It explains in scientific terms of some of the principles set out by Gerber in his book and it has helped me to understand why some of my most successful clients have done so well, often after years of struggling and learning from their mistakes (i. There's another very interesting chapter which has some new ways to think about performance enhancing substances and methods. What I like about his version is that he discusses themes like "choking" and placebo effects that are - but not exclusively - seen in sports. Kniha ale dobře rozvádí určité fenomény, které vyvrací zažité stereotypy a ustálené (chybné) myšlenkové modely.

It can also cause people who are performing well to become complacent, assuming that they are so talented that success is assured.These institutions "insist on placing inexperienced individuals--albeit with strong reasoning skills--in positions of power". One of the most remarkable findings of modern psychology is the extraordinary capacity of human beings to mould the evidence to fit their beliefs rather than the other way around; it is our capacity to believe in spite of the evidence and sometimes in spite of our other deeply held beliefs”. But what the crowd see is the present moment, he explains, and not all the falls and hard work in the past. The author's answers are surely light (that's not his main topic, having said that) but, I found such ending a nice way to close it all.

That failures are opportunities to learn, and that abilities can be transformed through applications.If you tell a maths class of 30 students: “if you practice hard, you will become top in the class” you are lying to 29 of them. I would highly recommend this book for everyone regardless wherever you do sports, it's gonna give you a new perspective on success, talent and hard work which is vital to understand. Compelling and, at times, exhilarating – Bounce explains high achievement in sport, business and beyond. The only difference is that the author makes a foray into the topic of sports more than his predecessors but I found it to be interesting but impractical.