Brad Stulberg

Steve Magness

What Makes Great? A few common principles drive performance, regardless of the field or the task at hand. Whether someone is trying to qualify for the Olympics, break ground in mathematical theory, or craft an artistic masterpiece, many of the practices that lead to great success are the same. In Peak Performance, Brad Stulberg, a former McKinsey and Company consultant and journalist who covers health and the science of human performance, and Steve Magness, a performance scientist and coach of world-class athletes, team up to demystify these practices and demonstrate how everyone can achieve their best. The first book of its kind, Peak Performance combines the inspiring stories of top performers across a range of capabilities—from athletic to intellectual to artistic—with the latest scientific insights into the cognitive and neurochemical factors that drive performance in all domains. In doing so, Peak Performance uncovers new links that hold promise as performance enhancers but that have been overlooked in our traditional ways of thinking. The result is a life-changing book in which you will learn how to enhance your performance by optimally alternating between periods of intense work and rest; priming your body and mind for enhanced productivity; and developing and harnessing the power of a self-transcending purpose. In revealing the science of great performance and the stories of great performers across a wide range of capabilities, Peak Performance uncovers the secrets of success, and coaches you on how to use them. If you want to take your game to the next level, whatever "your game" might be, Peak Performance will teach you how.

Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success

Peak Performance

A Transformative Path to Success That Feeds--Not Crushes--Your Soul

The Practice of Groundedness

Common advice is to find and follow your passion. A life of passion is a good life, or so we are told. But it's not that simple. The same drive that fuels breakthroughs--whether they're athletic, scientific, entrepreneurial, or artistic--can be every bit as destructive as they are productive. Yes, passion can be a wonderful gift, but only if you know how to use it. If you're not careful, passion can become an awful curse, leading to suffering and burnout. Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness once again team up, this time to demystify passion, showing readers how they can find their passion, sustainably harness its power, and avoid its dangers. They ultimately argue that passion and balance--that other virtue touted by our culture--are incompatible, and that to find your passion, you must lose balance. And they show how to develop the right kind of passion, the kind that lets you achieve great things without ruining your life. Swift, compact, and powerful, this thought-provoking book combines captivating stories of extraordinarily passionate individuals with the latest science on the biological and psychological factors that give rise to passion.

How to Find, Harness, and Get the Most Out of Your Passion

Obsessed

A revelatory book on rethinking change and creating a rugged and flexible mindset amidst life's intensifying flux, from expert on sustainable excellence, coach, and bestselling author of The Practice of Groundedness.

From social disruptions like economic recessions, pandemics, and new technologies to individual disruptions like getting married, career transitions, and becoming a parent, we undergo change and transformation—both good and bad—regularly. Change is not the exception, it’s the rule. Yet we endlessly fight it, often viewing it as a threat to our stability and sense of self.

Master of Change flips this script on its head and offers a path for embracing and even growing from life’s constant instability.

Brad Stulberg, sustainable excellence expert, coach, and bestselling author of The Practice of Groundedness,offers a new model that describes change as an ongoing cycle of order, disorder, and reorder—yes, we return to stability, but that stability is somewhere new. Drawing on modern science, ancient wisdom, and daily practice, Stulberg offers concrete principles for developing a mindset called rugged flexibility, along with habits and practices to implement it. Along the way, Stulberg reveals:

How to be in conversation with change instead of it happening to you.
The importance of expectations
Why cultivating a rugged yet flexible sense of self is key to a strong identity.
How to take productive action during a challenge.
The paradox of both making meaning and moving forward.
In the end, Stulbergreshapes our entire perception of change and shows us how to grow in its midst—ultimately helping us move forward better, stronger, and wiser than we were before.

How to Excel When Everything Is Changing – Including You

Master of Change

Es gibt eine Handvoll Prinzipien die Bestleistung ermöglichen, egal in welcher Disziplin. Brad Stulberg, ehemaliger McKinsey-Berater, und Steve Magness, Trainer olympischer Athleten, haben das Phänomen Spitzenleistung und das dazugehörige Mindset erstmals wissenschaftlich untersucht. Das Ergebnis: Es spielt keine Rolle, in welchem Bereich man zu Höchstformen auflaufen will – mit dem perfekten Mindset jeder kann für sich eine Strategie finden, die unabhängig vom gesteckten Ziel funktioniert und sich bei der beruflichen Karriere, sportlichen Wettkämpfen und kreativen Prozessen, ja sogar im Privatleben anwenden lässt. Das perfekte Mindset kombiniert inspirierende Geschichten von Top-Performern aus Sport, Forschung und Kunst mit den neuesten Erkenntnissen der Neurowissenschaften – ein lebensveränderndes Strategiebuch, das alle Geheimnisse des Wegs zum Erfolg offen legt. - Wie jeder physisch und mental in allen Bereichen des Lebens mit dem optimalen Mindset Höchstleistung vollbringen und Burn-out vermeiden kann - Eine einzigartige Kombination aus inspirierenden Geschichten von Top-Performern aus Sport, Forschung und Kunst und den neuesten Erkenntnissen der Neurowissenschaften

Absolute Spitzenleistung mit den neuesten wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen erreichen

