How to Improve Your Performance

Factors Influencing Performance :

Performance is affected by: skills, knowledge, emotion, motivation and ability.

Effect of Stress & Sleep Deprivation
When deprived of sleep and under stress, an individual’s Task Control Performance will decline by 3.5%, a non-significant performance decline. However, their Visual-Motor Control will go down by 27.5%, a significant performance decline.

Tips for Immediate Stress Relief
Connect to a loved one – Prepare yourself- Know yourself – Exercise for a quick burst of energy – Get some fresh air – Have a small treat – Laugh

Nutrition Tips
Hydrate, increase good fats, balance your diet, increase good carbs, reduce sugar/salt, and limit caffeine.

50 Best Brain Foods
Almonds – Almond milk, unsweetened – Apples – Asparagus – Avocados – Bananas – Beans, black, pinto, garbanzo – Bell peppers, yellow, green, red and orange – Beets – Blackberries – Blueberries – Broccoli - Brussels Sprouts – Carrots – Cheese, low fat – Cherries – Chicken, skinless – Cranberries - Egg whites – Grapefruit – Herring – Honeydew – Kiwi – Lemons – Lentils – Limes – Oats – Olives – Olive Oil – Oranges – Peaches – Peas – Plums – Pomegranates – Raspberries - Red Grapes – Soybeans – Spinach – Strawberries – Tea – Green – Tofu – Tomatoes – Tuna – Turkey, skinless – Walnuts – Water – Whole Wheat – Wild Salmon – Yams and sweet potatoes – Yogurt, unsweetened