Peak Performance Quotes

“stress isn’t just harmful; it can also serve as a stimulus for growth and adaptation.”
― Brad Stulberg, Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success

“Fear [perhaps the most potent form of stress] is there for me in every aspect of kayaking, whether I’m preparing for a run on the biggest waterfall or before my final ride at the world championships. I don’t hide from it or try to ignore it. I feel the sensation and channel it to help me focus, to nail the line or to put up the biggest ride I can.”
― Brad Stulberg, Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success

“A little doubt and uncertainty is actually a good thing: It signals that a growth opportunity has emerged.”
― Brad Stulberg, Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success

“As crazy as it sounds, research shows that something as simple as watching funny cat videos on YouTube can enhance subsequent performance on cognitively-demanding tasks.”
― Brad Stulberg, Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success

“1Studies show that a little over 1 percent of the population can effectively multitask. Odds are you aren’t in that 1 percent. That’s just how odds work.”
― Brad Stulberg, Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success

“研究顯示，小隊中三十個學員的體能進步與否，關鍵在於小隊中體能最差的人抱持什麼樣的動力。如果那個人有改善自我的動力，他的熱情會感染大家一起進步。如果那個人對於改善體能毫無興趣，甚至有負面想法，他的消極也會感染大家一起消沉。就好像在關係緊密的團體中，疾病特別容易擴散一樣，動力也有很強的感染力。”
― 布萊德·史托伯格(Brad Stulberg), 一流的人如何保持顛峰

“小隊中三十個學員的體能進步與否，關鍵在於小隊中體能最差的人抱持什麼樣的動力。如果那個人有改善自我的動力，他的熱情會感染大家一起進步。如果那個人對於改善體能毫無興趣，甚至有負面想法，他的消極也會感染大家一起消沉。就好像在關係緊密的團體中，疾病特別容易擴散一樣，動力也有很強的感染力。 即使”
― 布萊德·史托伯格(Brad Stulberg), 一流的人如何保持顛峰

“His experimental findings also support years of anecdotal evidence that athletes tend to perform best when everything is clicking not just on the field but also off it.”
― Brad Stulberg, Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success

“What this does mean, however, is that you should identify and strive to cut out all the superficial things in your life. You should be fully intentional with how you spend your most precious resource of all: time.”
― Brad Stulberg, Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success

“If we never take “easy” periods, we are never able to go full throttle and the “hard” periods end up being not that hard at all. We get stuck in a gray zone, never really stressing ourselves but never really resting either. This vicious cycle is often referred to by a much less vicious name—“going through the motions”—but it’s a huge problem nonetheless.”
― Brad Stulberg, Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success

“This kind of thinking is especially prevalent in very busy people, like amateur athletes (busy with jobs) and student athletes (busy with school). Don’t get us wrong: You absolutely need to train hard to get better.”
― Brad Stulberg, Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success

“More than half of white collar workers believe they have reached a breaking point. They simply can't handle any more information, and they report feeling demoralized as a result.”
― Brad Stulberg, Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success

“the zone.” For Billingslea, the zone represents a mindset in which he doesn’t dwell on mistakes or get distracted by the crowd. Ideally, he told us, he stops thinking altogether and his performance becomes automatic:”
― Brad Stulberg, Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success

“the brain rewards us with more dopamine for the act of seeking a reward than for the act of receiving one.”
― Brad Stulberg, Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success

“those doing intense physical activity, 10 hours is not too much. •The best way to figure out the right amount of sleep for you is to spend 10 to 14 days going to sleep when you are tired and waking up without an alarm clock. Take the average sleep time. That’s what you need. •For a better night’s sleep, follow these tips, consolidated from the world’s leading researchers: Ensure you expose yourself to natural (i.e., non-electric) light throughout the day. This will help you maintain a healthy circadian rhythm. Exercise. Vigorous physical activity makes us tired. When we are tired, we sleep. But don’t exercise too close to bedtime. Limit caffeine intake, and phase it out completely 5 to 6 hours prior to your bedtime. Only use your bed for sleep and sex. Not for eating, watching television, working on your laptop, or anything else. The one exception is reading a paper book prior to bed. Don’t drink alcohol close to bedtime. Although alcohol can hasten the onset of sleep, it often”
― Brad Stulberg, Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success

“When we create a space in which to practice our craft, it is beneficial to surround ourselves with objects that invite desired actions and eliminate ones that do not. In his book The Evolving Self, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, PhD, writes that being intentional about our surroundings is essential to eliciting our best performance.”
― Brad Stulberg, Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success

“The subconscious is a crazily powerful thing,” Goss told us. “It’s almost like the sole reason you do the work is to set the stage for what happens when you step away.” Although”
― Brad Stulberg, Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success

“Mindfulness is about being completely present in the moment, fully aware of yourself and your surroundings. It’s helpful to think of the meditation part as highly specific training for being more present at all times of your life. When you meditate, you are strengthening your mindful muscle.”
― Brad Stulberg, Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success

“(Just imagine if a runner doing intervals on the track came to a complete stop to check her phone after each and every notification. The constant start-and-stop would certainly impair her performance.)”
― Brad Stulberg, Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success

“Although less than 2 percent of dopers are caught, research suggests that up to 40 percent of elite athletes use banned substances to enhance their performance. More than a quarter of the athletes we watch on TV could be competing dirty. While”
― Brad Stulberg, Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success