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The Winner's Way : A proven method for achieving your personal best in any situation [Hardcover]

Pamela Brill (Author)
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June 18, 2004

Create personal best performance at will—and revel in the achievement!

If you have ever watched athletes performing at their best, you have witnessed the power of “the Zone”—that state where everything clicks and personal and team bests are the norm. In The Winner’s Way, Dr. Pam Brill tells readers how they, too, can achieve the Zone of top performance, turning goals – whether in the wide world of sports, work or daily life—into positive, results-driving action. With her 3 A’s – activation, attention and attitude—Dr. Brill supercedes previous wisdom by systematically bringing together these three crucial elements to hurdle personal obstacles and finish—again and again—always the winner. Out of her years of research on peak performance in sport and work, coaching to elite athletes and top corporations, and teaching at Dartmouth Medical School, Brill, a psychologist, has put together, and field tested, her unique Winner’s Way™ system. The Winner’s Way offers readers a proven, user-friendly method to identify, engage, and drive strategic change for continual achievement in the face of never-ending challenge. That racing heart and those white knuckles? They’re the result of the chemical deluge that ramps activation to high speed—but without proper 3A alignment, this power within can derail attention and attitude. Tunnel vision is no accident. Negative beliefs about self and potential will always get in the way. Plagued instead by listlessness, wandering attention, an apathetic attitude? These are all due to another chemical reaction—with symptoms readers learn to identify and then re-ramp to their best strengths. Throughout The Winner’s Way, Dr. Brill provides example after example so readers can adapt, according to their personal make-up, the steps to winning achievement that become second nature.

On command, our readers will learn to:

  • Change a poor attitude
  • Pull out of a downspin
  • Use language as an arsenal, fortress, and medic
  • "Debrief" from experiences by identifying what was done well—and what should be done differently next time
  • Examine and challenge habitual assumptions . . .
  • plus deploy strategies for dealing with performance anxiety, fear of rejection, technology overload, and more to help recapture their love for the game of life.

    The Winner’s Way is straight forward, makes sense—and it works! Let the game of life begin! On your marks, get set, go!



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Disorganized and confusing, Brill’s program for achieving personal and professional success often seems more like a maze than a winner’s way. A "change agent" who has worked as a consultant and a leadership coach, Brill argues that activation, attention and attitude are the "three core elements that, when aligned at optimal levels, hold the power to boost you into and keep you in the Zone." Her program for achieving "the 3 A’s" draws on a mix of self-help methods, scientific reports, cognitive psychology and coaching tactics that have proven useful to other writers and therapists. But the author’s disjointed style and mixed metaphors make these familiar techniques needlessly complicated. Jargon involving "propellers," "plungers" and the "arc of engagement" muddles the main message: motivation is largely internal and performance can be improved by good habits.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

From the Author

Licensed Psychologist, Dr. Pamela Brill, draws on over twenty years of experience consulting in diverse settings including medical clinics, community mental health, competitive sports fields, corporations and political arenas. Dr. Brill taught at Dartmouth Medical School for almost as decade as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry during which time she consulted to Dartmouth College Athletics athletes, teams and coaches. Drawing from a broad base of applied and academic experiences, including her own research that has been presented to international audiences of behavioral scientists, Dr. Brill provides customized consultations, seminars, and speaking and coaching services. Her Winner’s Way system provides a systematic method to maximize performance and enjoyment for work, sports, and other life endeavors including rebuilding health after life-altering injuries and trauma.

Dr. Brill has provided educational seminars to thousands of people on using the 3-element system of The Winner’s Way to improve performance, communications and relationships including negotiations, and to move strategy from visions to actions on the work, sports, and home fronts through her New Hampshire-based firm, In The Zone, Inc.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (June 18, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 007142363X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0071423632
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #695,746 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Pam Brill's book is great !, July 5, 2004
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Richard Karash (New England, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Winner's Way : A proven method for achieving your personal best in any situation (Hardcover)
Pam Brill's new book is a great addition to the available knowledge about being "in the zone."

Being "in the zone" brings increased performance in most any field. You know when you're in the zone... and when you are not. Many authors and teachers have described the wonders of being in the zone how how to get there. Some of the methods really work.

Being in the zone is an important tool for me. I use it in sports (golf), when solving problems, and when working to be in just the right mindset for teaching and facilitating. Another label for this physical/mental state is being "centered." I've had some good teachers.

Trouble is, sometimes it's hard to stay in the zone. More troubling, when it's not working for me, I don't know what's wrong, don't have any diagnostics, and it's hard to get back.

Pam has some great insights about the details of what "the zone" is... She takes it apart into three A's: attitude, awareness, and activation, their mutual interactions, and how all this can go wrong. She has diagnostics which lead to "if this.. then do this.." strategies for getting back in the zone when it drifts away.

I can highly recommend this book for anyone wanting to make "being in the zone" a more reliable tool, ready at hand, for work or play.

-=- Richard Karash

p.s. I offer these disclosures: I am posting with my real name; my work is teaching and facilitating Organizational Learning (see works by Peter Senge, for example). I have bought Pam Brill's book, read it, and used it as I have described. I met Pam Brill socially, and we discovered our mutual interests. I have no financial connection in this matter. Interested parties may contact me (google my name to find me).

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Pam's book is a helpful tool for everyone!, July 7, 2004
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Pam's book provides diagnostic and motivational methods that are helpful for everyone, regardless of age or profession. As a school administrator, I find her methods applicable to both my team of teachers and to my students. Whether you're looking to make major personal or professional life changes or if you're feeling good, but want to be doing and feeling great, this book provides a valuable blueprint to help you.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Living In The Zone, July 12, 2004
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Until I read this life changing book by Pam Brill, I had thought getting "in the Zone", that best of all places to be, happened by luck alone. Discovering that there is a method to systematically get "in the Zone" is cause for elation! Pam Brill's research and real-world testing are reflected in the case studies that weave throughout the book and prove the effectiveness of her method. In today's world of living on alert, Pam offers a simple and effective strategy we can all use to live our business and personal lives purposefully and fully.
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activation style, excess activation, attentional style, organizational bests, drop your jaw, thought balloon, mental stance, personal markers, optimal activation, true engagement, stress chemicals
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