Peak Performance

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A performance accompanied by a sense of inner calm and a high degree of concentration, a feeling of effortless control, and a heightened sense of awareness. This ideal performing state is reported to promote uninterrupted focus and concentration as well as an ability to regulate anxiety and arousal during performance. Also known as ‘flow’ in the writings of psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.[1]

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