Peak Performance Training

When we perform at our best, we experience harmony, centeredness and synergy.  These are some of the descriptors for Peak Performance, as well as "excellence, flow, personal best and the zone."  These experiences are based on the alignment of our physiology and our emotions and confirm the existence of an optimal or ideal state.

The research of Dr. James Loehr, Dr. Nicholas Hall, NLP practitioners and other coaching experts show that top executives, athletes, actors and soldiers coincide in their description of their "Ideal Performance State" (IPS).  They describe it as a "white moment" in which they are energized yet relaxed, in the present, feeling joyful, focused and in control.

To attain and maintain their IPS, peak performers train their physical, emotional and mental skills in a very precise and systematic manner. The goal of such training is to access the High Positive energy state (IPS) that enables them to face and solve challenges as they present themselves.

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Click on the image to watch Dr. James Loehr, sport psychologist, describing how the principles of winning in sports can be applied to attaining Peak Performance in business

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Training to achieve and maintain The Ideal Performance State (IPS)

IPS training involves two major aspects:

1) Training stress and recovery skills

Dr. Nicholas Hall, eminent psychoneuroimmunologist, affirms that "stress does create physiological changes, many of which are actually triggered by emotional reactions to the stressor. Stress is something to actively seek out, because as long as it s balanced by an equal amount of recovery, your body and emotions are trained to withstand the stress without experiencing injury." Stress is actually the stimulus that enables growth and development to occur. If we avoid physical and emotional linearity by creating stress and recovery waves (energy waves), we stimulate the mind/body complex and the immune system to become flexible, responsive, strong and resilient under pressure.

2) Training emotional and mental skills

When we act the way we want to feel, the brain interprets such behavior literally and reacts accordingly. To do this consistently, we need to train mentally in a systematic way. Having a broad perspective, practicing creative thinking and exercising humor are the keys to move our physiology from how we really feel to how we need to feel on demand, under pressure. Through this training, we become more "emotionally intelligent," for we are able to feel and express a wide range of emotions, even if they are contradictory, in appropriate response to the situation we are facing.

During IPS Training you develop a lifelong, personalized plan to achieve your goals. As the training process progresses, you develop physical and mental "toughening"  - a precise way of acting and thinking under pressure that increases your capacity to bounce back faster from stress, endure heavier pressure loads and find joy in your personal and professional areas of your life.  [Watch Peak Performers on Video]

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Peak Performance does not happen in a vacuum.  A corporate executive "in training" must focus on the benefits he or she expects to gain individually and on the benefits that he or she will share within the organization as well.

As executives, we don't train just to be better at our job; we train to go "beyond our personal best," strengthen our identity and ultimately to radiate our positive energy to inspire others.  

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[1] Mind-Body Connection  [Length: 0:33" - 1.9 MB]

[2] Emotions and Immunity  [Length: 0:42" - 2.5 MB]

[3] Stress and Burnout Prevention  [Length: 0:45"- 2.64 MB]

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