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Performing Under Pressure: Gaining the Mental Edge in Business and Sport

ISBN: 978-0-470-73764-4
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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 Tension—Energizing 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

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