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The Winner's Mindset

Author : Blaine Williams
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781544164526
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (645 download)

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Download or read book The Winner's Mindset written by Blaine Williams and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-26 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you frustrated with frequently losing? Are you determined to win, yet do not feel confident in your abilities to be victorious and successful? Do you frequently backslide on goals or screw up in life? If so, then you suffer from a loser's mindset. It is time to change your mindset to that of a winner. Using this book, you can start building the habits and personality traits that will lead you to success. You really do not have to stay stuck in the rut of losing. Winning really is just a set of characteristics. You must develop these characteristics to become successful at life. Stop settling for less, and instead become motivated to win. Adopt the winner's mindset and begin winning at everything in life. Your life and your self-esteem will become infinitely better once you start applying this new mindset to your life. Winning feels good. It is also good for you. If you start winning at life and everything that you set out to accomplish, then you will feel so much better. Things will start to go your way. You will no longer have to suffer from the loser's dilemma, of hating yourself and failing at life. This book contains everything that you need to develop the mindset of a true winner. It will show you how to use friends to get ahead, how to view life in a more positive way, and how to grow and expand your confidence. It will also teach you how to encourage yourself and achieve success in all of your ventures. Stop being a loser. Learn how to become a winner at life today by reading this insightful guide. You will be amazed at how much your life will improve if you use the techniques and tips contained in these pages.

Winner's Mindset

Author : Erik Seversen
Publisher : Innovative Educational Services
ISBN 13 : 9781953183064
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Winner's Mindset written by Erik Seversen and published by Innovative Educational Services. This book was released on 2021-11-03 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner's Mindset is about achieving the highest level of peak performance in sports, school, business, and life.

Develop the Winners Mentality

Author : Bob Reese
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781413437034
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Develop the Winners Mentality written by Bob Reese and published by . This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Develop the Winner´s Mentality: 5 Essential Mental Skills for Enduring Success Bob Reese, Ph.D. In the genre of psychological self-help and success literature, Bob Reese has contributed a most valuable addition with his Develop the Winner´s Mentality. He has taken the essentials of cognitive-behavioral, motivational, and sport psychology and integrated them with an energy component that not only explains why they work, but accelerates their outcomes. The technique of Feelazation, which is the addition of powerful emotional energy to visualization, is also introduced. Reese says, "There´s nothing really new about goal setting, visualization, stress management, and how to think effectively. They are all important and effective for promoting success. What I bring to the party is adding the emotional and energetic components to the other skills so that with proper integration you can cause enduring success." The 5 Essential Mental Skills are goal setting, visualization, energy management, effective thinking, and mental toughness. As stand-alones, each of the five mental skills can have a positive impact on performance, behavior, and success. According to Reese, when these skills are integrated, there is a synergistic effect created in which the result (enduring success) is much greater than the sum of the parts. He also posits that the integration of the first four essential mental skills can encourage mental toughness, a trait that many feel you have to be born with. In his Ph.D. dissertation Reese showed that a Div. I Volleyball team enhanced both individual performance and mental toughness when the program was implemented. For 25 years Reese served as an athletic trainer in the NFL. Develop the Winner´s Mentality is replete with both humorous and poignant stories of how some of the athletes he worked with utilized these skills to ensure their success. The most moving example is that of Dennis Byrd, a New York Jets player who was quadriplegic from a broken neck and who had a grim prognosis - he would be confined to a wheelchair for life. Byrd´s use of emotive goal setting to walk out of the hospital only three months after his injury leads Reese to refer to him as the Ultimate Goal Setter. Forewards for Develop the Winner's Mentality are provided by two time NCAA National Champion University of Southern California Head Football Coach Pete Carroll, and former NFL All-Pro wide receiver and TV Celebrity Ahmad Rashad. Both high performers, Carroll and Rashad discuss their use of the mental skills and their personal relationship with Reese. The book is sectioned into 15 chapters that are written in a manor that facilitates the novice in the learning and application of each of the 5 Essential Mental Skills. Winner´s is also interesting enough to keep the successful veterans of mental skills training engaged so that they can enhance the skills they already possess. Included in Develop the Winner´s Mentality are many exercises for the reader to apply, which makes it a workbook within a text. Adjunct materials such as a voiceover PowerPoint and web support are in development so that Develop the Winner´s Mentality can be used as continuing education for executive, life and success coaches; athletic trainers, physical therapists and physical therapists assistants; strength and fitness coaches; and anyone else interested in enhancing performance with individuals or groups. Winner´s is well researched from both popular and scientific literature, and may be used as a primary or supplemental text for college courses such as introductory psychology, college success, and sport psychology.

