Every time we listen to a sub it’s like winding a top up more and more and then when you are in your washout it’s like letting the top spin out and do it’s intention.
If that’s the case, are you guys seeing results along the climb to the top before the washout? How far off am I?
Less is more is the only principle here. You need to gauge the intensity of processing, reconciliation and execution all the time. To maximise the execution you need to minimise the processing and reconciliation.
Not always
Always. 
This analogy captures part of the picture.
You’re comparing it to a kind of storing up of potential energy which in the end is finally released as kinetic energy.
And there is some of that.
But the actual process is not actually that dichotomous.
Here are two more analogies that capture part of the Bloom phenomenon.
Analogy #1: Cruise Vacation
You go to the gym and you go hard. You push, you challenge yourself, and yes, you are seeing definite strength increases.
But…
Your recovery is slightly off.
You discipline yourself and force yourself to rest for 2 days between workouts. But your ideal rest and recovery time is actually 3-5 days.
As a result, yes, you make gains, and your strength is increasing the whole time, but the process just isn’t optimized.
Then July comes and your girlfriend wins tickets for a 7-day Caribbean cruise vacation.
On your trip, there is no decent gym, and you just decide to take the 7 days off. When the trip is over, you’ll return to the gym and go even harder.
The trip is great, and you have a wonderful time together. Eating fish. Swimming. Dancing. Sleeping as long as you wish.
You feel great.
When you go back to the gym, you’re shocked to find that not only have you lost no strength. On the contrary, you’re even stronger than you were when you left! How the heck did that happen?
Your body finally got enough rest. With the good food and relaxation, your body was actually generating even more muscle mass and strength efficiency during your vacation.
That’s a little like the Bloom effect, I think.
Analogy #2- Ascended Mogul in Action
You were recently hired into a finance job. You’re low on the totem pole right now, but there are excellent opportunities for advancement. As it is right now though, you pretty much feel like you’re the personal assistant of about 10 different people. Various department heads and managers quickly notice that you’re a very intelligent and talented person, and whenever possible they grab you up to help with their projects. You are extremely busy!!
For your first 3 to 6 months at this company, you barely have time to think. Every day you’re helping with this project or that project. Running from this meeting to that meeting. You’re always studying data and materials so that you’ll be ready to assist the leader or the project point person. And as soon as one project ends, two more begin.
You’re not complaining because you really enjoy the work, but sheesh! When are you going to get the time to buckle down and work out your own plan of attack? Anyway, you’re happy being a team player and year’s end is coming soon, so you just lose yourself in the work, do a great job, and get excellent performance reviews from everyone who you assist.
But here’s the thing.
Winter break comes and you use the 2 holiday weeks you’ve accumulated to rest and recover. You are not burned out. On the contrary, you find that you’re feeling excited to see how much more you can do when you come back to work. Thank God you chose the right field.
The week you get back to work there are mainly meetings to set the strategy for the coming year. Like everyone else you show up ready to listen to the department heads and the various experts who will show the way forward.
And here’s where you notice:
At almost every single meeting, you realize that you are able to not only be on top of all of the information that is covered. You are also able to anticipate and sometimes even improve on the strategies of some of the experts.
The department heads look at you, look at each other, and smile knowingly.
You didn’t realize it, but during all of those months of running around, you were studying and internalizing the ins-and-outs of the company and the industry. You were learning strategy and you didn’t even notice.
Now you’re functioning at an even higher level, and, yup, guess who’s going to be a department head by the beginning of March?
Bloom is also kind of like those two analogies.
A chance for you to open up some space and see just how much you grew and learned without realizing it.
Growth happens the whole time but, when you leave a little bit more space, integration and continued growth can really get a chance to unfold and take things to the next level.