Unashamedly Superhuman

Unashamedly Superhuman

by Jim Steele
Released September 2022
Publisher(s): Capstone
ISBN: 9781119828518

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Book description

Tap into pools of pure potential you didn’t even know you had

In Unashamedly Superhuman: Harness Your Inner Power and Achieve Your Greatest Professional and Personal Goals, celebrated speaker, strategist, executive coach, and author Jim Steele delivers an incisive and eye-opening guide to unlocking the hidden wells of potential in each of us. Grounded in the latest neuroscience research and some of the best executive coaching techniques on the market today, the book shows you how to minimize distraction, eliminate unnecessary uncertainty and indecision, and reveal what you’re truly capable of.

In the book, you’ll discover how to realize your wildest professional and personal goals by:

  • Harnessing the power of flow to increase your productivity beyond what you thought possible
  • Tap into mindfulness to uncover what your mind is really capable of
  • Meaningfully challenge yourself – without creating intolerable frustration – by leading yourself and others on adventures

An indispensable resource for executives, managers, and other business leaders, Unashamedly Superhuman is the can’t-miss guide to peak performance you’ve been waiting for.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Foreword
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction
    1. No magic required …
    2. Inspired by the great and the good
    3. Enthusiastic lab rat
  7. Part I: SETTING THE SCENE
    1. Chapter 1: WHAT IS UNASHAMEDLY SUPERHUMAN?
      1. That'll be where the triathlon came in… .
      2. What made it a BHAG?
    2. Chapter 2: SUPERHERO ORIGIN STORIES
  8. Part II: BETTER – TAPPING INTO POTENTIAL
    1. Chapter 3: TAPPING INTO POTENTIAL
      1. Stepping up
      2. Notes
    2. Chapter 4: ACCEPT THE ADVENTURE
      1. The change challenge
      2. Performance = Potential – Interference
      3. Adapt more/Endure less
      4. Notes
    3. Chapter 5: DIRECT THE SEEKING SYSTEM
    4. Chapter 6: ACTIVATE THE NEW AND IMPROVED
      1. Swimming against the current
    5. Chapter 7: PERSIST PERSIST PERSIST
      1. Note
    6. Chapter 8: TUNE IN/TUNE UP
      1. Tune in/Tune up
      2. Stress busting
      3. Sirs Brailsford and Hoy's marginal gains
      4. Win Learn Change
  9. Part III: SMARTER – TAPPING INTO MINDSET
    1. Chapter 9: LEAN IN
      1. Mindsetting
      2. Perception of the stressor
      3. Leaning in
      4. So, how does that work?
      5. So, how do we leverage it and utilise it?
      6. Getting high on your own supply
      7. Notes
    2. Chapter 10: FLOW FOLLOWS FOCUS
      1. Stretch but don't snap
      2. Putting the triggers into action: My IRONMAN® event and flow
      3. External triggers
      4. Internal triggers
    3. Chapter 11: ONE, TWO, THREE MINDS
      1. I first saw it in Shanghai… .
      2. How to shift from negative mind to positive mind?
      3. Designer beliefs
      4. Notes
    4. Chapter 12: CYCLE TO FLOW
      1. The flow cycle: Struggle/Release/Flow/Recovery
      2. Note
    5. Chapter 13: UNDER THE RADAR
      1. Outside in or inside out
      2. Motivation from the inside out
      3. Mastering your own motivation
      4. Crystal clear – Goal stacking
      5. Note
    6. Chapter 14: STAY IN THE NOW
      1. What price for your attention?
      2. The secret sauce
      3. Doing positive
      4. Notes
  10. Part IV: STRONGER – TAPPING INTO PHYSIOLOGY
    1. Chapter 15: HABIT STACKING
      1. Habit Stacking: Align emotion and logic, then turbo charge with brain chemicals
      2. Running your own experiment.
      3. A 21‐day system that relates to the formation of new and improved habits
    2. Chapter 16: ACTIVE RECOVERY
      1. Prevention is better than cure
      2. Note
    3. Chapter 17: BIG THREE TO THRIVE
      1. Sleep
      2. A deep dive for a deep sleep
      3. Nutrition
      4. Better living through chemistry still requires better living
      5. Exercise
      6. More to this one than meets the eye
      7. It's all in the mind. Well, some of it is
      8. An exercise hack after all. Do try this at home!
      9. Notes
    4. Chapter 18: ICEMAN COMETH
      1. Success leaves clues
      2. Breathwork. It is and it does!
      3. A cold shower a day keeps the doctor away
      4. The question is, is it worth all the fuss?
      5. Running your own experiment—Adapt more to endure less
      6. Power‐breathing respiratory protocol: When, where, and how often?
      7. Notes
    5. Chapter 19: TOP BOARDER THINGS
      1. Assuming the right identity
      2. Identity in high‐performing teams
    6. Chapter 20: IRONMAN® ATHLETE. TO BE OR NOT TO BE THAT IS THE QUESTION
      1. Swimming against the current
      2. Notes
    7. Chapter 21: NOW RISE UP
      1. You have a choice
      2. Adventure lies ahead
      3. Accept that you, too, are superhuman
  11. About the Author
  12. Index
  13. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: Unashamedly Superhuman
  • Author(s): Jim Steele
  • Release date: September 2022
  • Publisher(s): Capstone
  • ISBN: 9781119828518