Mind Games

Inspirational Lessons from the World's Biggest Sports Stars

Jeff Grout, Sarah Perrin

414 pages, parution le 09/07/2004

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What makes a winner - in business or in sport? Why do some people consistently break sales targets, cross the line first or hammer the ball in the net with pinpoint accuracy? Natural talent and disciplined training are vital. But with two equally matched professionals, something else makes the difference that provides that extra, champion factor: the mind.

Mind Games looks into the mental processes of sporting stars, identifying the attitudes and approaches that enable them to achieve peak performance, every time, and applies them specifically to the world of business. What are the key mental characteristics that make some people come out on top? How do winners channel adrenalin into controlled power while losers choke? What do sportsmen and women mean when they talk about 'the inner game', being 'in the zone' or being 'in the now'? What is it that coaches do to realise the potential they see? What are the lessons that business winners need to learn from sport's superstars?

Mind Games has the full involvement of over 30 sporting household names, including Sven-Göran Eriksson, Matthew Pinsent, Clive Woodward, Nick Faldo, Jonny Wilkinson. The authors draw on extensive first-hand experiences of acknowledged sporting champions across a range of sports, identifying personal techniques proven to have worked under the pressure of top-level competition. They also draw on the expertise of professional coaches and psychologists who have worked with sportsmen and women.

L'auteur - Jeff Grout

Jeff Grout is a respected advisor, commentator, columnist and speaker on recruitment, retention and motivation. He is former UK Managing Director of Robert Half International, the largest specialist recruitment consultancy in the world, and has helped organizations recruit thousands of people during a professional recruitment career of twenty years.

Jeff has appeared on TV and radio, worked with the BBC in producing an interview training video, and has run interview technique courses for a number of the UK's leading companies.

He is currently in considerable demand as a motivational business speaker. He is co-author of four books: The Adventure Capitalists, My Brilliant Career, Kickstart Your Career and Mind Games.

L'auteur - Sarah Perrin

Sarah Perrin is a freelance journalist and writer, contributing regularly to business and professional magazines on a broad variety of topics. She is also the author of The Guardian Careers Guide to Accountancy and co-author, also with Jeff Grout, of Kickstart Your Career and Mind Games.

Sarah qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen in London before ultimately making a successful career shift into journalism.

Sommaire

Part I: Personality Power
- True Grit
- Family and Fate
- I Believe!
- Positive Power
- Analysis I: Personality Power
Part II: Motivational Matters
- The Success Magnet
- Fleeing Failure
- Goals Galore
- Heroes Have Heroes Too
- Analysis II: Motivational Matters
Part III: Mental Training
- Mental Rehearsal
- Anchors and Triggers
- Preparing for Pressure
- Review and Revise
- Coaching Relationships
- Analysis III: Mental Training
Part IV: Peak Performance
- Nerve Control
- The Rock of Routine
- Positive Talk
- Into the Zone
- Focus and Refocus
- Analysis IV: Peak Performance
Part V: Team Spirit
- The Right Combination
- Team Build-up
- Team Talks
- Analysis V: Team Spirit
- Mind Games - A Footnote
- Appendices

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Capstone Publications
Auteur(s)	Jeff Grout, Sarah Perrin
Parution	09/07/2004
Nb. de pages	414
Format	15,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	670g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781841126135
ISBN13	978-1-84112-613-5