Joe De Sena, Ben Askren, David Sacks

Extreme Balance

Paradoxical Principles That Make You a Champion

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Produktbeschreibung

"Three world-class experts on performance, motivation, grit, and competition unveil the paradoxical principles that are crucial to understanding what it takes to become a champion"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Entrepreneur Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781642011777
• ISBN-10: 1642011770
• Artikelnr.: 69825064

Autorenporträt

Joe De Sena, the founder and CEO of Spartan, a leading global endurance sports brand, grew up in working-class Queens. From a young age, he showed an entrepreneurial spirit, establishing a multimillion-dollar pool cleaning business before venturing into Wall Street and launching his own trading firm. In 2001, he left Wall Street for Riverside Farm in Vermont, where his passion for adventure races led to the creation of Spartan Race.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface by Ben Askren
INTRODUCTION: EXTREME BALANCE: A Paradoxical Quest
SECTION I: The Hypocritical Mind: The Data, The Science, What We Know 
CHAPTER 1: Where Salt Meets Pepper
CHAPTER 2: The Problem with Extremism
CHAPTER 3: The Importance of Flexibility 
CHAPTER 4: How Champions Become Champions 
SECTION II: The False Dichotomies: “And” Over “Or”
CHAPTER 5: Caring Deeply AND Keeping it in Perspective
CHAPTER 6: Focusing on Process AND Focusing on the Outcome
CHAPTER 7: Thinking You’re Good Enough AND Thinking You’re Never Good
Enough
CHAPTER 8: Respecting Your Opponent AND Crushing Your Opponent
CHAPTER 9: Preparing for Anything AND Expecting the Unexpected
CHAPTER 10: Using Your Head AND Using Your Instinct
CHAPTER 11: Pushing Through Pain AND Pulling Back the Reins
CHAPTER 12: Being an Individual AND Being a Team Player
CONCLUSION: Sport as Preparation for Life, Except When It’s Not
Appendix: The Path to EXTREME BALANCE