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# From High Performance to Whole Performance – Reconciling Wellbeing and Excellence.


- **Date:** Friday, Jul 19, 2024
- **Time:** 13:00–13:30 (30 min)
- **Room:** Tech Recruiting Summit - PURPLE STAGE
- **Event:** World Congress 2024

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1084-from-high-performance-to-whole-performance-reconciling-wellbeing-and-excellence)

## Description

What if achieving peak performance didn't mean sacrificing your wellbeing, but enhanced it?"

For too long, the pursuit of high performance came at the expense of wellbeing.

Conversely, the recent emphasis on wellbeing sometimes neglects the pursuit of excellence. But what if there's a middle ground? What if both high performance and wellbeing could not only coexist but also enhance each other?

Imagine a scenario where achieving peak performance doesn't require sacrificing your wellbeing, but instead, enhances it.

## Speaker

### [Simon Cusden](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@simon-cusden)

On a mission to share wisdom with those that wish to have sustainable wellbeing, and long term success. 


## Related talks at this congress

- [The Power of Purpose: Unlocking Potential and Innovation](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/131-the-power-of-purpose) — Steffen Bosse, Sue Quackenbush, Ulrich Irnich
- [The Affordances of Quality](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/254-the-affordances-of) — Steve Upton
- [Why there is more caveman in us than we realise](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/370-why-there-is-more) — Clemens Braun
- [Creating healthy high performing organizations - the missing link](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/386-creating-healthy) — Eva-Maria Weidner