Fundamentals of Performance Online Course



Commencing 1 September 2024

We are proud to announce our Fundamentals of Performance Course.

This one year self-study course will enable you to achieve your highest level of performance and achieve your potential by focusing on all of the areas fundamental to human performance, excellence and achievement.

We make use of developments in psychology, neurology, physiology and other fields to provide a sound scientific and philosophical underpinning to the content and structure of the course.

The wide variety of areas that we cover provides you with the possibility to make gains, both large and small, in each area. The cumulative nature of such gains and the fact that gains in one area can have a positive feedback in others will ensure that there is a potential for vast improvements in the quality of your life and the results that you achieve.

Length: One year 

Mode: Online self study

Time commitment: 20 - 40 minutes per day

Modules: Absorbing Information, Thinking Skills, Peak Performance Psychology, Mindfulness, Health

​Module 1 - Absorbing Information (Module Commencement Date: 1 September 2024)
This module is designed to help you absorb information more easily, quickly and effectively in a way that is in sync with how your brain works.

  • Memory Training 
    This unit will provide you with the skills used by trained memory champions as well as a knowledge of brain structure and function to help you develop a first class memory. You will have the knowledge to remember facts, lists, faces, procedures and many other things more easily than you do now. We will also provide you with the tools to immunise yourself against forgetting and as well as providing you with tips to help  you avoid losing things around the house.
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  • Intelligent Speed Reading
    This unit deals with the skills that will help you to manage and absorb large amounts of reading material by taking an intelligent and informed approach to any technical reading material you have to get through including the skills used by speed readers to read much more quickly than you do now.

  • Introduction to Mind Maps
    This unit will show you what  mind maps are and how they can be used in any situation where you might make notes to help you store information, create new ideas and remember what you have written in a way that is completely in tune with the structure of your brain. Say goodbye to scraps of paper all over the place. You will be able to find exactly what you need when you need it.

Module 2 - Processing Information & Thinking Skills (Module Commencement Date: 1 November 2024)
This module is designed to help you develop your thinking skills so that you can process information more effectively, developing your analytical, creative and strategic thinking skills.
  • Analytical Thinking
    This unit will provide you with the skills to analyse any situation, helping you to assess the quality of any information in your possession and show you how to reason correctly, avoiding common mistakes in reasoning, so that you can come to an accurate conclusion, whether that is a decision, a course of action or an assessment of whether a situation is true or false, right or wrong.

  • Creative Thinking
    This unit will provide you with the skills to come up with new, creative ideas and innovative solutions to problems. It will show you that creativity is a skill that can be learnt and developed and the steps that will enable you to do so. It will show you how to overcome creative blocks and critique the quality of any creative ideas you generate.

  • Strategic Thinking
    This unit is designed to provide you with the skills to plan and think through complex situations enabling you to navigate them to successful outcomes. It will show you how to prioritise your goals, to assess and marshal your resources and how to take into account the behaviours of other actors in such situations and plan accordingly.

Module 3 - Peak Performance Psychology (Module Commencement Date: 1 January 2024)
This module is concerned with action, particularly the psychological aspects of action that will determine how you act, why you act and ensuring that when you do you have all the psychological skills you need to maximise your chances of succeeding in whatever it is that you do
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  • Goals and Motivation
    This unit will make use of aspects of psychology, behavioural science and neuroscience to help you to identify, categorise and prioritise your goals as well as help you to take effective action to achieve them. We all have a limited time on this planet and we should all try and make the most of this time as possible. That means ensuring that we devote as much energy as we can to achieving what is most important to us. This unit will give you the skills to do so.

  • States of Mind
    The difference in outcomes that results from being in different states of mind can be huge. This unit will demonstrate how different states of mind can lead to hugely different outcomes for you and show you how you can take control of your state of mind, work out what state of mind is most appropriate for a particular situation, and show you how you can attain that state of mind quickly and easily.

  • Effective Communication
    Effective communication both with others (interpersonal) and with oneself (intrapersonal) is vital and can have a profound effect on ones outcomes and results in life. This unit will help you to discover the reasons why we communicate and how to ensure that your communication is as effective as it can be so that you can achieve the results that you want.

  • Emulating High Level Performance
    This module will build on everything that has been covered in the previous modules enabling you to reach a high level of performance in any field that you are interested in. It will show you how to learn effectively by modelling the knowledge, behaviours and beliefs of a high level performer in that area, identifying what knowledge is relevant and using that  knowledge for yourself.


Module 4 - Mindfulness (Module Commencement Date: 1 March 2025)
This module is aimed at helping the mind become more aware of its own functioning by using your mind to observe itself. This can have profound psychological and physiological benefits. 

  • Concentration & Focus
    This unit will help you obtain the psychological and physiological benefits of being able to devote all of your mental energies to a task without distraction and guide you in detail through the necessary steps to ensure you can make this a part of your life.

  • Visualisation & Sensory Development
    The more of your brain that you are capable of using, the better. This unit will help you to use more of your brain. We will focus on the visual aspect of your sensory system as it is by far the biggest system in your brain when it comes to processing information. But additionally, the unit will cover the various other senses helping you to develop them and improve your cognitive performance.

Module 5 - Health (Module Commencement Date: 1 May 2025)
This module deals with health, specifically brain health. We look at three elements that can have a profound effect on brain function: (1) nutrition, (2) rest & sleep and (3) physical performance & fitness.

  • Optimal Nutrition 
    This module will teach you about optimal nutrition with the aim of maximising your levels of health, fitness and energy in both the short and long term. It covers what kinds of foods to eat and to avoid, when and how much to eat as well as providing you with psychological skills which will enable you to create and stick with a healthy eating regime.

  • Sleep and Rest 
    People who sleep well and are well rested live longer, healthier and happier lives. Rest is vital to effectiveness in every area of life. Being well rested will raise your energy levels and improve your cognitive performance, memory, attentiveness and mood. This module covers how to rest and sleep most effectively including how to determine the amount of sleep you need, the best times for you to sleep and methods for getting to sleep easily. 

  • Physical Performance
    Sports and exercises that require endurance, strength, co-ordination, flexibility, balance, quick reactions and interaction with others will rewire the brain, making it more flexible and improving its overall performance. This module will show you which kinds of exercises you can do to maximise fitness, including the fitness of your brain, and show you how to do them in a way that will provide you with maximum gains in minimum time transforming your levels of physical and mental fitness.

Please click on any of the modules or subject areas above for a more detailed outline of what is covered in the course.

When you sign up you will receive access to the membership area of the site.

This will give you access to all of the modules. Each module is divided into a number of lessons and each lesson should take about a week to complete. 

Each lesson consists of a particular learning goal and the information necessary to achieve that goal. There will be a succession of exercises that will enable you to put the substance of the lesson into effect. Additionally, there are practice plans that will enable you to master the substance of the lesson and establish new and effective habits in the long term. Finally there will be a self test designed to ensure that you have understood everything and to highlight any areas where you might need to devote more attention and practice.

Further, we will provide you with all the support you need along the way. We will answer any questions you have and provide you with feedback as you progress.

Cost
 £300

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