You get three things. The Pressure Point hardcover, published by Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, ships to you for release day. The Pressure Point Masterclass with Paddy is yours as soon as your order goes through, so you can start using the method straight away. And as a pre-order reader, you receive an invitation to the Founding Cohort of Paddy's six-week intensive.

You get the Pressure Point hardcover, published by Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, from the retailer you choose, for release day on March 30, 2027. Then you claim four bonuses here: the Pressure Point Masterclass with Paddy, which you can watch as soon as you claim; early electronic access to the book, so you can read it before it's in stores; all three bonus chapters, one each for performers, leaders and parents; and an invitation to the Founding Cohort of Paddy's six-week intensive.

The hardcover is free, and you pay $9.95 to cover postage. It's a single charge: there's no subscription, no trial, and nothing renews. Pre-ordering this way is how Paddy is launching the book, and the masterclass and the Founding Cohort invitation come with your order.

No. You pay your retailer for the book, and that's all. The bonuses come free with your pre-order: upload a screenshot of your receipt at pressurepointbook.com/claim, and the masterclass, early electronic access, all three bonus chapters and your Founding Cohort invitation unlock straight away. There's nothing to subscribe to, and nothing recurring.

Pressure Point publishes on March 30, 2027, and pre-orders ship on release day. If you add priority postage at checkout, your parcel travels faster once it's sent. You don't have to wait to get started, because the masterclass is available as soon as you order.

Pressure Point publishes on March 30, 2027, and pre-orders are sent for release day. Delivery times depend on the retailer you choose. You don't have to wait to get started, because the masterclass, early electronic access and all three bonus chapters unlock as soon as you claim.

Yes. Orders from outside the US go through a separate international checkout, and the order form switches to it automatically based on your location or the country you choose. International postage is [CLIENT: price], charged once, with nothing recurring. [CLIENT: confirm the countries you ship to]

We don't ship books ourselves. Outside the US, the bookshops on this page switch automatically based on your location: Amazon UK and Waterstones in the UK, Penguin Australia in Australia, and Porchlight everywhere else. Porchlight ships anywhere UPS delivers; international orders often take about two weeks to arrive, and import duties or taxes may apply depending on your country. If you'd rather read the ebook, you can pre-order it from Bookshop. Then you claim your bonuses here the same way, with a screenshot of your receipt.

Yes. It's the same Pressure Point hardcover that Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, publishes on March 30, 2027. There's no special edition, and nothing is left out. Pre-ordering here also gets you two bonuses that don't come with copies sold in stores: the Pressure Point Masterclass with Paddy, and an invitation to the Founding Cohort of his six-week intensive.What pre-ordering adds is the four bonuses you claim here: the Pressure Point Masterclass with Paddy, early electronic access, all three bonus chapters, and an invitation to the Founding Cohort of Paddy's six-week intensive.

It's a full video training with Paddy, recorded for pre-order readers. He teaches the three core ideas behind the book: 3D Thinking, which is staying realistic and optimistic at the same time under pressure; the Survival Spiral, the order in which pressure breaks performance down; and the FACE framework, a set of tools for each stage of that sequence. You can watch it on the page you land on straight after checkout.You can watch it as soon as you claim your bonuses, because the claim page takes you straight to it. By the end, you'll know where your own response to pressure tends to break down and which tool to reach for.

The bonus chapters were written for this launch and aren't in the book, so there's no overlap. Each chapter gives you one tool for one kind of moment: performing, leading, or supporting someone who performs. The book is the complete method, with all four parts of the FACE framework, a technique for each stage of the Survival Spiral, and the research and stories behind them. That's what lets you find where your own response to pressure breaks down first, instead of relying on a single tool for every situation.

The masterclass gives you the core ideas so you can start using them now. The book goes further, with every technique in the FACE framework, the research behind each one, and stories of how they've been used in sport, business, medicine and the military. The masterclass is where you start, and the book is the reference you keep and come back to before the moments that matter.

Neither, on its own. Familiar fixes like thinking positive, concentrating harder or pushing through on willpower tend to work when the stakes are low, and they break down under real pressure. Pressure Point works on the sequence pressure follows, with a specific technique for each stage: your body, your attention, your decisions and your execution. Breathing is one of the tools for the first stage, used for what's happening at that point.

Yes. Paddy's work spans sport, business, medicine and the military, and the book shows the same four-stage response in all of them, from a quarterback on fourth down to a surgeon mid-procedure to a parent in the car after a bad game. It's written for anyone who performs under pressure, leads people under it, or supports someone who performs. If there are moments in your work or life where the outcome matters and people are watching, it applies to you.

Yes. Paddy earned a master's in applied psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and has spent twenty years applying and refining the framework with high performers, including MVPs across six professional leagues and military special-operations soldiers. The book is fully referenced, and every source is listed on its notes page at pressurepointbook.com/notes. You can search them there.

Stress-management techniques are built for having too much on your plate, and many of them work well for that. When your name and reputation are on the line, your body responds in a different way from an ordinary stress response, and those tools tend to stop working at the peak. Pressure Point is built for that moment, with a technique for each stage of the Survival Spiral, from your body's first reaction to how you execute. It's performance coaching in book form, so it isn't a substitute for care from a qualified clinician.

Nothing. If you're interested, you complete an application and book a private conversation with Paddy's team about your situation and whether the six-week intensive is right for you. If it isn't relevant to you, you can simply ignore it. Either way, your book ships for release day.

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