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The Next Best Step: Performance Under Pressure & The Power of Adaptation 🇨🇦🇦🇺

Wheels Lost? The Single Question for Performance Under Pressure 🇦🇺

A 30-hour travel haul ends in disaster: a world-class team's wheelchair wheels are missing at the World Water Ski Championships.

This self-help playbook for high-stakes setbacks shows how one mindset shift—"What's the next best step forward?"—replaced a blame spiral with immediate resilience.

You'll master adaptation under pressure:

  • The Crisis Question: "What's the next best step?" collapses frustration into aligned action.
  • Community as Tool: Borrow competence from people, not objects, as local heroes sourced spare wheels.
  • Accept Imperfection: Embrace the champion mindset: "different but doable."

Discover micro-tools like breathing resets to clear cognitive load and the essential shift to prioritizing people over equipment. Performance lives in your next decision.

Actionable Takeaways for Resilience & Focus:

  • The Next Best Step: In crisis, ask the question to combat the blame spiral and simplify variables.
  • Prioritize People Over Gear: Gear is replaceable; people are essential. Borrow competence from your community
  • Embrace 'Different but Doable': Choose progress over perfection. An imperfect solution is the bridge to your goal.
  • Mental Recovery is Key: Frustration increases cognitive load. Use quick breathing resets to redirect energy back to purpose.
  • Chunk the Problem: Simplify when variables multiply. Conquer issues leg by leg (e.g., sharing chairs first).
  • Value of Crisis: Performance lives in your next decision, not the chaos of the road behind (Believe in yourself).

Hit play to learn how champions steady their hands when disaster strikes!

  • How to manage crisis when high stakes are involved.
  • The role of community in managing personal setbacks.
  • Adapting to imperfect solutions for goal achievement.
  • The difference between blame and constructive action.
  • "What is the best mindset shift for managing a high-stakes setback?"
  • "How does asking 'What's the next best step?' help

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Living Lucky® Podcast with Jason and Jana BananaBy Jana and Jason Shelfer

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