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In the Zone

How Champions Think and Win Big

Clyde Brolin
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Pages
320
Year
2017
Language
English

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Discover the untapped power of the human mind

How do champions like Lewis Hamilton, Novak Djokovic and Usain Bolt suppress their fear of failure and find the belief to win? How did Michael Phelps and Jessica Ennis-Hill visualise their own future? What exactly is 'The Zone'? And how do you get there?

Drawing on over one hundred exclusive interviews with the world's elite stars of sports ranging from boxing to rugby union, Formula One to the Paralympics, Clyde Brolin sets out to discover the secrets of true success and show how they can be used by all of us in our own lives, whoever we are.

'PEOPLE LOOK AT CHAMPIONS AND THINK THEY'RE A DIFFERENT BREED, BUT WE ALL UNDERESTIMATE WHAT WE'RE CAPABLE OF' CHRIS HOY

'THE MAGIC LIVES INSIDE EVERY ONE OF US - DESPITE OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR STRUGGLES AND OUR DOUBTS' CATHY FREEMAN Clyde Brolin began his career working in F1 and has been covering the sports as journalist for a number of years. His first book Overdrive was shortlisted for Best New Writer at the British Sports Book Awards. Packed with hundreds of exclusive interviews with top sports stars, here are the secrets of how to gain a champion's mindset Drawn from 100 exclusive interview with some of the biggest names in sports including Novak Djokovic, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Sebastian Vettel, Felix Baumgartner, Michael Phelps, Michael Johnson and many, many more Smart thinking meets sport in the vein of Matthew Syed's Bounce (150k sold), David Epstein's The Sports Gene (20k sold) and Ed Smith's What Sport Tells Us About Life (25k sold) Psychology and self help: a book for the boardroom as much as the changing room. Clyde Brolin's previous book Overdrive was shortlisted for Best New Writer at the British Sports Book Awards. This is thrilling, enlightening and compelling Clyde Brolin truly captures the passion I experienced and translates it into words... In The Zone is one hell of a book! Remarkable stories and insights. In The Zone's fascinating collection of interviews draws out the simple attributes required to achieve incredible results. This succinct and exciting message deserves to be successful. In this fascinating read, Clyde Brolin reminds us just how powerful our mind is. The descriptions of being in the Zone are almost spiritual and Brolin uncovers fantastic nuggets of advice for those who "dare to dream". This book is hard to put down. The joy is that you know you'll delve into the mind of yet another big name when you turn the page, but you never know who is next... A must-read for anyone who craves a deeper understanding of how the three-pound lump in a sportsperson's head can be controlled.

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