LIFE IS PERFORMANCE!
Throughout our lifetime we continuously carry out or accomplish an action, task, or function. The Hourglass Performance (HP) model is an evidence-based framework that describes 3 specific phases that are required if we would like to perform these activities optimal in life.
Hourglass Performance Model
Most of our activities that we perform in life demonstrate a sequence of 3 functional phases, including the pre-performance, performance, and post-performance phase.
Introduction to the HP Model
The shape of the HP model can be logically explained. Activities that we perform in life are often actions that we have repeated many times.
Successful performance of these activities usually requires narrow and focused attention, which is illustrated by the narrow (performance) part of the HP model.
Our attention is generally broader when we prepare before or regroup after we perform a specific activity.
This is demonstrated by the wider (pre-performance and post-performance) parts of the HP model.
Performance and Focused Attention
Performance (P) in sport, at school, at work, or at home requires focused attention!
Scientific Validation of the HP Model:
The principles of the HP model have been validated by research findings in many different types of expertise including cognitive-behavioral psychology, neurophysiology, performance, sleep and health science.
These principles are important to optimize many different types of performance, physical activities, focus, information processing, problem-solving, empathy, communication, decision-making, and sleep.
