Elite Performance, Brain Agility and Engagement

Abstract

Businesses are more focused than ever on excellent performance and acquiring a competitive edge through interventions such as executive coaching and leadership development. What can we learn from the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics? As South African athlete Oscar Pistorius famously said, “every race is won or lost in the head.” Pistorius, a double amputee, ran in both the Paralympics and Olympics but fell from grace when he was put on trial after a tragic shooting of his then girlfriend, for which he was later found guilty of culpable homicide. Remember from Chapter 1 that surprise is the potentiator emotion that can flip you from survival to attachment or vice-versa.

“Always bear in mind that your resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”

Abraham Lincoln