Performance Development

Cameron Powell has always struggled with goodbyes. On the day his marriage ends, he finds out his mother's cancer has returned, and this time, there may be no escape. Faced with the prospect of more chemo and surgery, his German-born mother, Inge, vows to conquer a 500-mile trek across Spain, and Cameron pushes aside his fears to walk by her side.

Erfolg und Leistung haben sich heute voneinander entkoppelt. Nicht selten entscheidet die Herkunft, eine Erbschaft oder der Zufall über den eigenen Platz in der Gesellschaft. Doch während wir die Chancengleichheit schwinden sehen, wünschen wir uns nur noch sehnlicher, zu den Erfolgreichen zu gehören. Was gibt am Ende wirklich den Ausschlag? Und warum klammern wir uns an Versprechen, die sich immer öfter als leer erweisen?

Elite Performance Skills lists and explains essential skills which Elite Performers from all over the world use on a daily basis. Mastering these behaviors, mind-sets, attributes, and tools is guaranteed to improve your quality of life and make you more successful.

Whether you run your own business or work for someone else, you’ve probably got a lot on your plate. Along with the portion of your work that you truly feel like doing comes a generous helping of things you’d rather not do. As consultants, Steve Levinson and Chris Cooper have seen countless clients struggle - and often fail - to do the many success-producing things they know they should do but don’t feel like doing. The Power to Get Things Done will teach you how to consistently turn your good intentions into action so that you can be as successful as possible.

When Mindy and her best friend, B.J. Novak, are approached on a dark street by a Charles Manson-esque character, naturally they’re unnerved. Turns out he’s a huge fan of The Office! Now Mindy’s feeling a little judgy. But the night is young, unseasonably hot, and getting weirder. Mindy and B.J.’s brief encounter with the drifter is about to take an unexpected turn in Sunset Junction.

Thriving Through Your Storms is a no-nonsense, sincere, practical, no-fluff, engrossing life transformation instrument designed to catapult you beyond your obstacles, limitations, issues, adversity, and challenges into ultimate success in life and business. This book teaches you the psychology and the methodology for how to prepare for storms, bear storms, and repair after storms hit your life.

Brendon Burchard war besessen davon, drei Fragen zu beantworten: Warum haben manche Menschen schneller Erfolg als andere und das auch langfristig? Warum sind einige dabei unglücklich, andere stets glücklich? Und: Was motiviert sie zu mehr Erfolg, und welche Praktiken helfen am meisten? Nach 20 Jahren als weltweit führender High Performance Coach war klar: Es sind sechs Gewohnheiten die den entscheidenden Vorteil bringen. Diese kann jeder praktizieren, unabhängig von Alter, Karriere und Persönlichkeit. Neueste wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse und Alltagspraktiken veranschaulichen, wie sie jeder JETZT umsetzen kann.

A former Gallup Global Leadership Research and Development leader and the New York Times bestselling coauthor of Strengths-Based Leadership draw from original research comprising interviews with high-performing global leaders to present for the first time a new model that demystifies the aura and complexity surrounding high performing leaders.

Daniel Amen, MD, one of the world's foremost authorities on the brain, has news for you: your brain is involved in everything you do - learn to care for it properly, and you will be smarter, healthier, and happier in as little as 15 days!

The benefits of mindfulness for general well-being have been discussed extensively, but little has been written about how mindfulness can be applied to running. In this book, leading health and fitness journalist Mackenzie L. Havey explores how combining mindfulness with running can not only improve sporting performance but can also enhance overall health.

Fear, the most powerful force in our life, is the least understood. Every one of us experiences it. Many arrange their lives to avoid it. Yet nearly every one of us needs to find more fear. Change your relationship with fear, and you will change your life, like thousands of people around the world have. Most of us know fear as the unwanted force that drives phobias, anxieties, unhappiness, and inhibits self-actualization. Ironically, fear is the underlying phenomenon that heightens awareness and optimizes physical performance, and can drive ambition, courage, and success.

Leading health and performance coach Gerry Hussey tells an open, honest and mind-blowing story of self-discovery that takes us inside the heart and mind of a young boy who dared to ask deeper questions about the mind and soul. Bringing together insights from psychology, neuroscience, gut health, quantum physics, mindfulness and philosophy, the audiobook shows you how to break free from limiting and self-destructive habits and reclaim your inner world so that you can live as your truest and most powerful self.

In The Complete Man, Purdeep Sangha reveals the key strategies and practical action steps for ultimate personal performance and success in your business or career, passion in your relationships, and fulfillment in every area of life.

Welcome to the 9th Stratum: Your guide to high performance. The 9th Stratum concept was developed over two decades through the study, testing, and application of techniques and practices observed in low to high performers and validated with real world results. This revealed the specific performance-based skills, behaviors, routines, and habits that are practiced daily by high-performers from all industries. Understanding and applying these skills is critical for those who have yet to establish consistent goal achievement—and the success that follows.

The best-selling author of American Housewife is back with a fiercely funny collection of essays on marriage and manners, thank-you notes and three-ways, ghosts, gunshots, gynecology, and the Calgon-scented, onion-dipped, monogrammed art of living as a Southern lady.

Elite performers don't rely on talent alone. Rather, they harness the power of shifting between complementary mindsets - one for preparing effectively and one for delivering when it counts. In Shift Your Mind, you'll learn nine key mental shifts to elevate your preparation and your performance like an elite performer. You'll understand the importance of each of these shifts and when to make them.

There's no wrong way to be a woman. There are countless wrong ways to be a man. James Breakwell should know. He's tried just about all of them. Journalism. Pig ownership. Felony lawn gnome theft. Whatever masculinity is supposed to be, this can't be it. But can you really fail at something no one can quite define? Apparently. Now, in a series of funny, sharply observed, and occasionally poignant essays, everyone's favorite internet-famous father of four daughters lays down a lifetime of lessons in what it means to be a man.

These days, companies aren’t necessarily looking for the strongest employees or even the smartest ones, but they are rather looking for people whose natural charisma allows them to easily navigate through interpersonal relationships while also keeping their own emotions in check, which helps to ensure they are able to make the best possible choice, regardless of the situation. This ability is known as emotional intelligence, and if you are looking for a way to improve your own, then this is the audiobook for which you have been waiting.

When we set out to accomplish something big, there’s always a guarantee that challenges will arise. The key is to be resilient regarding those challenges and not let them deter us. Even if you are really close to giving up on your dreams, listen to the part of you, however small and quiet its voice, that wants to keep going.

The Winning Element: An Athlete’s Guide to Maximizing Mental & Physical Performance is the ultimate athlete development program! Whether you are looking to make the varsity team or the Olympic team, this book will accelerate your growth, shorten your learning curve, and help you achieve your success faster than you ever imagined. In The Winning Element, Deanna Schneyer shares her framework for peak performance that beautifully blends and balances the mind and the body.