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A renowned sports psychologist takes business leaders to the top of their game, with winning strategies drawn from the proven secrets of pro athletes

"Our approach helps you discover that you have another level to your game and teaches you how to get there. To do so is a matter of recognizing where you are now and deliberately focusing on where you want to go. ... As you read the book, think beyond business leadership. Be open to developing the Mind of a Champion in all areas of your life. The Mind of a Champion separates the occasional winners from the consistent champions."-FROM THE INTRODUCTION

Founder of The Mind of a Champion, a coaching firm that has transformed the achievement levels of companies, athletes, and other individuals, Julie Ness Bell has developed a powerful approach to success called Performance Intelligence. Transferring proven principles of sports psychology to the corporate world, she has worked with elite leaders from a variety of fields, using Performance Intelligence to unlock their potential. Now she makes her highly sought-after tactics available to all members of the corporate community in PERFORMANCE INTELLIGENCE AT WORK: Essentials to Achieving The Mind of a Champion (McGraw-Hill; July 2009; Cloth; ISBN: 10: 0-07-162514-3; 13: 978-0-07-162514-2; $24.95).

A refreshing departure from traditional training models, PERFORMANCE INTELLIGENCE AT WORK opens a revolutionary world, bridging the gap between learned skills and the thought processes that must be in place if we are going to perform our best when it matters the most. At the heart of this program are five key attributes:

• Confidence
• Focus
• Self-Discipline
• Competitiveness
• A Winning Game Plan

Filled with inspiring stories of those who found victory on the playing field-both the corporate and the athletic variety-PERFORMANCE INTELLIGENCE AT WORK delivers proven advice on ways to reach peak levels of these five qualities, with eye-opening information on:

• The Powerful Mind: Much more than a simplistic guide to positive thinking, Dr. Julie's plan draws on proven principles of psychology to help readers discover that focusing only on behavior, rather than on the thoughts that drive behavior, is a weak approach. Her exercises reveal not only the mind's ability to trick the body but how to turn the tables and regain control over our thoughts. We have a choice in every situation, and the choices we make in our thinking directly influence our actions. The only way to significantly change actions is to change the thought patterns behind them.

• Recognize, Refocus, and Routine: Especially in today's tough economic times, many corporate leaders are stalled by fears of failure. Dr. Julie has seen first-hand how this approach robs us of any chance at greatness, but her three-step method (R3) overcomes this challenge by creating new habits in the brain. Recognizing self-talk, learning to refocus attention on different aspects of a situation, and establishing new thought routines ensures that those debilitating tapes will stop being replayed in your head.

• From Intimidation to Determination and other tips for conquering the most common mind traps: Dr. Julie has wise words for all who struggle with a monkey on their back-the nagging, nay-saying voice that constantly predicts gloom-and for transforming intimidation into determination. From small physical cues used as self-reminders to the power of journals, she has practical, hands-on techniques for making intentional thinking second nature.

• Defining your personal super-win: We can't recognize success, or even strive for it, if we haven't defined it. With new ways to evaluate accomplishments and nix the emphasis on failure, Dr. Julie gives us an unbeatable mindset for tackling the fear of being average-and even pushing the boundaries of "average" in a way that no longer causes us to doubt our abilities-using eye-opening performance charts and a brilliant perception of talents and skills.

• Performance Training Center: The final step in this sweeping program is the creation of lifelong practices we can return to again and again. From visualization to making decisive decisions, Dr. Julie offers crucial techniques for staying on track.

Packed with examples of winners who moved from the sidelines to the center of the action using The Mind of a Champion, this is a breakthrough plan that reaches out to everyone who feels mired in a day-to-day routine, going through the motions instead of reaching for the prize. For those who are ready to take their game to the next level, PERFORMANCE INTELLIGENCE AT WORK is the winning playbook they've been looking for.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Julie Ness Bell, Ph.D., is founder and president of The Mind of a Champion, a Texas-based coaching firm that works with athletes, individuals, and companies, including Time Warner, State Farm, Southwest Airlines and Ernst & Young. She holds a doctorate of sports psychology from the University of Virginia. She lives in Dallas with her husband and their three children.

Robin Pou, is a successful entrepreneur whose experience leading people and growing businesses has provided him with an up-close view of how individual and organizational thinking influence performance.

PERFORMANCE INTELLIGENCE AT WORK: Essentials to Achieving The Mind of a Champion by Julie Ness Bell with Robin Pou; McGraw-Hill; July 2009; Cloth; ISBN: 10: 0-07-162514-3; 13: 978-0-07-162514-2; $24.95.