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- Have you ever wondered why some people thrive under intense pressure while others crumble, and how you can train your brain to be one of the elite performers?
- Did you know that the same psychological "boost" used by world-class athletes can be the secret weapon for success in the corporate boardroom?
- What if you could master the hidden mental habits that allow top-tier athletes to maintain focus and confidence even when the stakes are at their highest?
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Key Takeaways from Boost!
- Discover how setting highly specific, incremental short-term goals can dramatically improve your motivation and help you conquer massive long-term objectives.
- Learn how leaders can elevate a team's overall performance and create a 'self-fulfilling prophecy' by strategically boosting their expectations and self-confidence.
- Understand how to conquer performance anxiety by systematically building self-confidence through vicarious observation and low-pressure, firsthand experiences.
- Master a four-step process for breakthrough innovation by experimenting with unorthodox, counterintuitive ideas rather than relying strictly on conventional rationality.
- Find out how the proven, high-performance techniques of Olympic sports psychology can be seamlessly applied to boost morale and productivity in your everyday workplace.
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Boost! — Full Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Recommendation
Chapter 2: Boost motivation and productivity through setting precise goals.
Chapter 3: Leaders can enhance outcomes by raising players’ confidence and expectations.
Chapter 4: Innovation is a process that involves testing unconventional and unusual ideas.
Chapter 5: The most effective teams are cohesive.
Chapter 6: Effective teams maintain a clear hierarchical structure.
Chapter 7: Effective leaders are humble, they always seek improvement and they remain flexible in their methods.
Chapter 8: Visualizing a task with vivid imagination can help you improve performance.
Boost! Summary & Overview
In his book Boost! (2017), author Michael Bar-Eli uses decades of experience with world-class athletes, and the many hard-won lessons he’s learned along the way, to explain the dynamic power of sports psychology. The author not only shows how athletes can use psychology to their advantage, but how this element can be used to improve the performance of any team player, whether on the court or in the office.
Who Should Listen to Boost!?
- Leaders and aspiring leaders
- Readers interested in how psychology can improve performance
- Athletes and former athletes
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