Performing Under Pressure: Gaining the Mental Edge in Business and SportISBN: 978-0-470-73764-4
Hardcover
256 pages
April 2010
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Acknowledgements xi
Introduction: We Are All Performers 1
Chapter 1: Pressure 7
Section 1: Winning Programs 21
Chapter 2: Power Thoughts 23
Chapter 3: High-Performance Imagery 45
Section 2: The Shift: Positive Focus, Positive Feelings 73
Chapter 4: Changing Channels 75
Chapter 5: Tension-Release 87
Section 3: Conscious Breathing 105
Chapter 6: Rhythm 107
Chapter 7: Inspiration 121
Chapter 8: Continuity 131
Chapter 9: Streaming 147
Chapter 10: Blowing Off TensionEnergizing 161
Section 4: Attitude, Individual Differences, and Lifestyle 171
Chapter 11: A Winning, Performing-Under-Pressure Attitude 173
Chapter 12: Individual Differences 207
Chapter 13: A High-Performance Lifestyle 225
About the Author 233
Bibliography 235
Index 237