Crunch Time

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Try This

The “Try This” sections that appear at the end of each chapter are combined here to guide you through getting started with reframing during crunch time.

Chapter 1: Reframing—The Shortest Path from Threat to Opportunity

Identify a high-pressure situation you’re facing now or will be facing in the near future (e.g., completing a big project with an impending deadline, making an important presentation to a challenging audience, performing in a game or a recital, taking a final exam). Use this situation as the context for practicing the skill of reframing as you read this book.

Write down what you’re currently thinking and feeling about ...