Elite Minds How Winners Think Differently to Create a Competitive Edge and Maximize Success (Audible Audio Edition) Stan Beecham Gary Regal McGrawHill Education Books
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Elite minds think alike.
Discover the winning secrets of the world's most successful people.
As a top-level sport psychologist and performance consultant, Dr. Stan Beeham knows what it takes to succeed - on the playing field, in the board room, and in all aspects of life. This award-winning book takes you inside the minds of major-league athletes, Olympic medal winners, and world-class business leaders to reveal the key motivators and mental processes that drive people to victory. Learn how to
- Retrain your brain to think like a winner.
- Conquer your fears and go after your goals.
- Achieve peak performance and reach your full potential.
- Become who you want to be mentally, physically, personally and professionally.
Whether you're a self-starter, team player, or corporate leader, you can apply these proven mind techniques to any field or endeavor - quickly, easily, and effectively. Filled with power-boosting mental exercises, positive attitude adjusters, and inspiring true stories of individual success, the book provides all the tools you need to set your goals, sharpen your focus, and achieve your personal best. It's like having your own private coach cheering you on every step of the way. If you can think it, you can do it - with the game-changing power of Elite Minds.
Elite Minds How Winners Think Differently to Create a Competitive Edge and Maximize Success (Audible Audio Edition) Stan Beecham Gary Regal McGrawHill Education Books
I'm a pretty serious runner and have always felt that my mind is my biggest obstacle to improvement. I bought this book based on a recommendation from Greg McMillan - I've used many of his online tools with great success.Got to say that this book was not a lot of practical help. Thought provoking, yes. I got the feeling that this was a collection of seminar speeches the author had given over time. I didn't find a great deal of practical ways to think through the suffering of athletic participation and competition. I felt that the book lacked a structure on how to approach training and competition after the reader had completed the book.
In fact, the author somewhat admits this - in the Epilogue he states "... all I had to do was turn on my laptop and just sit there attentively as the words appeared in my head and my fingers magically typed out the thoughts the spirit was speaking to me." This book would seem to be a good resource if you just wanted to pick up, read a chapter, and then noodle on it a bit.
I did find Chapter 15 helpful - "Be ... Do ...Have". I just think it would have served the reader better had it come much earlier in the book. And this concept of a Human Being vs. a Human Doer is a powerful one. I do believe that the author was trying to get at something very basic within ourselves. Much of the discussion on ego reminded me of Thomas Merton's False Self and True Self. But even in addressing these themes, the author seemed to be confused on when to ignore the ego and when to be driven by it.
For example, in Chapter 5 - "The Myth of 100%" - the author states "Performance - the result - is what ultimately gets recorded and becomes the metric that you will be measured by." This seems to be to be exactly what the ego feeds on - how will I be measured?
In Chapter 7 - "The Hero of Your Own Journey" - in an effort to discredit the ego and it's negative impact on our improvements, he states, "Ego makes you wonder and care about what others think about you." So true. But when we will be measured by our Performance, isn't that measurement being done by others?
This is the first of these types of books that I have read - maybe many of them are structured this way. I will admit that discussion of how the mind works and how we deal with our inner voices is very difficult to put into words. I would be interested to read other works within this field to compare various approaches.
My guess is that the author has a very successful service that he provides when he can sit down with an individual and listen to their thoughts - how they put their struggles into words. For example, in Chapter 11 "Beliefs and Behaviors" a process is outlined:
"As adults who are actively pursuing our full potential, we must go back and revisit all of the things we took at face value as a kid. We must make a list of all the things we think are true and then ask ourselves, 'How do I know this is true? What evidence do I have to demonstrate this truth?'
This is a lengthy and difficult process, but leads to a tremendous amount of insight and discovery. As you work through your list, you will discover that some of your beliefs or truths have little to no supporting data while others do. Yet continue to ask yourself, 'What is true and how do I know it is true?'"
This is a process that must be done with someone else. Someone who can ask us hard questions and really listen to our answers. Unfortunately, a book cannot serve as that listening ear.
So, in conclusion - the concepts and ideas in the book are interesting but not organized and practical. Maybe a good book to have on the nightstand and read a chapter before going to bed.
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Elite Minds How Winners Think Differently to Create a Competitive Edge and Maximize Success (Audible Audio Edition) Stan Beecham Gary Regal McGrawHill Education Books Reviews
This book have already help me in my job as a sales person. Stan shows you how you should focus and give you advice on becoming a top performer. If you want a competitive edge read this book.
The philosophy articulated by Dr. Beecham has changed the way I approach my work as a trial attorney and relationships with peers. I've played competitive sports my whole life, and Dr. Beecham's philosophy shed some light on why I've been successful in sports and also on how I might be more successful in professional settings and help others do the same. In sports, I was never afraid to at least try. The more I tried, the more I failed. But the more I tried, the better I got. I've started to approach my work with the same philosophy. I'm not afraid of failing. I'm afraid of not trying the things that might show me just how good I am. And I try to encourage my peers by suggesting the same approach. I think about Dr. Beecham's philosophy every time fear creeps into my thoughts and every time I hear it in someone else's thoughts. Don't be afraid. Give it your best. You're good enough today.