Das perfekte Mindset – Peak Performance

˜Dasœ perfekte Mindset

National Bestseller "Change is inevitable. Will you let this reality destabilize or empower you? Brad Stulberg's immensely wise and timely book provides a powerful roadmap for a tumultuous world."--Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work A revelatory book on rethinking change, developing resilience, and creating a rugged and flexible mindset amidst life's intensifying flux from writer, coach, and bestselling author of The Practice of Groundedness. From social disruptions like economic recessions, pandemics, and new technologies to individual disruptions like getting married or divorced, illness and injury, career transitions, and becoming a parent, we undergo change and transformation--both good and bad--regularly. Change is not the exception. It's the rule. Yet we endlessly fight it, often viewing it as a threat to our stability and sense of self. Master of Change flips this script on its head and offers a path for finding strength and stability amid the chaos of life. Brad Stulberg draws on cutting-edge science, ancient wisdom, and daily practice to help you develop a mindset called rugged flexibility, as well as habits and practices to implement it. He reveals: How to be in conversation with change instead of it happening to you The importance of expectations Why cultivating a rugged yet flexible sense of self is key to a strong identity How to stay consistent on the things that matter to you most How to take productive action during uncertainty The power of embracing tragic optimism Stulberg reshapes our entire perception of change and shows us how to use it to grow--helping us to be better, stronger, and wiser than we were before.

The Case for Rugged Flexibility

'A powerful alternative to burnout culture and digital distraction' CHARLES DUHIGG, author of the bestsellers The Power of Habit and Supercommunicators Are the conveniences and distractions of modern life undermining your personal growth and ability to realise your true potential? Each of us has an innate drive for progress and growth. It's why we feel alive and fulfilled when we channel that drive into meaningful goals, be it starting a business, writing a book, learning an instrument, studying a craft or training for a marathon. Excellence is not a destination so much as an energising process of growth and becoming - one that yields our best performances and, every bit as important, our best selves. Except too often the hustle of our demanding, distracting and fad-driven lives works against us, leaving us frustrated, unfulfilled and unable to focus on what really matters. Performance coach and international bestselling author Brad Stulberg offers a fascinating new theory of excellence and why our pursuit of it is integral to personal growth, satisfaction and lasting well-being. Stulberg will help you reclaim your excellence by teaching you how to define, live and work in alignment with your values, cultivate focus and concentration, prioritise consistency over intensity, build durable confidence, and develop the courage to care deeply. Eye-opening, informative and empowering, The Way of Excellence will give you a new perspective on prioritising excellence and building a more fulfilling life around it.

A Guide to True Greatness and Deep Satisfaction in a Chaotic World

The Way of Excellence

How to Excel When Everything Is Changing - Including You

'Brad Stulberg is the writer I turn to for examinations of success in all of its personal and professional complexities' - David Epstein Master of Change is offers a captivating and compelling new framework for negotiating our changing world and workplace, and going on to thrive within uncertainty. While we see change as an exception and instability as something to overcome, change is actually an enduring principle of all our lives. Indeed, research shows that, on average, people experience thirty-six major 'disorder events' in the course of their adulthood. The mark of success is how we can flourish not by fighting but by embracing change. Borrowing from the high-performance world of business, resilience-training and mindset-hacking, science and spirituality, philosophy and psychology, bestselling author and coach Brad Stulberg equips the reader with 'rugged flexibility' - a revelatory new framework to help overcome the challenge of change. When we start to implement rugged flexibility, we learn to view change as ongoing cycle of order, disorder, and reorder, and we become adept at thriving in the midst of flux. The result of becoming a master of change is to be less stressed, less anxious and more confident, to experience sustained performance at work and beyond, and be happier and more fulfilled in life.

Vivimos en la era de la competitividad extrema, por lo que somos muchos los que deseamos saber cómo podemos mejorar nuestro rendimiento de manera eficaz y sin que nuestra salud resulte perjudicada. Las fórmulas que han reportado mayores éxitos a los expertos Steve Magness, entrenador deportivo de élite, y Brad Stulberg, experto en salud y consultor financiero, son tan sorprendentes como fáciles de llevar a la práctica: pasar un rato en compañía de los amigos, alternar periodos de trabajo intenso con etapas de descanso, crear ambientes distendidos, priorizar tareas, minimizar las distracciones o preparar adecuadamente el cuerpo y la mente para hacer frente a los desafíos que nos preocupan. Con inspiradores ejemplos de personalidades destacadas del mundo del deporte, las artes y los negocios, así como los últimos descubrimientos científicos sobre los factores cognitivos y bioquímicos que impulsan y mejoran la productividad, Máximo rendimiento nos revela los métodos más prometedores, éticos y revolucionarios para poder dar lo mejor de nosotros mismos, sea cual sea nuestro campo de interés.

Sube de nivel, evita el agotamiento y prospera con la nueva ciencia del éxito

Máximo rendimiento

The coauthors of the bestselling Peak Performance dive into the fascinating science behind passion, showing how it can lead to a rich and meaningful life while also illuminating the ways in which it is a double-edged sword. Here’s how to cultivate a passion that will take you to great heights—while minimizing the risk of an equally great fall. Common advice is to find and follow your passion. A life of passion is a good life, or so we are told. But it's not that simple. Rarely is passion something that you just stumble upon, and the same drive that fuels breakthroughs—whether they're athletic, scientific, entrepreneurial, or artistic—can be every bit as destructive as it is productive. Yes, passion can be a wonderful gift, but only if you know how to channel it. If you're not careful, passion can become an awful curse, leading to endless seeking, suffering, and burnout. Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness once again team up, this time to demystify passion, showing readers how they can find and cultivate their passion, sustainably harness its power, and avoid its dangers. They ultimately argue that passion and balance--that other virtue touted by our culture--are incompatible, and that to find your passion, you must lose balance. And that's not always a bad thing. They show readers how to develop the right kind of passion, the kind that lets you achieve great things without ruining your life. Swift, compact, and powerful, this thought-provoking book combines captivating stories of extraordinarily passionate individuals with the latest science on the biological and psychological factors that give rise to—and every bit as important, sustain—passion.

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