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As a corporate executive, you understand what it takes to be professional.
You are paid to deliver results. You have to be driven, dedicated,
disciplined and resilient. Above all, you must be consistent
under pressure. However, often times you might face towering
obstacles and entanglements, under which your energy and motivation might
weaken.
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The four common responses to pressure are:
The Challenge Response is
the most desirable of all and the most difficult to access on a consistent
basis, unless you train to do it, which increases your capacity to deal with
pressure.
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How can anyone learn to love the challenge? Through training.
Peak Performance is a learned skill;
it requires a progressive, steady and systematic training approach.
It all starts with the way we perceive situations, especially the way we
interpret "pressure."
It's a matter of perspective. Behavioral studies show
that the way we think affects the way we feel and the way we act. The
reverse is also true: we can act the emotion we want to feel until we
master it. [Are you a Peak
Performer?] |
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[VIDEO]
Click on the photo
to watch
Dr. James Loehr,
sport psychologist and author of "The Power of Full Engagement" and "Mental
Toughness Training for Sports" define Peak Performance.
WMV - 6MB - 2:30
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 Emotional control is
essential to operate at your best. We define
Peak Performance as the ability to
consistently access empowering emotions on demand, under pressure. Peak
Performers "love the challenge" and consider problems a stimulus to grow and
become better problem solvers. If they are not able to solve a
problem, they will most likely say that they ran out of time. They are
persistent and relentless in their pursuit of solutions ("there are no
problems, only opportunities.")
Peak Performance
Training combines two important aspects:
1. the parameters used
by world-class athletes to win in sports applied to winning in the
business world
2. the parameters used
by business leaders to go "beyond
personal best" and be successful, enjoy life and live a legacy.
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Research shows that successful people learn to move
emotionally from how they really feel to how they need to feel on demand, under pressure.
This ability is commonly described as:
Being "in the flow"
Operating "in the zone"
Excellence
Personal Best
Mastery
Mental Toughness
Full Engagement
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CASE STUDIES: Salum International Resources has conducted an
in-depth interview with high-level executives and entrepreneurs from all
over the world to compare the answers to a series of very specific questions
about Peak Performance. Take a moment to read the results of the
interview.
[Results 1 (PDF)] [Results
2( PDF)]
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