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Introduction |
3 |
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Warning — these techniques are not
for everybody |
3 |
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The state of scientific research |
4 |
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'I absolutely have to change' |
4 |
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The past does not have to equal the
future |
5 |
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Be prepared to try anything |
5 |
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Make 'failure' a friend |
5 |
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Even an old dog can learn new tricks! |
8 |
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Part 1 |
9 |
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Conquering the mental game |
9 |
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Practise 'thought stopping' |
10 |
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Some anxiety is universal |
11 |
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Consider adrenalin your friend |
11 |
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Performance — threat or opportunity? |
21 |
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Reframing the audience |
13 |
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Controlled worrying — permission to
worry! |
15 |
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Face up to the worst possible outcome |
16 |
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What others think |
17 |
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Visualisation |
18 |
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Part 2 |
19 |
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Controlling your body |
19 |
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Part 3 |
21 |
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Breathe your way to peace —
physiological control |
21 |
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Conclusion |
23 |
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Reading list |
24 |
So many people have been helped by my
article “Master Your Adrenalin” that I have been inundated with requests asking
me for more details. Did I really mean
it when I said that it is possible to overcome performance anxiety? What exactly did I do?
How long did it take? Is it really possible for them?
Some of you live locally and I have been
able to consult one-on-one. But for many
of you overseas and interstate this is not practical. So I have written this e-book especially for
you because it covers all the details that I cover in a 2-3 hour initial private
consultation. It therefore represents
extremely good value and I know that you will be greatly helped by it if you
are prepared to work really hard on each issue.
I am glad that my article has given hope to so many. There is no need to give
up. You can overcome your fears and anxieties. This is the most exciting
journey of discovery that you can make. The actual performance – be it musical performance or public speaking,
or a sporting meet, becomes secondary in importance. The greater achievement is overcoming
yourself. I can tell you that there are not too many things more exhilarating than overcoming your own self-limiting
beliefs, self-limiting mental habits and self-limiting behaviours. (The one thing much greater is to make peace
with God through the saving work of Jesus on the cross).