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How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life

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This New York Times bestselling, groundbreaking guide to success from America’s preeminent sports psychologist is “so good that this reviewer has recommended it to all, golfers and non-golfers alike” (Library Journal, starred review). Acclaimed sports psychologist Bob Rotella has advised everyone from professional golfers to NBA superstars to business executives on how to flourish under pressure and overcome challenges. “Rotella’s philosophy is astonishingly simple…his success rate…is phenomenal” (The New York Times). Now, for the first time, he’s distilled his decades of in-depth research and practical experience into a potential-unlocking guide for everyone, from businesspeople to athletes to parents. Most psychology is focused on trying to make abnormal people normal. Bob Rotella’s work is to make normal people exceptional. “Intriguing and persuasive” (Publishers Weekly), How Champions Think takes readers inside the minds of winners in many fields. It explores how to keep the mind from holding you back, whatever your physical gifts or other talents. It’s about how to make a commitment, how to persevere, how to deal with failure. It’s about how to train your mind to create a self-image that promotes confidence and accomplishment. Any successful life starts with how you see yourself. And with these pearls of wisdom from the nation’s preeminent sports psychologist, you can learn to achieve the success of your dreams. “Straightforward and simple...Do the math. Read Rotella” (The Wall Street Journal). Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition (May 24, 2016)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 7


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 47


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.38 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #18,523 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #9 in Golf (Books) #25 in Sports Psychology (Books) #543 in Success Self-Help


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    • Great reading!
Either you are an athlete, a business person, manager or just want to apply new winning concepts, this book is a must read for everybody wanting to learn how to carve their road to success.
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2024 by P. Cohen
    • practical and common sense
This book is for everyone that has ever set a goal to achieve something great. From small to large. It’s amazing how much common sense is built into this book but at the same time it will help one think beyond the obvious to things we often overlook as everyday people. Recommend this to everyone
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2025 by b s bartle
    • Fair enough, for a self help book
You know how like in the 2010's Malcolm Gladwell was basically paraphrasing Daniel Kahneman. Well Bob Rotella is basically paraphrasing Malcolm Gladwell. Anecdotal pseudoscience, drives me nuts, even when it is a feel-good outcome. Basic takeaways: are practice, a good attitude, skilled prioritization is what make people excel. Some other items, that I came to terms with as an adult are they you can't have it all at once (as in be a master-of-whatever and young kids). Also, think of practice in terms of opportunities rather than rote repetition. At this point in my life, I made a goal to be the number one reviewer on Amazon, specifically in books. I planned to do so by reading 3-5 books every month for the rest of my life. I read all kinds of books, including this one. Right now my ranking hovers around 6,000 but I have kids and I work so... Anyhow the writing starts out strong with great stories and outcomes, but the anecdotes peter towards the end of the book. Also, it assumes you know all the terminology of all the sports. I think as it applies to sports, the book is good, as it applies to business it is a starting point. It is true persistence is how you build a pipeline in sales, but that assumes you know how to talk to people first and deal with them. Might I recommend, if you are a young salesperson, reading some Dale Carnegie. The only change I plan to make in my life after this is....maybe take a lesson on golf terminology... ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2021 by DomeniqueMC
    • FIRE BOOK
This is a read and re-read! If you like sports and back stories this is a great book for mindset and getting out of a funk or even pushing harder.
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2024 by Isaac Millburn
    • What Separates Exceptional People from the Crowd?
It is well known that Dr. Bob Rotella has had several successful careers: as the director of sports psychology at the University of Virginia, as an author of eight best selling books and as a teacher of America’s most accomplished athletes, especially golfers. While much of his acclaim is in the sports field with the publication of How Champions Think, Dr. Rotella will gain wider recognition and become better known as a psychologist and teacher of all whose dream is to become “exceptional in their chosen field.” As a weekend golfer I have enjoyed Bob’s previous books and his most recent book, How Champions Think does not disappoint. Bob’s prose flows from golfing greats he has coached to his other clients in college basketball to major league baseball. The personal golfing lesson that hit home for me is that “it is better to love one-putting than to hate three putting.” This lesson has a deeper meeting for me as I consciously record the number of putts I take in in each round and circling three putts, as if I wish to remember my failures rather than my few one-putt greens. Bob’s focus on the positive is throughout How Champions Think but his philosophy is best explained in Chapter Eight… Learned Effectiveness: The Virtuous. While other cognitive psychologist like Martin Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania were evolving from “learned helplessness” to “learned optimism,” Bob was teaching the practical applications of “learned effectiveness” to people who want to be exceptional. Bob acknowledges William James as his role model in the field of psychology I believe both Bob and James would also subscribe to Heraclitus view… “The content of your character is your choice; day to day what you choose, what you think and what you do is what you become.” Bob profiles the character traits of exceptional people, using sports anecdotes to demonstrate traits like: confidence, optimism, patience, and devotion to commitment, perseverance and respect for your own talent. I intend to share How Champions Think with my friends in the post-traumatic growth movement so that they might pass on Bob’s learned effectiveness philosophy to our wounded warriors and others learning how to grow after suffering traumatic injuries. Bob is definitely old school, whether in describing his upbringing in Rutland Vermont or, lesson learned from the nuns in school or the wisdom he has picked up from coaches and mentors in decades of learning from other exceptional successful people. I hope young people will carefully read How Champions Think and follow Bob’s advice to go out and create their own reality. Thanks Bob for sharing your career of counseling all those who want to go for greatness. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2015 by Michael J. Kerrigan
    • Amazing book with great stories
The author knows how to think. I really enjoyed reading the stories where he coaches athletes on how to improve their thought processes. The book flows well and is engaging.
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2024 by Crex
    • Just as described
Liked the condition of book. Pages were very much like new. No jacket but no problem there. Hardback was in great condition and not broken down. Will be repeat customer.
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2024 by L. chinn
    • LIFE CHANGER
This book is LITERALLY one of the best books I've ever read in my life and is one of those books I think everyone should read over every single year on the clock. It is such a great reminder of everything it takes to be EXCEPTIONAL and GREAT! I gave this to my brother to read, who is a basketball player, and I think every athlete and every performer and every business owner should read it! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2023 by Amazon Customer

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