When you search for “performance decline with age,” most results talk about how our physical peak fades as we grow older. If you click on “images” you’ll see something like this:

The negative slope of that line is rather depressing, isn’t it? But consider this. It is “peak” performance capability that declines with time. But how many of us are “peak”? Only a rare few. Most of us are operating below that line, which transforms this situation from depressing to inspiring.

We can reframe this situation by viewing the gap between where we are and where we could be as an inspiring call to action. The opportunity to improve in any category of life remains with us even as we age. This is something worth emphasizing.

My two cents on this Sunday afternoon.