Executive Toughness: The Mental-Training Program to Increase Your Leadership Performance
1st Edition
1260135306
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9781260135305
© 2018 | Published: June 13, 2018
From the mental toughness coach of a World Series-winning team?a simple, three-step program to winning in lifePeople with inborn talent may be good at what they do—but only the mentally tough reach the highest plateaus in their field. Fortunately, …
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Foreword by Andy Hill
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Mental Toughness: Potentially the Difference Between Life and Death
Foundation of Mental Toughness: What You Want and Who You Are
Chapter 1: Define Your Win: Determine Your Purpose and Priorities
Chapter 2: Turn Up Your Thermostat: Heat Up Your Performance
Developing Executive Toughness Characteristic 1: Accountability: Doing What Needs to Be Done
Chapter 3: The Process of Achievement: Goals That Really Work
Chapter 4: Prioritizing the Priorities: Schedule It or Forget It
Chapter 5: Accountability Through Self-Evaluation: Learn to Look in the Mirror Every Day
Developing Executive Toughness Characteristic 2: Focus: Improving Execution and Consistency
Chapter 6: Preparation: Control Your Emotions, Control Your Performance
Chapter 7: Script Your Way to Focus: Always Say the Right Thing
Chapter 8: The Mental Workout: 100 Seconds a Day Keeps Failure Away
Developing Executive Toughness Characteristic 3: Optimism: Overcoming All Obstacles
Chapter 9: Relentless Solution Focus: The Ultimate Measure of Mental Toughness
Chapter 10: Gable Discipline: Optimism Through Unremitting Action
Conclusion: The Minimum Requirements for Greatness
Notes
Index
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Mental Toughness: Potentially the Difference Between Life and Death
Foundation of Mental Toughness: What You Want and Who You Are
Chapter 1: Define Your Win: Determine Your Purpose and Priorities
Chapter 2: Turn Up Your Thermostat: Heat Up Your Performance
Developing Executive Toughness Characteristic 1: Accountability: Doing What Needs to Be Done
Chapter 3: The Process of Achievement: Goals That Really Work
Chapter 4: Prioritizing the Priorities: Schedule It or Forget It
Chapter 5: Accountability Through Self-Evaluation: Learn to Look in the Mirror Every Day
Developing Executive Toughness Characteristic 2: Focus: Improving Execution and Consistency
Chapter 6: Preparation: Control Your Emotions, Control Your Performance
Chapter 7: Script Your Way to Focus: Always Say the Right Thing
Chapter 8: The Mental Workout: 100 Seconds a Day Keeps Failure Away
Developing Executive Toughness Characteristic 3: Optimism: Overcoming All Obstacles
Chapter 9: Relentless Solution Focus: The Ultimate Measure of Mental Toughness
Chapter 10: Gable Discipline: Optimism Through Unremitting Action
Conclusion: The Minimum Requirements for Greatness
Notes
Index
From the mental toughness coach of a World Series-winning team?a simple, three-step program to winning in life
People with inborn talent may be good at what they do—but only the mentally tough reach the highest plateaus in their field. Fortunately, mental toughness is something anyone from any walk of life can learn.
Director of mental training for the St. Louis Cardinals and a top-tier executive coach, Dr. Jason Selk is an expert on teaching people how to develop the mental toughness needed to attain their goals. In this book, he shares hands-on daily exercises for breaking old, self-defeating patterns of behavior and replacing them with the can-do attitude and positive behavior that leads to measurable positive results.
Executive Toughness outlines the steps for attaining high-level success:• Accountability?truly develop a “no-excuse” mentality• Focus?significantly increase attention, focus and confidence• Optimism?recognize and redirect thoughts patterns for increased execution and performance By incorporating these steps into your daily life, you’ll be on the path to attaining your goals. Once you make these behaviors part of your mental “DNA,” and there will be no turning back!
People with inborn talent may be good at what they do—but only the mentally tough reach the highest plateaus in their field. Fortunately, mental toughness is something anyone from any walk of life can learn.
Director of mental training for the St. Louis Cardinals and a top-tier executive coach, Dr. Jason Selk is an expert on teaching people how to develop the mental toughness needed to attain their goals. In this book, he shares hands-on daily exercises for breaking old, self-defeating patterns of behavior and replacing them with the can-do attitude and positive behavior that leads to measurable positive results.
Executive Toughness outlines the steps for attaining high-level success:• Accountability?truly develop a “no-excuse” mentality• Focus?significantly increase attention, focus and confidence• Optimism?recognize and redirect thoughts patterns for increased execution and performance By incorporating these steps into your daily life, you’ll be on the path to attaining your goals. Once you make these behaviors part of your mental “DNA,” and there will be no turning back!