Get Motivated!: Daily Psych-Ups [Paperback]

Kara Farley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 28, 1994

For readers who work out daily, play weekend sports, or compete professionally, this little book offers inspiring thoughts and the wisdom of such masters as Chris Evert and Michael Jordan, motivating and encouraging them to set goals and build confidence.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Fireside (April 28, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671881000
• ISBN-13: 978-0671881009
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,046,272 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great buy, April 9, 1998

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This review is from: Get Motivated!: Daily Psych-Ups (Paperback)

If you do not want to read complex motivational and psychiatric theory about athletic and mental performance, this is the perfect read, because its daily motivations are not only trenchant and stirring, they are also meaningful and evocative. Not all 365 mini-essay will pump you up, but I dare say everyone, anyone, who takes his training seriously can find at least 10 passages he will bookmark and refer constantly to for inspiration. This is really good, the only one of its kind I know, I'd buy it if I could decide all over again.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Material to Feed Your Motivation!, October 24, 2004

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Dr. W. G. Covington, Jr. (Edinboro, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Get Motivated!: Daily Psych-Ups (Paperback)

Achievers from diverse backgrounds are quoted in this collection of inspirational thoughts for each day of the year, but if you're like me you go ahead and read the material from cover-to-cover and not stretch it out. Either way, there's fuel for creative thought in this book.

There are so many good options one could pick to illustrate that virtually any place in the book provides a good sampling. "I will look at every victory as inspiration to keep moving forward," is one such quote. On achieving where you are, we're told, "The trick is to take what we have been given and make it work for us." And on the equal opportunity positive principles provide to everyone, consider this, "We can all prove that great things can happen to ordinary people, because hard work and perseverance are incredibly powerful and effective--should we decide to employ them."

Challenges are not meant to defeat one, but to increase one's effectiveness. "It's incredibly satisfying to face a challenge head-on and come through successfully," they write. Passion is power! We're reminded, "When our hearts are in it, we bring all of ourselves into the game." Such nuggets as these help you to keep going when challenges arise. My reason for not giving the book a perfect score is they bring all philosophies into one whole. I do not share the same worldview as some of the persons quoted.