Search for your favourite author or book

Psyched Up: How the Science of Mental Preparation Can Help You Succeed

ISBN 
9780241310526
Format 
Trade Paperback
Recommended Price 
R380.00
Published 
July 2017
About the book: 

What's the difference between succeeding and failing in life's big moments?In Psyched Up, acclaimed journalist Daniel McGinn explains why mental preparation is the key to mastering any challenge. Examining the latest scientific research into the smartest ways to deal with a flood of adrenaline, increase focus, minimize negative thoughts, and optimize emotions, Psyched Up teaches you what do in the last few minutes before a major event.Drawing on interviews with high-performing professionals such as retired General Stanley McChrystal, NASCAR champion driver Jimmie Johnson and legendary tennis coach Nick Bollettieri, McGinn illustrates how to develop a personal psyching up routine and reveals why introverts and extroverts might employ different methods.

Others also viewed

For all parents and family managing the emotional battlefield of baby loss.   When my...
A deceptively simple adventure into the unknown using only paper, a pencil and a single lineWreck...
The visceral and insightful personal story of a Divinity Professor coming to terms with what life...
On a defining evening of the 1980s, Donald Trump hosted celebrities and high rollers in a Jersey...