NCO112 Peak Performance Tutor-Marked Assignment 01, 2026, Singapore

NCO112 Tutor-Marked Assignment 01

This assignment is worth 50% of the final mark for NCO112 Peak Performance.

This is an individual assignment. You are required to upload a single submission (TMA) via your respective seminar group site in Canvas. You are responsible for the timely upload of your assignment in Canvas.

Learning Outcome

• Discuss the importance of learning from both positive and negative life experiences
• Explain how strategies used for peak performance can be applied to everyday life
• Practise self-reflection to increase self-awareness
• Identify current and future personal adaptive and maladaptive habits for peak performance
• Apply peak performance strategies to challenges in life across various settings
• Develop a peak performance plan

Task

Select one TED talk from the list below. Each TED talk is about either resilience or stress. (At the start of your essay, please state the YouTube link, title, and speaker of the TED talk.)

List of TED talks:

Resilience

1. The Three Secrets of Resilient People by Lucy Hone (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWH8NBvhAw)
2. What Trauma Taught Me About Resilience by Charles Hunt
   (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qELiw_1Ddg)
3. How Resilience Breaks Us Out of Our Vulnerability Cage by Taryn Stejskal
   (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6RdMZV3YR4) 
4. How to Build Resilience as Your Superpower by Denise Mai
   (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzyZXdl0vok)
   
5. Resilience: The Art of Failing Forward by Sasha Shillcutt
   (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBlmvAITMrg) 

Stress

1. How to Achieve High Performance Under Stress by Jannell MacAulay
   (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EETDwk0_ErQ) 
2. How Stress is Killing Us (And How You Can Stop It) by Thijs Launspach
   (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyyPZJrDfkM) 
3. How to Channel Your Stress to Help You Succeed by Heidi Hanna
   (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrwWvdM_Yns)
4. How to Relieve Stress when You’re Overwhelmed by Nina Nesdoly
   (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G1zyFoAaMc) 
5. How to Make Stress Your Friend by Kelly McGonigal
   (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcGyVTAoXEU)

Watch the selected TED talk, and write a short reflection essay which consists of the following elements: 

(a) A short summary of what the TED talk is trying to convey (not more than half a page). (10 marks)

(b) A section where you reflect on the TED talk content and evaluate whether it aligns with what we have covered in the course (on either resilience or stress). In your reflection, consider the premise of the TED talk, critique the content, and if possible, find articles/sources that might offer a different point of view. All in all, there should be a coherent argument for the conclusion you derive at the end of your reflection. (40 marks)

(c) A section where you critically appraise one of your own personal experiences relating to resilience or stress, and discuss how you can better understand and learn from that experience using what is covered during the course, as well as what you have watched in the TED talk. (Please note: when sharing your personal experience, refrain from sharing any confidential or overly sensitive information. Do not include identifiable data, and use pseudonyms when referring to other people.) (40 marks)

(d) In addition, you need to ensure that the reflection piece is coherent, organised and well-integrated. Ensure proper grammar, spelling, and sentence structure. (10 marks)

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