching peak performance optimisation 

  • Practicing what we preach  

  • Energy levels will drop over time when we get older despite energy demand going up 

  • Problem of surviving your daily work and not having energy for anything else 

  • Managing your energy is a skill which you can manage 

  • How can we optimise optimise our energy and peak perormance? 

  • Concept of variance in energy management 

  • Stress and recovery must follow each other in a rhythmic way 

  • Detrimental effects of constant multi-stimuli from mobile phones, messages, emails 

  • Focus on less things at a time 

  • Importance of taking mind breaks regularly 

  • How to start building variance in your life 

  • Misunderstanding the concept of working more vs working more efficiently 

  • When you are tired you need twice the time to complete a task vs when you are energised 

  • Working more does not necessarily create better results - often quite the opposite 

  • Working too hard and too long destroys creativity 

  • Your brain needs breaks from intensive thinking 

  • Problem of setting too large goals 

  • The way to change yourself is to create new habits which will take you towards your goals 

  • Ask yourself what are your competing commitments and choose which serve you and which don’t. 

  • 2-3 new habits in 100 days will transform your life completely in a few years 

  • Concept of deep motivation (your big WHY) 

  • Trap of instant gratification 

  • Starting with small goals and setting the game so you can win 

  • Building lasting change in your life (BJ Fogg) 

  • Emotions creating habits 

  • Willpower is only a limited resource 

  • Habits turning into routines - you do not need energy in conducting routines 

  • Changing organisations - change starts from the top 

  • Surrounding yourself with the right people 

  • Effect of community to your change 

  • Demands of modern day workplace are 24/7 

  • Self-management skills are crucial to succeed and survive 

  • We can’t be at our best all the time 

  • Utilising data, wearables and testing in performance optimisation 

  • Importance of measuring recovery 

  • Importance of self observation and mindfulness 

  • Petteri’s own healthy habits 

  • Petteri’s top tips for healthy and fulfilling life 

Links: 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petteri-kilpinen-4aa8401a/

Website: http://petterikilpinen.com/

Latest book (in Finnish): https://www.adlibris.com/fi/kirja/varianssi-9789523501416

Niko Ratala