In high-performing environments, pressure is inevitable. The question is not whether people face stress — but how they meet it.
MEET CHALLENGE WITH PRESENCE
Where world-record performance principles meet leadership, resilience and decision-making.
Introducing Joska’s FOCUS Method™
Developed through world-record level performance under extreme pressure, the FOCUS Method is a practical framework for helping individuals and teams stay calm, clear and effective when challenge arises.
It combines mindset, physiology and conscious habits into tools that can be immediately applied in leadership, decision-making and everyday performance.
F — Focus Under Pressure
Train attention, emotional control and decision-making when stakes are high.
O — Optimise Resilience
Learn how to recover faster, regulate stress and remain steady through uncertainty.
C — Clarity of Mind
Reduce noise, overwhelm and reactivity to think more clearly when it matters most.
U — Upgrade Energy
Use movement, recovery, breath and lifestyle principles to sustain high performance.
S — Sustainable Success
Build habits that support longevity, wellbeing and consistent results over time.
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Why this matters at work.
Pressure is no longer occasional in modern organisations — it is constant.
Deadlines. Decisions. Expectations. Change. Communication overload. Responsibility for others.
When pressure rises, most people do not suddenly perform better. They default to patterns:
✔ reactivity instead of clarity
✔ control instead of trust
✔ urgency instead of effectiveness
✔ pushing harder instead of regulating smarter
✔ disengagement instead of ownership
This is rarely a motivation problem.
It is often a nervous system problem.
The ability to stay calm, clear and effective under pressure is not a personality trait.
It is a trainable skill. And it is best developed through lived experience — not theory alone.
How your people respond under pressure directly shapes performance, culture and results.
WHAT YOUR TEAM WILL EXPERIENCE?
This is not a passive session.
It’s a guided, measurable experience.
1. Baseline Experience — Meeting Pressure
Early on, they are guided through a simple plank and breath-hold challenge — without prior instruction.
This creates an immediate, personal baseline and reveals how each individual currently responds under pressure.
2. Breath & Nervous System Training
They are introduced to practical tools to regulate their nervous system — shifting from stress and reactivity into a more calm, focused and controlled state.
3. Guided Challenges — Training Presence Under Load
This is where the learning becomes real.
Rather than pushing harder, they learn how to:
- stay present in discomfort
- reduce unnecessary tension
- respond with awareness instead of reaction
This creates a direct experience of performing under pressure differently.
4. Integration — Applying the Shift
Participants revisit the initial challenge, this time applying what they’ve learned.
The session closes with guided reflection, helping participants connect the experience back to:
- decision-making
- communication
- leadership
- and everyday pressure at work
OUTCOMES FOR YOUR ORGANISATION:
When people learn how to regulate their response to pressure, the impact extends beyond the workshop into everyday performance.
Individuals gain:
- calm and clarity under pressure
- practical nervous system tools
- more sustainable performance habits
Teams experience:
- less reactivity, more trust
- clearer communication under stress
- stronger cohesion in challenging situations
Organisations benefit from:
- more consistent performance
- better decision-making
- reduced burnout patterns
- a shift towards sustainable, human-centred performance
These are not theoretical insights — they are directly experienced and immediately applicable.
This is not a keynote and not a motivational talk.
It is a guided, lived performance intensive experience by multiple world record holders in the ultimate physical and mental feats - plank, freediving and ice & cold endurance - that helps people understand how they respond to stress, discomfort and challenge — and equips them with practical tools they can carry into the workplace and into life.
The physical challenges are simply tools to reveal how people respond under pressure.
Delivered personally during Joska Šálek’s limited Australia visit
May 14 – June 9 only
ABOUT THE FACILITATORS
Meet...Joska Salek
The Czech Man Who Redefines What's Possible under Pressure, Author
Most people associate high performance with talent.
Others represent something different — what becomes possible through choice, discipline and self-awareness.
Joska Šálek is one of them.
At 48, he chose to change direction — stepping away from patterns that no longer served him.
Seven years later, he holds three Guinness World Records:
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Longest abdominal plank (male): 9h 38min 47sec
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Barefoot half marathon in snow & ice: 1h 50min 42sec (surpassing the previous record held by Wim Hof, widely known as “The Iceman”)
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Weighted plank (18 kg): 1h 25min 02sec
The achievements are remarkable.
But what matters more is how — and why — they were achieved.
Joska’s work is not about pushing limits for the sake of it, but about understanding how the mind responds when the body meets discomfort — and how to stay present in those moments.
Having also faced significant life challenges, including wrongful imprisonment, his perspective is grounded in a simple principle:
Even when circumstances are outside our control, how we respond remains our responsibility.
Today, he brings these principles into organisations — helping teams understand how to stay present and effective under pressure.
Michaela (Miska) Werner
Working with breath, awareness and the nervous system
Michaela Werner is a freediving athlete, coach and Guinness World Record holder based in Newcastle, NSW.
Her coaching work connects with millions around the world and focuses on helping people reconnect with calm, clarity and trust in themselves.
Freediving teaches one powerful lesson:
You cannot fight water.
If you do, you lose.
Instead, you learn to relax, regulate your breath and move with awareness.
Michaela also holds two Guinness World Records:
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Longest Distance Underwater in 1 Hour (Female)
2,525m — Dynamic No Fins (25m × 101) -
Longest Distance Underwater in 24 Hours (Team, Breath-Held - under review) 98km — Dynamic No Fins (25m × 3,920)
In this experience, she guides participants through practical tools for breathing, awareness and nervous system regulation — helping them stay calm, present and clear when it matters most.
In corporate environments, she helps teams translate these principles into calm, focused and effective performance.
Together, Joska and Miska bring two complementary worlds:
- land-based endurance
- and water-based awareness
"When people imagine someone who can hold a plank for almost 10 hours, or their breath for over 6 minutes, they picture the chiselled body it must require.
Very few imagine the chiselled mind."
Workshop Format
The experience can be delivered in a simple, flexible way depending on your team and objectives. It may include one or all three:
- Full-feature documentary screening
- Keynote insights
- Applied resilience experience
Bring "Meet Challenge with Presence" to your organisation
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