The Mind of a Winner

Author : Steve Canal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780988956124
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (561 download)

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Download or read book The Mind of a Winner written by Steve Canal and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone dreams of being successful, but few know how to turn that dream into reality. Big ideas are just the beginning. Innovator, Award Winning Corporate Strategist, and The Branding Executive Founder Steve Canal has built a much-lauded career teaching others how to turn their ideas into lucrative business ventures that grow into household names and inspire others to live fully, give back to their communities, and never take their successes for granted.Some of his most notable clients including well-known companies like Allstate Insurance Company, McDonald's, American Airlines and Coors Light. Now, the successful branding expert aims to extend his reach and cut the learning curve for anyone wanting to obtain success, no matter their walk in life, and regardless of how big or small their dreams may be.With a combination of personal anecdotes and step-by-step methodologies, we will take a look into the minds of winners and their journey. This book features success stories from entrepreneurs like business mogul Daymond John, real estate tycoon Barbara Corcoran, millennial genius Everette Taylor, 2-time Olympic Gold Medalist Swin Cash, Emmy award winner Kenny "The Jet" Smith, serial entrepreneur Joe Anthony, Fashion Influencer Mary Seats and Grammy award winner 2 Chainz. This is the quintessential guide to striving for more, moving beyond your failures, and learning to appreciate the journey.At its heart, The Mind of a Winner is about living with relentless determination, reaching far beyond the point where miracles happen to grasp something larger than your dreams, because most who make power moves are part of a movement and something far greater.

Mindset

Author : Carol S. Dweck
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345472322
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book Mindset written by Carol S. Dweck and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2007-12-26 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the renowned psychologist who introduced the world to “growth mindset” comes this updated edition of the million-copy bestseller—featuring transformative insights into redefining success, building lifelong resilience, and supercharging self-improvement. “Through clever research studies and engaging writing, Dweck illuminates how our beliefs about our capabilities exert tremendous influence on how we learn and which paths we take in life.”—Bill Gates, GatesNotes “It’s not always the people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.” After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset—those who believe that abilities are fixed—are less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset—those who believe that abilities can be developed. Mindset reveals how great parents, teachers, managers, and athletes can put this idea to use to foster outstanding accomplishment. In this edition, Dweck offers new insights into her now famous and broadly embraced concept. She introduces a phenomenon she calls false growth mindset and guides people toward adopting a deeper, truer growth mindset. She also expands the mindset concept beyond the individual, applying it to the cultures of groups and organizations. With the right mindset, you can motivate those you lead, teach, and love—to transform their lives and your own.

Winning Mindset

Author : Erik Seversen
Publisher : Innovative Educational Services
ISBN 13 : 9781953183040
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Winning Mindset written by Erik Seversen and published by Innovative Educational Services. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a winning mindset, anyone can be extraordinary. This book is filled with elite strategies that allow people from all areas of life to perform at their best.

