Book description
Be Your Best Under Pressure!Learn how elite athletes like Michael Jordan, Sandy Cofax, Tom Glavin, and Pedro Martinez, deal with pressure. In his 15 years as a major league pitching coach, with "Moneyball" Oakland A's, NY Mets, Milwaukee Brewers and Baltimore Orioles, Rick Peterson has coached Hall of Famers, Cy Young winners, and many other elite athletes. In this book, he and bestselling author and leadership expert, Judd Hoekstra make this skill available to everyone. From an insider's perspective, learn how you too can become a Crunch Time performer and perform your best in all situations. With fascinating behind-the-scenes examples from some of the top names in sports and business, Rick and Judd offer six powerful reframing strategies to help you see a pressure situation with a new perspective so that it shifts from a threat that can make you panic to an opportunity for you to shine. With a Forward by "Money Ball”, Billy Beane, EVP, Oakland Athletics.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Foreword
- Introduction Rick and Izzy
- 1 Reframing—The Shortest Path from Threat to Opportunity
- 2 Why Reframing at Crunch Time Is Necessary
- 3 Reframing from Trying Harder to Trying Easier
- 4 Reframing from Tension to Laughter
- 5 Reframing from Anxiety to Taking Control
- 6 Reframing from Doubt to Confidence
- 7 Reframing from Failure to Learning Moment
- 8 Reframing from Prepared to Overprepared
- A Index of Stories
- B Try This
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Endnotes
- Index
Product information
- Title: Crunch Time
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2017
- Publisher(s): Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- ISBN: 9781626567719
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