Peak Performance: Mental Training Techniques of the World's Greatest Athletes [Paperback]

Charles A. Garfield (Author), Hal Zina Bennett (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 218 pages
• Publisher: Warner Books (September 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446391158
• ISBN-13: 978-0446391153
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #301,559 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding book - enhanced my sales career, July 5, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Peak Performance: Mental Training Techniques of the World's Greatest Athletes (Paperback)

Although this book appears to be only for sports and the athletic minded, Dr. Garfield also provides examples on how to use these techniques in business as well.

I used Dr. Garfield's techniques in the late 1980's and it made a significant difference in my sales career. I blew past previous limits and won sales contest after sales contest. The techniques work.

I noticed a previous reviewer mentioning NLP techniques. I know of many NLP practioners who wholly endorse Dr. Garfield and in the techniques are similiar. Both involve visualization. Dr. Garfield offers techniques that are not quite as complicated and deliver the same or similiar, or in some cases, better results.

Highly recommended if you can still get a copy. I also have a set of tapes by Dr. Garfield that he did for Nightingale-Conant back in the 80's.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still a winning formula, July 2, 2004

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Carl Matthews "dellites" (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peak Performance: Mental Training Techniques of the World's Greatest Athletes (Paperback)

How unfortunate that this great book with it's fantastic principles has been left behind in the wake of newer technologies like NLP.

I first became aware of Dr. Garfield back in 1984 when I was preparing for an athletic competition. I bought Peak Performance, began doing the exercises starting with volition using clusters and the other visualization exercises and it made a huge difference.

When going through a box of old books, I came across this book and started doing the exercises again. Still a winning formula, in my opinion as effective as NLP and a definite under-rated and nearly forgotten but excellent book.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Authoritative Work on Mental Training, July 11, 2000

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Ben Hardt (Cambridge, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peak performance: Mental training techniques of the world's greatest athletes (Paperback)

This book is accessible and pertinent to anyone who wants to perform more consistently and effectively. While it focuses on sports, it has a number of useful lessons that can be applied to any aspect of life. The book sets up a program step by step that builds on a very solid foundation of research in both the U.S. and the former U.S.S.R. All of the information is, and will continue to be pertinant. A friend lent me his copy and I was overwhelmed.