The Art of Winning: America's Most Successful Competitor Shows How To Motivate-And Win-In Business And In Life! (Mass Market Paperback)

by Dennis Conner (Author) "In 1983 after we lost the America's Cup to australia II, not many supporters were rushing forward to support Dennis Conner's next America's Cup effort..." (more)
Key Phrases: America's Cup, San Diego, Michael Fay (more...)

Editorial Reviews

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"Great management tips from...a winner in whatever he does...I'm convinced!" --Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute Manager

"A solid 'how-to' message...written by a winner to those who sincerely want to win. It's good-very good." --Zig Ziglar, author of See You At the Top

"If you want to be a winner-read this book!" --Ted Turner, President & Chairman, Turner Broadcasting System, former America's skipper.
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"Great management tips from...a winner in whatever he does...I'm convinced!" --Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute Manager

"A solid 'how-to' message...written by a winner to those who sincerely want to win. It's good-very good." --Zig Ziglar, author of See You At the Top

"If you want to be a winner-read this book!" --Ted Turner, President & Chairman, Turner Broadcasting System, former America's skipper.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 212 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (March 15, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312920989
• ISBN-13: 978-0312920982
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,186,550 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than it seems, March 14, 2003

By	John Lacey (San Luis Obispo, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a formulaic book with a great message. The writing style may drive you nuts, but the message about the commitment to performance is there. My favorite people are those who truly love something, especially something with measured performance, and Dennis Conner clearly loves winning yacht races. This book isn't about yacht races (there are other Dennis Conner books about that), it's about winning at whatever you do. I return often to this book for motivation and ideas on how to improve.

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Motivational Primer for the Small Business, December 23, 2005

By	J. E. Robinson - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

think this is a book for two reasons. Many motivational or business books are about a guy that either started a big company because of a great product and statistically that is just a small number of business people (like a Bill Gates) or they are an executive that was a success in a larger organization (like Jack Welch) or they got a head start with a family business (like Sumner Redstone or Ted Turner). But here is a book about a small business operator. He is much closer to the average guy. He was running in fact a small business both inside and outside of competitive yachting.

Secondly he covers all the basic fundamentals in motivation and planning. I will not review them again here - you can look at the index - but it is simply a great summary of things to do and attitudes that must be developed.

This is a short but powerful book just 200 pages long and costing now only $5.00.

3 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dennis Conner and Pat Summitt, April 3, 2000

By A Customer

Both the best of books. There is no one better.