Attitude

Author : Jay Wright
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0399180850
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (991 download)

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Download or read book Attitude written by Jay Wright and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the coach of the 2016 and 2018 NCAA Tournament–winning Villanova University men’s basketball team comes a behind-the-scenes look at the making of a champion, along with lessons from his coaching career and the story of his personal road to success. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BLOOMBERG When Kris Jenkins sank a three-pointer at the buzzer to win the 2016 NCAA Tournament, it was a victory not just for a team and its coach but for an entire program. In his twentieth season with the Villanova program, including a five-year stint as an assistant to Coach Rollie Massimino, Coach Jay Wright had achieved his lifelong dream—and witnessed the culmination of a decades-long effort to build a culture of winning around a set of core values. In Attitude, Coach Wright shares some of the leadership secrets that have enabled Villanova, a private university with an undergraduate enrollment of less than 6,500, to thrive in the hypercompetitive world of college athletics. As he recounts the story of the 2015–16 Wildcats, Coach Wright offers anecdotes from his own journey up the ladder of success, with lessons learned on the Little League playing fields of his youth and wisdom passed down from his coaches and mentors. Each step of Villanova’s journey to a national championship incorporates a signature term torn from Coach Wright’s own motivational playbook. Here are key principles that aspiring leaders can apply, not only on the basketball court but in the boardroom, the classroom, and the living room. From learning to accept your role to remembering to honor those who came before us, Jay Wright’s core values provide a positive blueprint for transformational team building based on the idea that anyone—from the head coach to the last player on the bench—can be a leader when the moment demands it. The product of a lifetime’s worth of championship-level preparation, Attitude is perfect for anyone looking to build a team, achieve a goal, or nurture their own winning culture. Praise for Attitude “Jay Wright’s Attitude is filled with wonderful anecdotes, life lessons, and that which we all seek: wisdom.”—Phil Knight, co-founder and chairman emeritus, Nike “In 2015–16, Villanova displayed the best attributes of a champion by playing hard, smart, and together. Jay Wright instilled those traits in his team, and in Attitude he shares the universal leadership lessons that helped it succeed.”—Mike Krzyzewski, head coach, Duke University basketball

Develop the Winners Mentality

Author : Bob Reese MA ATC
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1477176691
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (771 download)

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Download or read book Develop the Winners Mentality written by Bob Reese MA ATC and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2005-08-26 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Develop the Winner ́s Mentality: 5 Essential Mental Skills for Enduring Success Bob Reese, Ph.D. In the genre of psychological self-help and success literature, Bob Reese has contributed a most valuable addition with his Develop the Winner ́s Mentality. He has taken the essentials of cognitive-behavioral, motivational, and sport psychology and integrated them with an energy component that not only explains why they work, but accelerates their outcomes. The technique of Feelazation, which is the addition of powerful emotional energy to visualization, is also introduced. Reese says, "There ́s nothing really new about goal setting, visualization, stress management, and how to think effectively. They are all important and effective for promoting success. What I bring to the party is adding the emotional and energetic components to the other skills so that with proper integration you can cause enduring success." The 5 Essential Mental Skills are goal setting, visualization, energy management, effective thinking, and mental toughness. As stand-alones, each of the five mental skills can have a positive impact on performance, behavior, and success. According to Reese, when these skills are integrated, there is a synergistic effect created in which the result (enduring success) is much greater than the sum of the parts. He also posits that the integration of the first four essential mental skills can encourage mental toughness, a trait that many feel you have to be born with. In his Ph.D. dissertation Reese showed that a Div. I Volleyball team enhanced both individual performance and mental toughness when the program was implemented. For 25 years Reese served as an athletic trainer in the NFL. Develop the Winner ́s Mentality is replete with both humorous and poignant stories of how some of the athletes he worked with utilized these skills to ensure their success. The most moving example is that of Dennis Byrd, a New York Jets player who was quadriplegic from a broken neck and who had a grim prognosis - he would be confined to a wheelchair for life. Byrd ́s use of emotive goal setting to walk out of the hospital only three months after his injury leads Reese to refer to him as the Ultimate Goal Setter. Forewards for Develop the Winner’s Mentality are provided by two time NCAA National Champion University of Southern California Head Football Coach Pete Carroll, and former NFL All-Pro wide receiver and TV Celebrity Ahmad Rashad. Both high performers, Carroll and Rashad discuss their use of the mental skills and their personal relationship with Reese. The book is sectioned into 15 chapters that are written in a manor that facilitates the novice in the learning and application of each of the 5 Essential Mental Skills. Winner ́s is also interesting enough to keep the successful veterans of mental skills training engaged so that they can enhance the skills they already possess. Included in Develop the Winner ́s Mentality are many exercises for the reader to apply, which makes it a workbook within a text. Adjunct materials such as a voiceover PowerPoint and web support are in development so that Develop the Winner ́s Mentality can be used as continuing education for executive, life and success coaches; athletic trainers, physical therapists and physical therapists assistants; strength and fitness coaches; and anyone else interested in enhancing performance with individuals or groups. Winner ́s is well researched from both popular and scientific literature, and may be used as a primary or supplemental text for college courses such as introductory psychology, college success, and sport psychology.

