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Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To (edition 2011)

by Sian Beilock

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Do you want to ace the big test, make the game winning shot or close the biggest deal of your career? Or does the fear of failing when it matters most hold sway over your thoughts everywhere from the classroom, the playing field and the boardroom? Either way, Sian Beilock’s Choke will show you not only why we choke under pressure, but more importantly what we can do to steel ourselves and prepare to succeed when it’s crunch time.

Based on research from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, sport science and human performance, Beilock presents the latest research to help readers prevent choking, which she describes as not only poor performance under pressure, but suboptimal performance. This is an important distinction that informs the rest of the book.

Just the tips on pages 174, 232 and 257 of the paperback edition on ensuring success under stress, combating performance flops and preventing choking respectively are worth the price of the book. But after discussing the role of practice (especially under stress), tactics to overcome stereotypes (the power of writing) and even meditation, Beilock has written a great book that can help anyone achieve the success they know they have earned, but have struggled to achieve because of choking when it counts. ( )
  BookLeverage | Apr 11, 2012 |
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An excellent book on why we "Choke" when in a stressful situation. I wanted to get to the point instead of wading through lots of details about research activities. Thus it seemed as if I was reading a Master's thesis rather than reading a book.

It eventually does get around to a summary of techniques to use to prevent choke for students. (Page 174-176, 232, 257) ( )
  bread2u | Jul 1, 2020 |
Quite interesting stuff about how the brain (or we) works. Focuses on how preconceptions become hardwired. Very interesting stuff about race, gender, and testing (SAT etc.) that I had not considered before. ( )
  Scarchin | Nov 12, 2013 |
Do you want to ace the big test, make the game winning shot or close the biggest deal of your career? Or does the fear of failing when it matters most hold sway over your thoughts everywhere from the classroom, the playing field and the boardroom? Either way, Sian Beilock’s Choke will show you not only why we choke under pressure, but more importantly what we can do to steel ourselves and prepare to succeed when it’s crunch time.

Based on research from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, sport science and human performance, Beilock presents the latest research to help readers prevent choking, which she describes as not only poor performance under pressure, but suboptimal performance. This is an important distinction that informs the rest of the book.

Just the tips on pages 174, 232 and 257 of the paperback edition on ensuring success under stress, combating performance flops and preventing choking respectively are worth the price of the book. But after discussing the role of practice (especially under stress), tactics to overcome stereotypes (the power of writing) and even meditation, Beilock has written a great book that can help anyone achieve the success they know they have earned, but have struggled to achieve because of choking when it counts. ( )
  BookLeverage | Apr 11, 2012 |
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