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

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In the classic joke, a New York tourist asks, “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?” The old answer: “Practice. Practice. Practice.” Today, the relatively new science of performance psychology tells us that the old answer is incomplete at best.

In The Psychology of Performance: How to Be Your Best in Life, clinical sport psychologist Eddie O’Connor, Ph.D., shares the best ways for you to reach your personal Carnegie Hall based on the latest scientific research—whether your performance environment is music, dance, business, or sport. These often surprising research results will make you rethink your own performance strategies, offering approaches you might never have considered and busting myths you might have taken as truth.

24 lectures

1 Sport and Performance Psychology
2 Deliberate Practice: Essential for Experts
3 How Values and Goals Drive Performance
4 The Benefits of Mindfulness in Performance
5 When Positive Thinking Doesn’t Work
6 Acceptance and the Willingness to Feel
7 Commitment Means “No Matter What”
8 Finding Internal Motivation
9 Using Imagery to Prepare for Action
10 Confidence and Self-Talk
11 Developing Focused Attention
12 Superstitions, Rituals, and Routines
13 Peak Performance: Getting in the Zone
14 Performance Anxiety and Choking
15 Being the Perfect Perfectionist
16 Self-Compassion for Self-Improvement
17 Burnout and the Need for Recovery
18 Pain Tolerance and Injury Rehabilitation
19 The Dangerous Pursuit of the Ideal Body
20 Fan Psychology, Identification, and Violence
21 Four Qualities of a Successful Team
22 Talent: A Developmental Process
23 How to Be a Great Sport Parent
24 Aqlng Athletes: Competing and Retiring