The highly successful four-part strategy for raising your performance at work and home so that you can thrive in a busy, challenging world, from the experts who have worked with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies across the globe.
Do you wish you could be more focused and productive? Would you like to ensure your most confident performance when the stakes are high and your stress levels are even higher?
The way your body reacts in any given situation determines your ability to think clearly and your capacity for managing your emotions. When you understand the way your body reacts and how to manage it, your physical intelligence, you can handle that stressful presentation, the make-or-break meeting and the important pitch.
Claire Dale and Patricia Peyton have spent the past thirty years helping business leaders, top performers and professional athletes improve their physical intelligence in order to achieve outstanding success and a deeper sense of fulfillment. This practical guide contains the effective techniques you need to develop your strength, flexibility, resilience and endurance, leaving you feeling confident and fully equipped to deal with whatever comes your way.
Each step-by-step strategy can be easily integrated into a busy day and is combined with useful tips and inspiring stories of people who have turned their lives around through physical intelligence.
Author(s): Dale, Claire and Peyton, Patricia
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 480
INTRODUCING PHYSICAL INTELLIGENCE
1. The Winning Cocktail
How to recognise the chemicals that drive our behaviour
PART 1: STRENGTH
INTRODUCING STRENGTH
2. Posture
How our stance and seated posture builds our confidence
3. Breath
How to find emotional and mental stability through breath practice
4. Centering
How to develop inner strength and focus
5. Vocal Strength
How to convey authority and confidence through our voice
6. The Chemistry of Confidence
How we prepare, take risks and succeed
7. Nutrition and Fitness for Strength
How to build inner stability through diet and exercise
REHEARSE AND PERFORM: STRENGTH
PART 2: FLEXIBILITY
INTRODUCING FLEXIBILITY
8. Move More – MOT (Map of Tension)
How to release tension, find flow and boost happiness
9. Bemotion
How to recognise and manage our emotions
10. Relationshift and the Chemistry of Trust
How to create excellent relationships
11. Engaging Others
How to connect with people through our voice and presence
12. Creativity and Innovation
How to generate insight and influence the future
13. Nutrition and Fitness for Flexibility
How to support creativity and flow through food and fitness
REHEARSE AND PERFORM: FLEXIBILITY
PART 3: RESILIENCE
INTRODUCING RESILIENCE
14. Relaxation and Recovery
How to relax and renew in a fast-paced, demanding world
15. The Chemistry of Optimism
How to generate a robust mindset
16. Letting Go
How to put negative experiences behind us
17. Finding Your Support
How to thrive through receiving and giving
18. Nutrition and Fitness for Resilience
How to support our immune system and bounce back
REHEARSE AND PERFORM: RESILIENCE
PART 4: ENDURANCE
INTRODUCING ENDURANCE
19. Seeing the Long Game
How to visualise our long-term goals and dreams
20. Muscle-Firming and Milestones
How our bodies help us achieve our goals one step at a time
21. The Endurance Tunnel
How to focus ourselves to move through adversity
22. Breaking the Pain Barrier
How to push through extreme discomfort to sustain effort
23. The Chemistry of Motivation and Appreciation
How to capitalise on what drives our will to achieve
24. Energy Gain
How to tap into our energy reserves
25. Sleep Well
How to power performance with a good night’s sleep
26. Nutrition and Fitness for Endurance
How to sustain a long, healthy life with food and exercise
REHEARSE AND PERFORM: ENDURANCE
27. Bringing It All Together
How to continue developing your Physical Intelligence
Acknowledgements
Research and Resources
List of Exercises
Index
