These seminal books not only accelerated performance in professional sport but introduced the busines world to multiple high-performance models which have revolutionized not only the coaching industry globally but how organizations themselves can bring the best out in their people and truly achieve exceptional performance.

We stand in wonder at the process taking place and give the plant the care it needs at each stage of its development. Only by doing this do you give each other the opportunity to find out to what heights each can rise.Honestly this is one of the best book I've ever read, it really spoke to me on so many different levels. I'll be forever grateful for finding this book, and I suspect it'll be on my nightstand for many years to come. My ex-manager actually gifted this book to me, unaware I had heard about it from another friend a few months prior.

If it goes unchecked, this vicious cycle of self-judgment and shame it produces quickly becomes so massive that it’s hard to escape from. If you ask executives the meaning of the word work, they focus on work as doing something – as accomplishing a goal, such as providing a product or service.The Inner Game of Performance will change the way many people relate to their work, and perhaps even more important, it offers institutions a way to simultaneously facilitate accelerated performance, learning and satisfaction in the workplace. What is required to disengage oneself from this trap is a clear knowledge that the value of a human being cannot be measured by performance—or by any other arbitrary measurement. The human body can clearly do remarkable things on and off the tennis court—you just have to use it correctly. I found what helped me read this book was to imagine real scenarios in my head to try to apply the concepts more thoroughly. I wish I could say that it should be obvious, but he states it as a fact to be learned and not just a priori.

This gift is much greater than I could have imagined, and therefore time spent living it in a state of stress means I am missing a lot — on or off the court. He discovered it when it was first published in 1974 and was a proponent of its way of thinking for the remainder of his life. The timeless guide to achieving the state of “relaxed concentration” that’s not only the key to peak performance in tennis but the secret to success in life itself—part of the bestselling Inner Game series, with more than one million copies sold!Practical and theoretical guidance on the power of attention and focus, and the pivotal role these essential skills play in the game of tennis and the game of life. the key to better tennis—or better anything—lies in improving the relationship between the conscious teller, Self 1, and the natural capabilities of Self 2. I wont say that the author has come up with any ideas or concepts so revolutionary that they haven't been written in a dozen other books . A little self-doubt, an erroneous assumption, the fear of failure, will be all it takes to greatly diminish one’s performance.

We understand that not everyone can donate right now, but if you can afford to contribute, we promise it will be put to good use. We must become skilled in the art of redirecting our attention to something more valuable and productive. It doesn’t make much sense to be denigrating ourselves all the time for failing to complete actions that are remarkable.One thing I instinctively started doing (even before reaching that part of the book) was to let go of negative/positive judgement during a match by focusing on breathing. This is because Self 1 doesn’t care about these futile matches and Self 2 is allowed to play freely. The playlist includes “The Inner Game of Tennis(In a Nutshell)”, an audio segment taken from the audiobook 50 Success Classics by Tom Butler-Bowdon which providesan excellent overview of The Inner Game and the truly ground-breaking work that Tim brought to coaching, leadership and performance improvement.