The Psychology of Winning

Author : Denis Waitley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780909608071
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Winning written by Denis Waitley and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imprint. Denis Waitley, a distinguished motivator, teacher and US air force pilot, has spent most of his life showing people how they can win He creates the formula to develop the qualities of a total winner - self-awareness, self-esteem, self-control, self-motivation, self-image, self-direction, self-discipline, self-dimension ...

Winning Mentality

Author : Phil McNally
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781904762119
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book Winning Mentality written by Phil McNally and published by . This book was released on 2005-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Developing a Winning Attitude and Mindset

Author : Allistair McCaw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578590264
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Developing a Winning Attitude and Mindset written by Allistair McCaw and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EXCELLENCE IS AN ATTITUDE One of the most powerful factors to success in your career and your life is the attitude and mindset you choose. We often sabotage our own happiness and success through negative self-talk, self-doubt and poor habits. In this book best-selling author Allistair McCaw shares with you specific life lessons in positive transformation - all easily acted on. This book will recondition your thinking. Its insights will inspire and motivate you to discover your greater purpose and achieve your personal potential. IN THIS BOOK, YOU WILL DISCOVER?- The power of positive self-talk - The importance of building relationships - Strategies for getting ahead in your career - The impact of daily consistent action - Practices that strengthen self-confidence

The Mamba Mentality

Author : Kobe Bryant
Publisher : MCD
ISBN 13 : 0374719152
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book The Mamba Mentality written by Kobe Bryant and published by MCD. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mamba Mentality: How I Play is Kobe Bryant’s personal perspective of his life and career on the basketball court and his exceptional, insightful style of playing the game—a fitting legacy from the late Los Angeles Laker superstar. In the wake of his retirement from professional basketball, Kobe “The Black Mamba” Bryant decided to share his vast knowledge and understanding of the game to take readers on an unprecedented journey to the core of the legendary “Mamba mentality.” Citing an obligation and an opportunity to teach young players, hardcore fans, and devoted students of the game how to play it “the right way,” The Mamba Mentality takes us inside the mind of one of the most intelligent, analytical, and creative basketball players ever. In his own words, Bryant reveals his famously detailed approach and the steps he took to prepare mentally and physically to not just succeed at the game, but to excel. Readers will learn how Bryant studied an opponent, how he channeled his passion for the game, how he played through injuries. They’ll also get fascinating granular detail as he breaks down specific plays and match-ups from throughout his career. Bryant’s detailed accounts are paired with stunning photographs by the Hall of Fame photographer Andrew D. Bernstein. Bernstein, long the Lakers and NBA official photographer, captured Bryant’s very first NBA photo in 1996 and his last in 2016—and hundreds of thousands in between, the record of a unique, twenty-year relationship between one athlete and one photographer. The combination of Bryant’s narrative and Bernstein’s photos make The Mamba Mentality an unprecedented look behind the curtain at the career of one of the world’s most celebrated and fascinating athletes.

