Articles
How top performers are practised at returning quickly to their best is laid out in
How the Best of the Best get Better and Better by Graham Jones in Harvard Business Review June 2008, available at www.hbr.org
Books
Much more than a book is The Sedona Method. It is a quite brilliant method to help you go beyond your worries and find your calm energy and confidence, regardless of the circumstances. I can't recommend it highly enough. You'll find details of the courses, tapes and book at www.sedona.com
Another guide to being present in the moment is The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle.
My friend and colleague, Anni Townend, explores 'being able to be truly oneself' in her latest book, Assertivenesss and Diversity.
Others to consider are the ground-breaking classic, The Inner Game of Tennis, Timothy Gallwey
In Praise of Slow, Carl Honor้
Your Best Year Yet, Jinny Ditzler
The Tao of Leadership, John Heider as recommended earlier.