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Sooner or later, everyone encounters a situation in which the stakes are high and the results is vital. And in many cases top performers can crumble when confronted with such extreme pressure. Consider the CEO who panics in a desperate attempt to shore up his company's revenue, the experienced politician who increases overconfident and manages to lose to the upstart applicant, the quarterback who carries his team to the Super Bowl but falls apart in the final quarter. Most of them choked. But there will be the performers who thrive under such conditions: the ER doctor racing the clock to save lots of someone's life, the lieutenant who leads his platoon to success after an ambush, the young legal professional who won't be intimidated in court and wins the key case. These folks are clutch, and their capacity to get over extreme pressure consistently and conquer the toughest odds fascinates us. How do they certainly it? According to Paul Sullivan, clutch performance does not stem from an innate capacity. It's a learned skill-the fine art of operating in high-stress situations as though they were day-to-day conditions. Even some of the most experienced and gifted performers lack this skill-but Sullivan shows that anyone can develop it. Sketching on new research and interviews with superstars across a variety of fields, Sullivan uncovers the shared traits define clutch performers and explains how anyone can apply their strategies. He creates his circumstance through many inspiring true testimonies, including those of:
- A slim sergeant who kept his battalion in Iraq
- A first year football player who pitched his team into its first World Series
- An eccentric psychiatrist who trained a group of financial traders to become the best in the world
- A attorney who battled in college but became one of the top litigators in America
