Maximum Composure: Dominate Emotions with the Adaptive Mindset System

Composure starts with attitude, how a person carries themselves. It means having a certain style in and outside the game. It is not about what you do; it’s how you do it. The Adaptive Mindset System is composed of the ultimate elements you must dominate to develop maximum composure. This book is packed with practical exercises that will have an immediate impact on your emotional well-being and ultimately your performance.

Table of contents

Section 1 ~ Taking ownership of your composure

Losing your cool

Why should you focus on developing composure?

Body language is vital in athletics

Developing composure with motor control

Keeping a positive attitude at all times

Staying lucid under pressure

Modeling composure

Section 2 ~ The dark side of the automatic mental mode

When imagination creates reality

Avoidance: response of the automatic mental mode

Handling fear and overcoming anxiety

Understanding anger

Exploring what lurks behind anger

Identify thought patterns that fuel your anger

Strategies to handle anger

Practice activation of the adaptive mental mode

Section 3 ~ Shedding the old labels

Operators focus on their identity, not their goals

Understanding the identity and emotion connection

Upgrading your identity through belief recalibration

Setting yourself free – How your past experience can elevate your anxiety

Creating an alter ego

Section 4 ~ Building a strong foundation of confidence

Taking ownership of your confidence

Building confidence

Anchoring a confidence state

Creating a mental pre-performance routine

Section 5 ~ Losing self-consciousness with preparation

Mastering your skills

Developing heightened focus

I am not feeling like it

Modifying your state of consciousness with hypnosis

Changing your emotional state to boost energy

Finding fluidity for effective gesture via muscular relaxation

Preparing through visualization

Committing to mental toughness

About the authors

Stephanie Cunha is a biochemist and entrepreneur in the mental strength training industry. She obtained in 2008 her PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Biochemistry at the prestigious University of Lyon 1 in France. Passionate by the function of the body’s molecules on the brain and emotions, she developed practical tools for athletes to optimize their mindset, which will become later on the Adaptive Mindset System TM.

Lisa Lucchesi is a leader at Nike in all things related to testing, with a motto of “you make it, she breaks it.” Prior to her work at Nike, she was a product developer for 15 years in the medical device industry, taking products from concept, scale-up, and tech transfer, all the way through commercialization. Her pet projects included wound dressings for severe bleeding for the military that received the second-fastest FDA approval and were awarded status among the top 10 greatest Army inventions of 2004. Her passion and expertise is in developing fast, effective, and relevant strategies for iterative improvements in products, sports, and life.