Contents
Acknowledgments.................................................................................... ix
Foreword............................................................................................... xi
Preface................................................................................................... xv
Part I: The Building Blocks of a Champion Approach
Chapter 1 What Is Living in the Sweet Spot?
Achievement and Happiness.............................................. 3
Chapter 2 Self-awareness and Your Strengths
Learning How Your Strengths Can
Impact Your Performance................................................ 17
Chapter 3 positive emotional experience
Strengthening Your Resources through
Nurturing Positive Emotions............................................ 37
Chapter 4 Small Changes
Optimizing Willpower........................................................ 57
Chapter 5 the Learning approach
Getting the Most out of Your
Wins and Your Losses..................................................... 77
Chapter 6 the positive perspective
Building on Gratitude and Optimism............................... 97
Part II: Preparing for Performance or Competition
Chapter 7 Flow and engagement
Nurturing Enjoyment and Engagement
in Training and Performance............................................. 115
Chapter 8 Facing Negative emotions
Recognizing, Accepting, and
Shifting Negative Emotions............................................ 137
Chapter 9 Coaches, Family, teammates, and Friends
Letting in the Good and Letting Go
of the Negative................................................................ 159
Chapter 10 Imagery and Scripting for performance
Creating Your Intentions for Performance......................... 177
Chapter 11 Mental-emotional Goals for performance
Creating Clear, Specific “Highest Point of Leverage” Commitments 197
Part III: The Day of Performance
Chapter 12 empowered thinking
Establishing Your Go-To Responses
When It Counts Most.................................................... 221
Chapter 13 emotions on the Day of performance
Getting the Most out of Your Emotional Engine................. 241
Chapter 14 Motivational Flexibility
Drawing on the Motivational Sources
That Best Serve You......................................................... 261
Chapter 15 Your plan for Game Day
Tailoring the Ideas to Work for You.................................. 281
References........................................................................................... 299
Index................................................................................................... 303
About the Author................................................................................ 307
