... and although more theories are taking the positive approach, the theory of resonance described next, is a further step to determining how positive life experience can be related to and help achieve performance excellence. Many areas of life have been examined with this positive stance in mind but sport provides good opportunities to examine positive experiences as it has been linked with both physical and psychological health (Biddle, 2000; Rejeski, Brawley, & Shumaker, 1996) The theory of Resonance: The importance of dreams The Resonance Performance Model (RPM) was developed based on hundreds of in-depth interviews with outstanding athletes, musicians, and surgeons as well as other great performers from America. A recurrent theme from this research was that these performers lived their lives in order to feel the way they wanted to feel. Resonance, by definition, is said to occur when there is congruence between an individual's inner self and the environment that ...

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