Book

The Psychology of Performance: How to Be Your Best in Life

Eddie O'Connor, Ph.D. · 2017

A comprehensive course guidebook on sport and performance psychology covering mental skills training, psychological techniques for excellence, and strategies for overcoming performance barriers across athletic and professional contexts.

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What this book knows

Peak performance is built through mindfulness, values-clarity, deliberate practice, and self-compassion — not through controlling your inner life.

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mind-and-cognition

Mindfulness frees attentional resources by developing greater awareness and acceptance of internal experiences, rather than effortful control of them.
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In defusion, you see thoughts for what they really are: experiences inside your head, not out in the real world.
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Deliberate practice develops mental representations that enhance performance, which then refine further practice in a positive cycle of improvement.
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Performers focused on the values underlying their goals train harder, make better choices in hardship, and persevere in day-to-day goal-achieving activities.
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When you are confident, that rapid heart rate becomes excitement that helps you; when self-efficacy is low, the same feeling interferes with performance.
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Self-compassion is positively associated with health-promoting behaviors and a clear reduction in negative emotions across samples of thousands.
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