Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (556 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B072JN54R2 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 463 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Whether someone is trying to qualify for the Olympics, break ground in mathematical theory or craft an artistic masterpiece, many of the practices that lead to great success are the same. The first book of its kind, Peak Performance combines the inspiring stories of top performers across a range of capabilities - from athletic, to intellectual, to artistic - with the latest scientific insights into the cognitive and neurochemical factors that drive performance in all domains. In Peak Performance, Brad Stulberg, a former McKinsey and Company consultant and journalist who covers health and the science of human performance, and Steve Magness, a performance scientist and coach of Olympic athletes, team up to demystify these practices and demonstrate how everyone can achieve their best. In doing so, Peak Performance uncovers new linkages that hold promise as performance enhancers but have been overlooked in our traditionally-siloed ways of thinking. A few common principles drive performance, regardless of the field or the task at hand. If you want to take your game to the next level, whatever "your game" may be, Peak Performance will teach you how.. The result is a life-changing book in which listeners will learn how to enhance their performance via myria
""Adam Grant-level impact" after reading this book" according to Erin Haugen. I purchased this book because I like to keep abreast of books athletes I work with are likely to read (I'm a sport psychologist). I anticipated that this would be helpful in my work with them (it TOTALLY will be), but what I never intended was that it would be helpful for me, too. Given my backgro. A fantastic read At its core this is a self help book--but unlike so many others in the category, Peak Preformance offers real strategies and evidence based claims to promote achievement. This book is not about life hacks, quick fixes, or pseudo claims, but rather offers methods to help cultivate real, authentic l. "A Must Read For Anyone Interested In Developing Success Ethics" according to Mitchell Milch. I came to this book with a fairly educated eye as I am well read in this field, recently wrote a memoir on applying many of the principles outlined in the book, work as a psychoanalyst, and integrate practices of elite athletes to excel in other spheres of my life. I was so pleasantly surprised th