This little book on the psychology of competitiveness is unbelievably good. Dr. Stan Beecham has crystalized the art of sports psychology into an easily digestable read. This is not a how to book per se but it stimulates thinking in the same way that Malcolm Gladwell does in his writing and Dan Coyle did in the "Talent Code". It also fits with Dan Siegel's brain work (see You Tube lecture on Teen Brain Chemistry or his new book "Brainstorm"). I read the book on my in less than a day. I plan on buying some hard copies to share with athletes and coaches. It was was the last book I read in 2013 but one of the BEST!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
A few months ago, I watched a video from McMillan running of a coach giving a talk to a group of high school track and field kids. As the talk progressed, I was amazed at what he was telling these kids. "If only I'd had a coach like that when I was young, I'd never have quit sports," I thought. He was giving these kids GOLD when they could actually use it. Both in their sport and in life.
Months later, I was wondering whether I should attempt my 100-mile race, or whether I should sit it out and not get injured. I was struggling with trying to figure out how much of my calculation was prudent responsibility tempering wild ambition, or how much was self-doubt masquerading as prudent responsibility tempering wild ambition. A friend pointed me to this book.
I picked it up and realiized it was written by that same coach who I saw on the video. While I have yet to have answered my question, I know Beecham's book will help me know with which voice I finally will answer it. He takes age-old problems such as fear of failure or success or goal-setting and boils them down into real and applicable philosophical approaches. So many boiler-plate solutions to these issues are far distanced from reality and leave the reader empty when they find out none of them clarify their underlying motivations. Stan Beecham hits this head on. He sets the tone when he makes the point that you are not a winner, nor are you a loser. You are and always will be both, simultaneously. The rest builds on this outlook of the individual. This is gold.
Stan, you really hit the ball out of the park on this one! Count me in as one more on your list of people who you helped by writing this book! I'm so glad you did. The only reason I hesitate in writing this review and sharing this book with all of my friends is that I currently feel like I have a competitive advantage over my peers! ;) I know when I bought this book a couple of years back that it had a lack of reviews and a not so well known author. I finally felt it calling me from my bookshelf a couple of days back and feel like I missed an opportunity by not reading it sooner. I couldn't be happier in my decision to read it, as I'm sure this will be one that I will continue to reference for years to come! Thanks Stan!
I'm a pretty serious runner and have always felt that my mind is my biggest obstacle to improvement. I bought this book based on a recommendation from Greg McMillan - I've used many of his online tools with great success.
Got to say that this book was not a lot of practical help. Thought provoking, yes. I got the feeling that this was a collection of seminar speeches the author had given over time. I didn't find a great deal of practical ways to think through the suffering of athletic participation and competition. I felt that the book lacked a structure on how to approach training and competition after the reader had completed the book.
In fact, the author somewhat admits this - in the Epilogue he states "... all I had to do was turn on my laptop and just sit there attentively as the words appeared in my head and my fingers magically typed out the thoughts the spirit was speaking to me." This book would seem to be a good resource if you just wanted to pick up, read a chapter, and then noodle on it a bit.
I did find Chapter 15 helpful - "Be ... Do ...Have". I just think it would have served the reader better had it come much earlier in the book. And this concept of a Human Being vs. a Human Doer is a powerful one. I do believe that the author was trying to get at something very basic within ourselves. Much of the discussion on ego reminded me of Thomas Merton's False Self and True Self. But even in addressing these themes, the author seemed to be confused on when to ignore the ego and when to be driven by it.
For example, in Chapter 5 - "The Myth of 100%" - the author states "Performance - the result - is what ultimately gets recorded and becomes the metric that you will be measured by." This seems to be to be exactly what the ego feeds on - how will I be measured?
In Chapter 7 - "The Hero of Your Own Journey" - in an effort to discredit the ego and it's negative impact on our improvements, he states, "Ego makes you wonder and care about what others think about you." So true. But when we will be measured by our Performance, isn't that measurement being done by others?
This is the first of these types of books that I have read - maybe many of them are structured this way. I will admit that discussion of how the mind works and how we deal with our inner voices is very difficult to put into words. I would be interested to read other works within this field to compare various approaches.
My guess is that the author has a very successful service that he provides when he can sit down with an individual and listen to their thoughts - how they put their struggles into words. For example, in Chapter 11 "Beliefs and Behaviors" a process is outlined
"As adults who are actively pursuing our full potential, we must go back and revisit all of the things we took at face value as a kid. We must make a list of all the things we think are true and then ask ourselves, 'How do I know this is true? What evidence do I have to demonstrate this truth?'
This is a lengthy and difficult process, but leads to a tremendous amount of insight and discovery. As you work through your list, you will discover that some of your beliefs or truths have little to no supporting data while others do. Yet continue to ask yourself, 'What is true and how do I know it is true?'"
This is a process that must be done with someone else. Someone who can ask us hard questions and really listen to our answers. Unfortunately, a book cannot serve as that listening ear.
So, in conclusion - the concepts and ideas in the book are interesting but not organized and practical. Maybe a good book to have on the nightstand and read a chapter before going to bed.
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