As someone now well into their senior years but who has also been active physically for more than 7 decades in various sports and martial arts, I am always seeking interesting and informative material on a wide range of topics. This is why while browsing on Amazon when I came across this 270-page soft cover book (The Champions mind: How great athletes think, train and thrive by Jim Afremow, PhD) I decided to purchase it. From the very first page I loved this book. If you want to achieve success in not only sports, but all aspects of your life this book provides effective and valuable advice to help you achieve your goals. Indeed, without realizing it in my own martial art life I have been using the methods and lessons taught in this fantastic book. Just keep in mind that you have to actually do the work to succeed at anything. This great book covers the following material: “If you can sport greatness, you've got greatness, be your own champion, master the mental skills, be in it to win, the wisdom of a champion, exercise, nutrition, pain, injuries, and regeneration, take control of your personal destiny, Zen in the zone, golden reflections, your world class game plan, long term survival of the most mentally fit and ultimate victory is yours.” In conclusion, if you are a serious about “being he best you can be” this book is for you. Rating: 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Tactical principals of the most effective combative systems). Read more

A great book for the athlete or coach that wants that extra reiteration of what makes a champion tick or what to strive for to achieve excellence! Read more

Per chi è appassionato e praticante di sport questo è un libro che non può mancare! Un sacco di consigli utili per sviluppare una mentalità da campioni. Consigliatissimo Read more

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The book was in such good condition it was good as new! As soon as I started reading it, I was eager to jot down my own notes next to the author's valuable advice. Very grateful! :) Read more

This sports psychology book is written mainly for sports persons. But this is useful for any one engaged in any competitive field where you need to train/prepare hard and long to excel. The concepts are very useful for sports people, stock/commodity traders, stock investors, corporate rats, entrepreneurs, competitive exam takers of any kind etc. Many of the concepts proven in sports arena are very useful in other competitive domains. The book basically helps you train to think in a particular ways which will help you manage the stress and perform to your best potential. It also talks about procrastination and how to mange it to train hard. It proposes certain thinking rituals that you can do. The book espouses certain mental training techniques like...meditation, calming breath exercises, imagery, instant stress release techniques etc. The author is reputed sports psychologist for Olympic athletes, top NBA, NFL, baseball players and these high achievers use these techniques to train their mind. The case studies and accounts of Olympic medal winners are illuminating. I would recommend this excellent book to all especially students in colleges. Read more

“Champion yourself. We all experience similar struggles and deal with demanding challenges in our pursuit of excellence, regardless of the sport or fitness activity. To be a champion, your true best self becomes key to personal and athletic greatness. You know, as we all do, that only those performers who think gold and never settle for silver will continue to strive for and reach their highest, or gold, level. A champion makes greatness happen, despite what may seem impossible odds. Of course most of us are not Olympians or professional athletes. But all of us can acquire a champion’s mind-set. Any athlete can learn to think like a champion. Every one of us can be peak performers in the game of life by achieving our own personal best. We can strive to be the best version of ourselves. It is possible for us to stay ‘professional’ whenever adversity strikes. It is possible to ingrain mental fortitude that drives us forward. And it is possible to take a championship approach.”x ~ Jim Afremow from The Champion’s Mind Jim Afremow is one of the world’s leading sports psychologists who works with some of the top performers in all major sports. This is a great book—a collection of bite-size Big Ideas on how we can develop our Champion’s Mind covering everything from goal setting, visualization and self-talk to breath control, confidence and mental toughness. As I’ve mentioned in other Notes in our growing collection of sports +mental toughness books, I love sports books because sports are such a great metaphor for life. As Afremow puts it, we can all be “Peak performers in the game of life.” We can all be Champions. Here’s a fun little fact: Did you know the word champion comes from the medieval Latin campio(n-) which means “fighter”? Yep—which immediately makes me think of winning the ultimate combat Socrates talks about in The Gorgias: “I desire only to know the truth, and to live as well as I can... And, to the utmost of my power, I exhort all other men to do the same... I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.” I'm excited to share some of my favorite Big Ideas: 1. The Vision - of a Champion 2. Mental Toughness - Let's define it. 3. Ugly buy Effective - + God bad days. 4. Sand in Your Hand - Squeeze it just right. 5. Good, Better, Best- How to evaluate performance. Here’s to winning the ultimate fight and becoming Champions of our lives! More goodness— including PhilosophersNotes on 300+ books in our ​*OPTIMIZE*​ membership program. Find out more at brianjohnson . me. Read more