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From Publishers Weekly
From 1987 to 1994, Murphy was the sports psychologist at the U.S. Olympic Committee's training center in Colorado. Now a private corporate consultant, he applies the sports notion of being "in the Zone," when athletes feel everything is going perfectly, to all fields of human endeavor. Skills required to enter the Achievement Zone include short-term focus on the stepping-stones to the ultimate goal; visualization of a good performance; analysis of weaknesses in order to overcome them; calm and confidence to overcome nervousness; concentration; the capacity to recharge; and, above all, consistency in both preparation and performance. The text is filled with examples from the careers of successful athletes, plus exercises, which may help readers apply the book's principles to their daily and business lives. Murphy's slant on self-help distinguishes his book from the derivative pack of such guides.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Sport psychologist Murphy applies his years of experience working with athletes to the world of business, explaining that, if applied to the technical aspects of a challenge, the eight mind/body skills he lists here would enhance the probability of success. He fully develops the mind/body skills of action focus, creative thinking, productive analysis, keeping cool, concentration, emotional power, energizing, and consistency with numerous practical, step-by-step approaches. For example, Murphy suggests that rather than focusing on a goal of losing weight, one should focus instead on any number of more specific actions, such as reducing daily fat intake. Murphy's work nicely complements Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's more cerebral Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (LJ 3/15/90) in a useful guide to a new way of approaching life and especially athletic training. As with any self-help work, the difference lies in the commitment to following this sound advice. Recommended for academic libraries supporting a sport or business psychology curriculum.?Dale Farris, Groves, Tex.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From 1987 to 1994, Murphy was the sports psychologist at the U.S. Olympic Committee's training center in Colorado. Now a private corporate consultant, he applies the sports notion of being "in the Zone," when athletes feel everything is going perfectly, to all fields of human endeavor. Skills required to enter the Achievement Zone include short-term focus on the stepping-stones to the ultimate goal; visualization of a good performance; analysis of weaknesses in order to overcome them; calm and confidence to overcome nervousness; concentration; the capacity to recharge; and, above all, consistency in both preparation and performance. The text is filled with examples from the careers of successful athletes, plus exercises, which may help readers apply the book's principles to their daily and business lives. Murphy's slant on self-help distinguishes his book from the derivative pack of such guides.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Sport psychologist Murphy applies his years of experience working with athletes to the world of business, explaining that, if applied to the technical aspects of a challenge, the eight mind/body skills he lists here would enhance the probability of success. He fully develops the mind/body skills of action focus, creative thinking, productive analysis, keeping cool, concentration, emotional power, energizing, and consistency with numerous practical, step-by-step approaches. For example, Murphy suggests that rather than focusing on a goal of losing weight, one should focus instead on any number of more specific actions, such as reducing daily fat intake. Murphy's work nicely complements Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's more cerebral Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (LJ 3/15/90) in a useful guide to a new way of approaching life and especially athletic training. As with any self-help work, the difference lies in the commitment to following this sound advice. Recommended for academic libraries supporting a sport or business psychology curriculum.?Dale Farris, Groves, Tex.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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