Executive Toughness
The Mental-Training Program to Increase Your Leadership Performance
By: Jason Selk, Ph.D.
Published: November 3, 2011
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
ISBN-10: 0071786783
ISBN-13: 978-0071786782
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
"You begin to approach greatness when you know how you define your own version of success and dedicate yourself to performing at or above your potential on a consistent basis in service of those life goals", writes one of the premier performance coaches of athletes, coaches and business executives in the United States, Jason Selk, Ph.D., in his inspirational and hands on book Executive Toughness: The Mental-Training Program to Increase Your Leadership Performance. The author describes how talent is not as important for achieving top performance as being mentally tough, and shares proven techniques for learning mental toughness in any field.
Jason Selk understands the importance of mental toughness for high performance athletes. As director of mental training for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2006, they became World Series champions for the first time in two decades. He then helped the Cardinals win the World Series again in 2011. For Jason Selk, the techniques that worked so effectively for champion baseball players, work equally as well for executives in any industry. The author provides those winning techniques, that anyone can learn and put into practice, to achieve success in any endeavor. Instead of the limiting behaviors and negative mindsets that prevent executives from reaching the top of their game, the author demonstrates how the concept of mental toughness will replace those problems that result in performance reduction.
Jason Selk, Ph.D. (photo left) recognizes that any approach to achieving executive toughness must be simple to understand, and applicable in a wide variety of circumstances. The author points out that executive toughness is the natural outgrowth of mental toughness, defined as the ability to focus on and execute solutions, even in the face of adversity.
The concept of mental toughness may be simple, writes Jason Selk, but that in no way means that it is easy. For the author, that means working hard at the principles and exercises to strengthen the mental muscles. The author provides the overarching principles that provide a fresh focus to one's thinking, and replaces the previous modes of thought that sabotaged success. The three fundamentals of top performance and success are as follows:
* Accountability: Admit mistakes, correct them, and learn from them
* Focus: Concentrate on strengths, winning, and achieving goals
* Optimism: Replace belief in succeeding with knowing success will happen
For me, the power of the book is how Jason Selk provides a strong theoretical framework, that is both understandable and effective, and shares the techniques and practices to make it a reality. The author offers a book that is also a workbook, filled with daily exercises for strengthening mental muscles, and for achieving top performance. The techniques presented are proven in the real world ranging from top level sports stadiums to major corporate boardrooms.
Along with the development of stronger resolve to succeed, the author also demonstrates how to remove those previously limiting beliefs that either resulted in blocking success, or even caused outright failure. Through following the program presented in the book, anyone can develop mental toughness, and succeed in overcoming any challenges. The author is honest enough to point out that the system is not easy, but instead offers a challenge that is truly rewarding.
I highly recommend the motivational and real world tested book Executive Toughness: The Mental-Training Program to Increase Your Leadership Performance by Jason Selk. Ph.D., to anyone in business, government agencies, sports, non-profit organizations, the professions, or in their personal lives seeking a proven and practical guide to achieving peak performance and success in any endeavor. This book will transform anyone, who is willing to put in the work and practice the exercises, into an individual who excels in any walk of life.
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