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Have you ever walked into the venue of your event and felt like your nerves simply couldn't handle it? Have you ever shown hesitation on the field, afraid to make a decision? Maybe experienced tunnel vision and your gestures and movements became awkward, slow and fluctuating in effectiveness? Losing lucidity has a drastic negative impact on your performance and it is vital to learn how to regain it quickly. The state of lucidity involves ongoing action that calls for discernment, the correctness of perception, decision, emotional stability, and action of the individual. This book is packed with practical exercises that will have an immediate impact on leveling you up to the lucidity state and ultimately your performance. Section 1 What does losing lucidity look like? Being too self-conscious: The Spotlight Effect Nerve-wracking stage fright Forgetting information in the moment Losing the capability to think clearly Showing hesitation Becoming paralyzed by overanalysis Entering the panic state Choking under pressure Experiencing tunnel vision Impact on psychomotor skills Section 2 What causes loss of lucidity? The impact of pressure on lucidity The intense desire to attain something Being Impatient Making a mistake Emotions that arise from losing Injuries and sickness Loss of lucidity associated with an unbalanced diet Effect of dehydration on brain functions Brain freeze: effect of cold temperatures Physical fatigue and exhaustion Section 3 Entering the lucidity state Intention is the key that turns mindset into action With intention comes motivation Levels of consciousness Lucidity through action of the reticular activating system Lactic acid, fatigue, and the mind/body connection Awareness Proprioception and Sense of movement Give meaning to elements with perception Section 4 Lucidity in the action The limited attention Flexible and orientable attention Attentional focus Concentration is a mental skill of performance Clarity/perspicuity How do we appraise a situation? Cognitive distortion and sense of reality Strategic reasoning Decision-making and decisiveness Section 5 Developing and enhancing lucidity Building confidence Developing emotional stability Slow down the pace: ""hurry slowly"" The power of intermittent recovery Practicing relaxation Stepping back Dissociation and reaching a state of detachment through hypnosis Learning how to anticipate Developing your intuition

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