Performing Under Pressure - The Science of Doing Your Best When It Matters Most

Hendrie Weisinger, J. P. Pawliw-Fry

Crown Business

2015

320 páginas

10h 40m

ISBN-13: 9780804136723

Nobody performs better under pressure. Regardless of the task, pressure ruthlessly diminishes our judgment, decision-making, attention, dexterity, and performance in every professional and personal arena. In Performing Under Pressure, Drs. Hendrie Weisinger and J.P. Pawliw-Fry introduce us to the concept of pressure management, offering empirically tested short term and long term solutions to help us overcome the debilitating effects of pressure.

Performing Under Pressure tackles the greatest obstacle to personal success, whether in a sales presentation, at home, on the golf course, interviewing for a job, or performing onstage at Carnegie Hall. Despite sports mythology, no one "rises to the occasion" under pressure and does better than they do in practice. The reality is pressure makes us do worse, and sometimes leads us to fail utterly. But there are things we can do to diminish its effects on our performance.

Performing Under Pressure draws on research from over 12,000 people, and features the latest research from neuroscience and from the frontline experiences of Fortune 500 employees and managers, Navy SEALS, Olympic and other elite athletes, and others. It offers 22 specific strategies each of us can use to reduce pressure in our personal and professional lives and allow us to better excel in whatever we do.

Whether you’re a corporate manager, a basketball player, or a student preparing for the SAT, Performing Under Pressure will help you to do your best when it matters most.

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"Você trabalha melhor sob pressão": Mito.

O livro aborda e confronta de maneira simples duas situações pelas quais passamos: de estresse e pressão ( A premissa básica do livro trata exatamente da diferença entre ambas).

Sabe aqueles momentos como apresentações ou o exame de habilitação, quando tudo depende de um bom desempenho, para o qual estávamos preparados, mas na hora "dá branco", "congelamos"?
O que acontece psicologicamente e fisiologicamente em nossos cérebros nestes momentos?
Qual a relação entre memória de trabalho e memória procedural?
Quais as mentalidades que afetam nosso desempenho?
E, principalmente, formas de identificar o que está limitando nosso desempenho, o que fazer e praticar de maneira a reduzir ou eliminar os efeitos negativos.
O livro contém diversos exemplos e, apesar de possuir alguns termos mais técnicos, uma linguagem didática e compreensível.
Leitura rápida, fluida e de aplicabilidade imediata. Compensa cada minuto de leitura.