"Why do the smartest students often do poorly on standardized
tests?"
"Why did you tank that interview or miss that golf swing when you
should have had it in the bag?"
"Why do you mess up when it matters the most--and how can you
perform your best instead?"
It happens to all of us. You've prepared for days, weeks, even
years for the big day when you will finally show your stuff--in
academics, in your career, in sports--but when the big moment
arrives, nothing seems to work. You hit the wrong note, drop the
ball, get stumped by a simple question. In other words, you choke.
It's not fun to think about, but now there's good news: This
doesn't have to happen.
Dr. Sian Beilock, an expert on performance and brain science,
reveals in "Choke "the astonishing new science of why we all too
often blunder when the stakes are high. What happens in our brain
and body when we experience the dreaded performance anxiety? And
what are we doing differently when everything magically "clicks"
into place and the perfect golf swing, tricky test problem, or
high-pressure business pitch becomes easy? In an energetic tour of
the latest brain science, with surprising insights on every page,
Beilock explains the inescapable links between body and mind;
reveals the surprising similarities among the ways performers,
students, athletes, and business people choke; and shows how to
succeed brilliantly when it matters most.
In lively prose and accessibly rendered science, Beilock examines
how attention and working memory guide human performance, how
experience and practice and brain development interact to create
our abilities, and how stress affects all these factors. She sheds
new light on counterintuitive realities, like why the highest
performing people are most susceptible to choking under pressure,
why we may learn foreign languages best when we're not paying
attention, why early childhood athletic training can backfire, and
how our emotions can make us both smarter and dumber. All these
fascinating findings about academic, athletic, and creative
intelligence come together in Beilock's new ideas about performance
under pressure--and her secrets to never choking again. Whether
you're at the Olympics, in the boardroom, or taking the SAT,
Beilock's clear, prescriptive guidance shows how to remain cool
under pressure--the key to performing well when everything's on the
line.
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