7-Figure Mindset

Author : Nicholas Dodge
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781791677466
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (774 download)

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Download or read book 7-Figure Mindset written by Nicholas Dodge and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2016-12-04 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have a passion for business and a dream to change the world, but you're currently struggling to find the time or battling with uncertainty to do so, you may think you need to invest more money or hire a team to help you. In Nicholas Dodge's experience, after working with hundreds of 7-figure entrepreneurs, he has found that's rarely the case. Low confidence and lack of clarity are just symptoms of a much greater problem, a problem that's a little harder to see (that's the bad news), but a lot easier to fix (that's the good news). 7-Figure Mindset will give you the psychological shifts and the business skills you need to be able to have a lasting impact in entrepreneurship.

Mentally Tough Teens: Developing a Winning Mindset

Author : Justin Su'a
Publisher : Cedar Fort Publishing & Media
ISBN 13 : 1462108709
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book Mentally Tough Teens: Developing a Winning Mindset written by Justin Su'a and published by Cedar Fort Publishing & Media. This book was released on 2023-02-14 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get your head in the game! Become a champion in sports, school, and relationships using these tips from mental conditioning expert Justin Su'a, who has trained Olympians, professional athletes, and military personnel around the world. This how-to guide of mental toughness trains teens to enhance their motivation, build their confidence, and bounce back from any adversity.

The Scout Mindset

Author : Julia Galef
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735217556
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book The Scout Mindset written by Julia Galef and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...an engaging and enlightening account from which we all can benefit."—The Wall Street Journal A better way to combat knee-jerk biases and make smarter decisions, from Julia Galef, the acclaimed expert on rational decision-making. When it comes to what we believe, humans see what they want to see. In other words, we have what Julia Galef calls a "soldier" mindset. From tribalism and wishful thinking, to rationalizing in our personal lives and everything in between, we are driven to defend the ideas we most want to believe—and shoot down those we don't. But if we want to get things right more often, argues Galef, we should train ourselves to have a "scout" mindset. Unlike the soldier, a scout's goal isn't to defend one side over the other. It's to go out, survey the territory, and come back with as accurate a map as possible. Regardless of what they hope to be the case, above all, the scout wants to know what's actually true. In The Scout Mindset, Galef shows that what makes scouts better at getting things right isn't that they're smarter or more knowledgeable than everyone else. It's a handful of emotional skills, habits, and ways of looking at the world—which anyone can learn. With fascinating examples ranging from how to survive being stranded in the middle of the ocean, to how Jeff Bezos avoids overconfidence, to how superforecasters outperform CIA operatives, to Reddit threads and modern partisan politics, Galef explores why our brains deceive us and what we can do to change the way we think.

The Psychology of Sailing for Dinghies and Keelboats

Author : Ian Brown
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1472901568
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Sailing for Dinghies and Keelboats written by Ian Brown and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-08-05 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Psychology of Racing for Dinghies and Keelboats is an inspirational practical guide to mind training for racing sailors. Aimed at aspiring dinghy sailors as well as yacht racers, the style is light, friendly and conversational - designed to inspire, guide and promote positive analytical thinking amongst racers of all levels, with the aim of helping them find the inner resolve and mental strength required to be a winner. Packed with tables, tick boxes and exercises as well as thought-provoking quotes from successful international sailors, it is delightfully free of psychobabble and tedious theory - a really practical guide that will be invaluable to all racers of all levels and abilities.

Winner Takes All

Author : N. Nelson
Publisher : Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN 13 : 9780306460050
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Winner Takes All written by N. Nelson and published by Da Capo Lifelong Books. This book was released on 1999-05-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner Takes All provides practical, straightforward information that Noelle Nelson has learned from the exceptional people she has worked with and investigated as a clinical psychologist. From so-called "ordinary people" to celebrities like Christopher Reeve and Muhammad Ali, they all experienced life-altering events that threw them into a life bereft of traditional moorings.