Avoiding over-integration and over-differentiation defy monotony.
A continual adjustment of goals, standards, and expectations is necessary for people to become their most optimal selves.
Reflecting on one’s life, it would be tough to grow if all an individual did was repeat the same task. According to Albert Einstein, the definition of insanity is repeating the same thing while expecting different results (Wilczek, 2015). Hence, leaders, coaches, and parents must continually adjust goals and expectations to maintain an adequate balance between challenge and skill.
If a coach designed a practice where the same drill was being executed pristinely while repeated continually, at what point does the drill begin to lack purpose? It seems that there could be a certain threshold in which the skills/challenge balance is overcome, and the ‘challenge’ becomes ‘less challenging’ for the now-acquired skills.
One of the most critical pieces to a flow experience is balancing ability level and challenge (Kolter, 2014). The task cannot be too easy or too difficult. Another element to flow is direct and immediate feedback. With these two pieces alone, it is possible to deduct how continually adjusting goals and challenges is necessary to achieve one's optimal potential.
Coach K, who could be regarded as one of the greatest coaches of all time, stated that there is no end to becoming a leader. The environment is ever-changing, making you change as a person every moment. So, if you cannot stay the same, the only answer to Coach K is to keep striving to improve and continually adjust your vision and goals.
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