Peak Performance Quotes

• Ive always been really inspired by watching top athletes putting in peak performances.

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  Manu Bennett

  Athlete   Inspired   Peak Performance  

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• A good coach is postive. Your job when coaching is not correcting mistakes, finding fault, and assessing blame. Instead, your function is achieving goals by coaching your staff to peak performance. Focusing on the positive means that you start with what's good and what works, and spend your attention and energy there.

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  Marshall Cook

  Leadership   Jobs   Mistake  

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• Peak performance begins with your taking complete responsibility for your life and everything that happens to you.

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  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational   Responsibility   Peak Performance  

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• Ranger declined the butterscotch pudding, not wanting to disrupt the consistency of his blood sugar level. I had two puddings and coffee, choosing to keep my pancreas at peak performance. Use it or lose it is my philosophy.

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  Janet Evanovich

  Philosophy   Coffee   Use It Or Lose It  

  Janet Evanovich (1999). “Three To Get Deadly: A Stephanie Plum Novel”, p.146, Simon and Schuster

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• Peak performance is meditation in motion.

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  Greg Louganis

  Meditation   Peak Performance   Performances  

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• The third important ingredient for achieving peak performance is attitude. Attitude is how you deal with the inevitable adverse situations that occur in the markets. Attitude is also how you handle the daily grind, the constant 2 steps forward and 2 steps back.

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  Linda Bradford Raschke

  Attitude   Important   Ingredients  

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• Relaxation, acceptance, and keeping open mind are key. First of all, peak performance isn't possible if one is not relaxed, and if one is going to stay relaxed they must simply accept problems when they arise and decide to solve them. If I can't do a move I merely accept that I haven't discovered the right sequence, instead of trying the same sequence over and over or just quitting. I will try to do it 20 or 30 different ways, making subtle changes in body position and fot placement, until I find something that does work. That's what I mean by keeping an open mind.

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  Lynn Hill

  Moving   Mean   Acceptance  

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• Rested, Refreshed, and Ready to run, the three Rs of peak performance.

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  Hal Higdon

  Running   Three   Peak Performance  

  Hal Higdon (2011). “Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide: Advice, Plans, and Programs for Half and Full Marathons”, p.157, Rodale

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• Questions are far more effective than defensive statements. They do not imply agreement, but they do convey interest and a desire to understand and facilitate an environment for peak performance, a central thread of effective leadership.... The next time someone accuses you of virtually anything, ask some questions. Resolving the situation may take more time, but the outcome will likely be more productive for both of you.

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  Stephen Young

  Agreement   Desire   May  

  Stephen Young (2006). “Micromessaging: Why Great Leadership is Beyond Words: Why Leadership is Great Beyond Words”, p.17, McGraw Hill Professional

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