Aïm For Life Mastery: A Process That Will Empower You To Create Your Chosen Level Of Performance While Reducing Stress - Tapa blanda

This book is the product of the experience gained through many years of working with and leading individuals and teams in their journey to excellence. During that time, I was very fortunate to have managers, supervisors, coaches and mentors who were willing to give me feedback and share their knowledge on how to be the best. I assume that they saw the potential in me and took the time to help me rectify my approach, reduce my inabilities, and improve my focus and skills in putting my talents to good use. It is with that learning in mind that I became a better performer and started recognizing the possibilities for others around me. It did not happen overnight, but in the end I realized that if I could do it, then I could likely help others do it. It's been a long trek. Starting in 1977, I had the privilege to work on TQM (Total Quality Management) with Bill Conway, a man who had worked directly with Edwards W. Deming. That was the start of my journey to reduce wasted effort and maximize result. Over the years, I learned to apply the concepts to assembly lines and other mechanical ventures. However, the real gain came when I understood that the real key to quality was the people who did the work. Since the early 1980s when I reached the supervisory level in my work, I have studied and researched the human factor. I wanted to understand what makes people tick, and consequently, I learned how to raise the efficiency and effectiveness of leadership in the context of teamwork. The real discoveries came in sports where I had the opportunity to watch people dynamics at the speed of light. The knowledge gained there was priceless. Since sports demand quick execution, based on sound preparation, and the time is in seconds as opposed to days and months, the domain was an open lab in observing communication, problem-solving, planning, strategic thinking, leadership, teamwork and the new concept of collective intelligence. But if all that was going to be successful, it required each individual to be motivated, have the skills and knowledge, the capability and competency, and the environment to execute. Throughout my study, I became very aware that mental preparation was the key to performance. The more I observed, and the more I became convinced that there was a way to increase results while reducing stress. For individuals and for teams, that would be the magic ingredient for peak performance every time out. Because once stress is reduced, nearly everyone who has prepared can produce peak performance.

Raymond Perras is a certified professional coach with over fifteen years experience coaching individuals and organizations in peak performance in both business and sports. As a professional engineer, he managed many projects involving a variety of disciplines, skills, expertise and abilities. On the sports side, his involvement spans over 40 years as a player, coach and in the last 20 years, as performance coach in hockey, football and other sports from the minor levels to the pros. Having witnessed the transformation of numerous clients from average to outstanding performers, he shares a process that anyone can apply to create awareness, internalize and integrate it, and master the knowledge to make it second nature. In this book, the author provides the framework and the techniques and practices that can help you, the reader, to install a program in your daily routine that will ensure uniform, consistent and repeatable results. You will create peak performance in your life by applying the right stuff, in the right amount, at the right time© (his definition of peak performance). Having learned from life that there is truth about the saying "winners make it happen, losers let it happen", Raymond has drawn a path to peak performance that enables you to build the capacity to influence your results. He is happy to share a simple recipe that requires hard work but leads to success in mastering your life. Raymond lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. His performance coaching business provides services to individuals, businesses and sports organizations in Canada and the U.S.A. . He enjoys family life with Louise, his life companion and three children, France, Serge and Joelle. Among his hobbies are Forex markets investing and travel. He continues to research ways and means to increase the value of peak performance. His next major goal is to write a book for coaching and guidance of the leaders who are charged with the task of creating a peak performance environment for their teams.