Finding Your Zone: Ten Core Lessons for Achieving Peak Performance in Sports and Life
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Book Overview
The first research-based program to offer concise, clear ways to realize your best performance. As a therapist, physician, and mental coach, Dr. Michael Lardon has dedicated his career to helping athletes understand and better achieve peak performance. In Finding Your Zone, he shares with readers what he's discovered about reaching the state in which thoughts and actions are occurring in complete synchronicity, and how this state is accessible to all, not just the few. In ten key lessons illustrated by personal anecdotes from his clients' Lardon teaches readers how to access the zone not only in sports but in all aspects of their lives, by understanding how to: - Transform desire into will
- Channel emotions to victory
- Trust instincts and keep it simple
- Conquer fear through acceptance
- Perform under pressure
- Channel emotions to victory
- Trust instincts and keep it simple
- Conquer fear through acceptance
- Perform under pressure
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:039953427X
ISBN13:9780399534270
Release Date:June 2008
Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.3"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Customer Reviews
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Professional Work of the Highest Order
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
As an avid athlete and physician/psychiatrist myself, I found Dr. Lardon's book not only academically precise and professionally sound, but on a personal note, quite inspirational. The wealth of clinical experience he brings to his work with athletes lends a legitimacy that other so-called 'zone coaches' cannot claim. 'Finding Your Zone' is written in an easy, yet inspiring manner that will aid both the amateur and professional athlete alike, as well as anyone who cares about bringing to life their true best self. I have read much of the sport literature, and this book stands above the rest for its accessibility, its beautiful and relevant real-world examples, and Dr. Lardon's passion for his craft, which is evident from page one.
Finding your Zone
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
An elite athlete himself, Dr.Lardon's interest in achieving peak performance was formulated as a teenager on the world table tennis circuit. Fast forward several years and we find Dr. Lardon has finished medical school and undertaken a residency in psychiatry. His special interest...studying elite athletes and what separates the great ones from the rest of the field. From his 20 years of working closely with top athletes, Dr. Lardon has put together a book of relevant and fascinating observations. I particularly like the concept of "instant amnesia".
The Perfect Graduation Gift
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This book is the ideal graduation gift--imparting tools one can use the rest of their life. Most of us know the "zone" is out there, but don't really know what it is--Dr. Lardon helps us to understand and tap into that power in an easily understandable and entertaining way. I've read a lot of "self-help/motivational/discover the secret" books, and Finding Your Zone blows most of them away--it is a fun read and, most importantly, explains how one can look at things in a new and enlightened way. Highly recommended.
A must read for all athletes!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
By far the most practical and understandable explanation of a phenomenon that has always been described as magical and unexplainable. Dr. Lardon does a great job of explaining "The Zone" and gives all of us a handbook for achieving our own peak performance. This book is a must read for all athletes looking to take their game to the next level
How To Guide for Everyone, Not Just Athletes
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I like the fact that Dr. Lardon is an MD who has spent his entire professional career studying the connection between brain chemistry and peak performance. His research findings along with his anecdotes about famous athletes makes me realize that the Zone is real and attainable by all of us. I was fascinated by how he described Tiger's practice of "instant amnesia" and have begun implementing this technique into my daily life as a businessperson, husband and father! This book is how to guide not just for athletes. I would recommend the book to everyone who want more out of life.
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