How Nervous People Can Perform Under Pressure - Steve Magness - #897
February 1, 2025
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Episode 897 · February 1, 2025
How Nervous People Can Perform Under Pressure - Steve Magness - #897
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Summary
Steve Magness is a performance coach, author, and sports scientist.
Performing under pressure isn’t easy. Whether it’s a big test, a game, or a presentation, nerves often get in the way. So how do you stay calm and do your best? How can you turn pressure into an advantage?
Expect to learn how pressure impacts performance, how to deal better with stress and anxiety, how to stop focusing on negative outcomes, why identity and self-clarity are so important, the biggest differences between surviving and thriving, the role failure plays in shaping your true identity and how to fail better, why it’s so difficult for people to find out who they are and much more…
Timestamps:
(00:00) Talented People Who Struggle to Reach Their Potential
(04:51) The Price of Your Own Expectation
(11:43) How Pressure Impacts Performance
(16:36) Performance Experiments in Rugby
(20:09) How Our Mindset Impacts Our Biology
(31:34) Evidence-Based Strategies to Reframe Pressure
(39:48) The Benefits of Having a Support Group
(51:14) Dealing With Fear of Failure
(01:00:40) How Important Are Goals & Values?
(01:06:49) Where to Find Steve
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