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  • Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success
  • Written by: Brad Stulberg, Steve Magness
  • Narrated by: Christopher Lane
  • Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (366 ratings)

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Winner of the 2018 Audie Award for Best Business/Personal Development Audiobook

"A transfixing book on how to sustain peak performance and avoid burnout" ― Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Option B, Originals, and Give and Take

"An essential playbook for success, happiness, and getting the most out of ourselves." ― Arianna Huffington, author of Thrive and The Sleep Revolution

"I doubt anyone can read Peak Performance without itching to apply something to their own lives." ― David Epstein, New York Times bestselling author of The Sports Gene

A few common principles drive performance, regardless of the field or the task at hand. Whether someone is trying to qualify for the Olympics, break ground in mathematical theory or craft an artistic masterpiece, many of the practices that lead to great success are the same. In Peak Performance, Brad Stulberg, a former McKinsey and Company consultant and journalist who covers health and the science of human performance, and Steve Magness, a performance scientist and coach of Olympic athletes, team up to demystify these practices and demonstrate how everyone can achieve their best.

The first book of its kind, Peak Performance combines the inspiring stories of top performers across a range of capabilities - from athletic, to intellectual, to artistic - with the latest scientific insights into the cognitive and neurochemical factors that drive performance in all domains. In doing so, Peak Performance uncovers new linkages that hold promise as performance enhancers but have been overlooked in our traditionally-siloed ways of thinking. The result is a life-changing book in which listeners will learn how to enhance their performance via myriad ways including: optimally alternating between periods of intense work and rest; developing and harnessing the power of a self-transcending purpose; and priming the body and mind for enhanced productivity.

In revealing the science of great performance and the stories of great performers across a wide range of capabilities, Peak Performance uncovers the secrets of success, and coaches listeners on how to use them. If you want to take your game to the next level, whatever "your game" may be, Peak Performance will teach you how.

©2016 Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness. (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., under license from Rodale Inc. All rights reserved.

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Brilliant Book

Short and sweet. Very good read for up and comers in this new generation who want to make it.

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be always consious mode at presnce. moment

some people akways. over estimate themselves rather than . acceptance . to transcend akways keep improving no natter what age.

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Great book for those who don't want to burn out

The authors provide specific steps and actions to take to maintain high performance without burning out. It's eye opening to see how some precepts we hold as true to be completely unsupported by science. Listen to all of the book if you're willing to take your game to the next level.

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Highly recommend!

Great read and easy to related to even if you’re not an elite athlete. Easy to follow and very enjoyable. Sent it to my team members to read.

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Very Rewarding

I listened to this books chapters at least a couple of times to see what
Parts I could use in my ever so challenging life.
I would strongly recommend this book use in all aspects of life.

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Thoroughly enjoyed the listen

Definitely recommend. Great points and take aways from this book. I might even listen again

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Great book!

I recommend this book to anyone who wants to excel in what they do! Well written and narrated! I will be applying the tips to my personal and professional life! #Audible1

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really interesting

so, I didn't necessarily find this to include much athletic training or anything. However, there is such a wealth of other information and studies in here that are very applicable to every day life, and reaching goals in all facets of your life. An easy read, would definitely recommend and I will be listening to it again.

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Peak Performance, Intentional Practice

Anyone worried about a book promoting habits that cause burnout should feel relieved. Peak Performance opens with a chapter on the importance of rest followed by a chapter on treating sleep as a form of productivity. It's also very scientific, and cites all sources in a very clear scholarly fashion. They've clearly done some deep research, and understood it, and convey it well.

I was pleasantly surprised by the fascinating chapters on intentional practice and how to develop expertise we must work at the edge of our competency. interestingly this book accomplishes what Simon Sinek's "Start With Why" seems to falter with, which is finding your "Why," or Purpose Statement. In the 20 minute exercise this book provides, I found a powerful purpose statement which could very well function as a why and I'm excited to go to the world practice effectively, rest productively, and use that purpose to inform decisions and increase resilience.

Very satisfied. If there was any flaw in this book, its that it gets to the point, whereas I would have loved more depth and detail into the studies it mentions. But actually, that's a positive, it means that the book is streamlined and values your time.

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Elevate Your Achievement

Very practical tips of performance based on research
Provides a summary after each chapter
Good length and not overly wordy
Can use this info and apply it immediately
Would recommend to high achievers and anyone who wants to improve in life

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