Here are factors that affect performance:
Performance = Abilities + Preparation - Interfering Distractions
This “equation” was introduced in Metacognition` and developed in Optimal Performance, which says ---- [to be continued]
I.O.U. — Eventually (maybe in late late August or September?) I'll return to developing this page. Before then, you can explore on your own:
LINKS: We can try to get optimal performance for a wide range of situations involving mental skills and physical skills. Below are some "candidate pages" that I'll go through later (maybe in August/September 2013) to check for quality, to decide whether to retain each page, replace it, or (most obviously for speaking, relationships, and exams) supplement it:
• music -- http://www.davidleisner.com/guitarcomposer/noname.html
• music -- http://www.uwec.edu/counsel/pubs/musicanxiety.htm
• music -- http://eeshop.unl.edu/anxiety.html
• stage -- http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/finding-your-voice/201011/performance-anxiety
• stage - http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/stage-fright-performance-anxiety?
• speaking -
• relationships -
• exams -
• sports - http://www.sportpsychologytoday.com/tag/performance-anxiety/
• sports -- http://sportsmedicine.about.com/cs/sport_psych/a/aa010603a.htm
• sports -- http://socialanxietydisorder.about.com/od/copingwithsad/a/sportsbasics.htm
• sports - http://www.brianmac.co.uk/psych.htm and http://www.brianmac.co.uk/companx.htm
• youth sports - http://www.momsteam.com/team-of-experts/keith-wilson-msw-d-div/performance-anxiety-in-youth-sports-parents-can-help-their-ch