Clutch: Why Some People Excel Under Pressure and Others Don't
Written by Paul Sullivan
Narrated by Don Hagen
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But then there are the performers who thrive under such conditions: the ER doctor racing the clock to save someone's life, the lieutenant who leads his platoon to victory after an ambush, the young
attorney who refuses to be intimidated in court and wins the crucial case.
These people are clutch, and their ability to overcome extreme pressure consistently and beat the toughest odds fascinates us. How do they do it?
According to Paul Sullivan, clutch performance does not stem from an innate ability. It's a learned skill-the art of operating in high-stress situations as if they were everyday conditions. Even some of the most experienced and talented performers lack this skill-but Sullivan shows that anyone can develop it.
Drawing on new research and interviews with stars across a range of fields, Sullivan uncovers the shared traits that define clutch performers and explains how anyone can apply their strategies. He builds his case through many inspiring true stories, including those of
• A skinny sergeant who saved his battalion in Iraq
• A rookie baseball 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 lawyer who struggled in school but became one of the top litigators in America
Full of powerful advice and real-world examples, Clutch will show you how to overcome extreme pressure and achieve greatness.
Paul Sullivan
Paul Sullivan has been a writer and editor since graduating in English language and literature. He works with websites and blogs to popular books and academic papers, local history and folklore being his specialist areas. He compiled and presented festivals and customs weekly guides for BBC Radio in the 1990s, leading to the acclaimed book Maypoles, Martyrs and Mayhem (Bloomsbury). He has written books in total, including eight for The History Press. He has recently moved back to his native Lincolnshire.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Clutch is an exceptional how-to guide for performing as well in the critical moments as one does in their best moments of relaxed practice. Sullivan makes his points primarily through stories - interesting ones - drawn from scenarios ranging from combat, to sports, to Fortune 100 finance. The successful characteristics he summarizes are made memorable by phrases like "fight the fight, not the plan." I'd recommend this book to anyone, because he applies the concepts equally to amateur sports and personal finance as to pressure careers and life-or-death moments.