Watching sports, you can see, that the best players do not always play as good as they can. Sometimes the couches even leave them on the bench to rest.
Somehow in business, we often want to give 100 percent all the time, or we want our employees to be 100 percent all the time.
This is not ideal, as you overstretch the best players/workers and when they are really needed – against a tough opponent or when you are loosing – they might be too spent to turn things around and win.
Be strategic about being 100 percent or above. Use it when you are losing, if you are winning comfortably, rest a bit.