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The New Dynamics of Winning

Name: The New Dynamics of Winning
Author: Denis E. Waitley
ISBN: 9780688115623

by Denis E. Waitley

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Recognized as an authority on high-level achievement, Denis Waitley has studied and counseled leaders in every field - from top executives of Fortune 500 companies to Super Bowl champions. The author of the all-time bestselling personal development audio program (more than six million cassettes sold to date!), Waitley has helped millions throughout the world realize their potential - and become winners. In The New Dynamics of Winning, Waitley explains, for the first time ever, the amazing similarities in the mental strategies of business champions and sports champions. Teaching by example, he evokes sports winners including Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Greg LeMond, Gail Devers, Mary Lou Retton, and Bill Toomey, and compares them to winners in other fields like Carol Moseley Braun, Bill Gates, Meryl Streep, and Ray Kroc. Drawing on the latest scientific breakthroughs in sports psychology, Denis Waitley shows how anyone can acquire a championship profile for business and life by learning seven rules for winners, the five most prevalent self-destructive beliefs, the secret of mental toughness, how to use stress to your advantage, and much, much more! You already have the potential to live your dreams. By the time you finish this book, you'll have practical mental skills to achieve peak performance in every situation you encounter in your personal and professional lives.

Waitley shares the latest scientific knowledge in sports psychology, showing step by step how athletes' winning strategies can help us attain mastery in business and life, enhancing our ability to achieve peak intellectual performance.

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Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Lecturer and former head of the mental training program of the U.S. Olympic Committee's Sports Medicine Council, Waitley here applies his theories for athletic success to business and personal life. In this upbeat, pragmatic guide, he outlines a program for tapping one's inner resources and abilities to achieve ``more than you or anyone else thought possible.'' Citing examples drawn from sport and business, he recommends breaking down major goals into 90-day-long mini-goals, which can also be divided into subgoals. Offering advice on preventive physical and mental health care, he emphasizes such stress-reducing, confidence-building techniques as positive ``self talk,'' short statements of praise and advice for repeating during moments of pressure. He concludes with a 21-day plan for establishing and accomplishing specific personal goals. (Jan.)

Library Journal

Waitley, head of the mental training program for the U.S. Olympic Committee's Sports Medicine Council in the early Eighties, is a well-known motivational speaker and author of the audio program The Psychology of Winning and the bestselling book Seeds of Greatness. This work applies what he learned from the high performance of Olympic champions to the workings of the business world. Chapter titles include ``The Drive to Win,'' ``Visualization of Victory,'' and ``The Olympian Within.'' His approach is similar to that of many works on the market using military, historical, and animal metaphors to help people improve their business skills. Recommended for large popular business collections.-- Michael D. Kathman, St. John's Univ. Lib., Collegeville, Minn.

David Rouse

Waitley is one of the more successful evangelists on the motivational circuit, commanding upwards of $8,000 a day for his inspirational business seminars. His "Psychology of Winning" cassette series and his book "Seeds of Greatness" (Revel, 1983) have both been best-sellers. Here he hopes to attract new disciples and reinvigorate old followers by reiterating his basic message. Relying on numerous illustrations from the world of sports as well as success stories ranging from astronauts to entrepreneurs, Waitley shows that talent--and even desire--is not enough. One must develop the "mind-set" of a winner, and Waitley's task, which he performs well, is to instill it.