TASK 1 : SUMMARY WRITING (60%) SUBMISSION DATE 10 MAC 2012 1.

Study the texts supplied to you (see appendices 1 and 2) and do the following. a. Underline/highlight the information in the texts as required by the rubrics. b. Write a summary for each of the texts as required by the rubric (30% X 2 = 60%) SUMMARY TEXT 1

Summary question: With reference to 'Achieving High Performance' summarize what the article tells you about the steps to peak performance. Your summary should NOT exceed 120 words.

Achieving High Performance Here are some important steps that can lead to peak performance.

First, lead a well-rounded life. High achievers, we often hear, are inevitably hard driving, obsessed people who bring work home and labor over it until bedtime. Research shows that such people tend to peak early and then go into a decline or level off. They become addicted to work itself, with much less concern for results. High performers, in contrast, are willing to work hard - but within strict limits; for them, work is not everything. It has been found that they knew how to relax, could leave their work at the office; prized close friends and family life; and spent a healthy amount of time with their children and intimates. Next select a career you care about. Studies show that high performers choose work they truly prefer, and spend over two-thirds of theirs working hours doing it and only one- thirds on dislikes chores. They want internal satisfaction, not just external rewards such as pay rises and promotions. In the end, of course, they have both. Because they enjoy what they are doing, their works is better and their rewards higher. Then, rehearse each challenging task mentally. Before any difficulty or important situation - a board meeting, a public appearance, a key tennis match - most peak performers run through their desired actions in their minds over and over again. Nearly all of us day-dream about important coming events. But idle day-dreaming isn't the same as a deliberate mental workout that hones the skills used in the activity. Fourth, seeks results, not perfection. Many ambitious and hardworking people are so obsessed with perfection that they churn out little work.

It has been found that those who had perfectionist tendencies earned considerably less a year than those who did not. In contrast, high performers are almost always free of the compulsion to be perfect. They don't think of their mistakes as failures; instead, they learn from them to do better next time. The next point is, be willing to risk. Most are willing to settle for jobs which they think are secure, even if that means mediocrity and boredom, rather than taking chances. High performers, by contrast, are able to take risk because they carefully consider exactly how they would adjust - how they would salvage the situation - if, in fact, they failed. Constructing a 'worst-case scenario' allows you to make a rational choice. If you remain immobilized by fear you have no choice at all. Another crucial factor is not to underestimate your potential. Most of us think we know our limits. But much of what we 'know' isn't knowledge at all but belief- erroneous, self -limiting belief. Selflimiting belief are the biggest obstacle to high-level performance. Too many of us often set our individual limits far below what we could actually achieve. High performers, on the other hand, are better able to ignore artificial barriers. They concentrate instead on themselves - on their feelings, on their functioning, on the momentum of their effort and are therefore freer to achieve at peak levels. Finally, compare with yourself, not with others. High performers focus more intently on bettering their own previous efforts than on beating competitors. In fact worrying about a competitor's abilities - and possible superiority - can often be self- defeating. Such are the skills of high performers. If you want to make the most of your talents - to live up to your full potential - then learn to use them.

QUESTION 2: <<Summary about the steps to peak performance>>

The article Achieving High Performance asserts some steps on how to peak performance. First of all, lead a well-rounded life. It means not to obsess with work. Just enjoy your life like others. Next point, be high performance. As we know, to peak our performance, we need to have this character. It should include all aspect in life. When we have problem, try to rehearse each of the problems mentally. Be positive with them. Seek results and not perfection means that, even we have failure in our work, never give up. Just make it as a guide to be successful. Moreover, to peak performance, we should be willing to take any risk. We need to know how to salvage the situation or if not, we will fail. Never underestimate our potential. To peak performance, we should ignore all the artificial barriers. Set in mind that we can do it and never limit our ability. Last but not least, compare with ourselves and not with other person. We should focus more intently on bettering their own previous efforts than on beating competitors.