Performance Psychology

We hear words like peak productivity all the time. In today’s world, it’s all about doing the best and most you can in the hours you have. You are given examples of people like Elon Musk and Warren Buffet, but even as those names are mentioned, your mind drifts off. Those personalities are super humans; you can’t ever reach their potential. Right?

Duff Gibson has spent the better part of three decades in a hotbed of Olympic sport. Despite its mischaracterization in popular culture, the mental side of sport is perhaps the most significant aspect, and what very often makes the difference between success and failure, in particular at the highest level. The Tao of Sport explores the commonality amongst elite performers relating to purpose, passion, and growth, as a means to achieving high performance, or as a means to an end in itself.

Instead of relying on hand-holding by costly medical or performance professionals, Dr. David Meyer PT, DPT, tells you how to save you time, money, agony, and, most importantly, to empower you to utilize a seemingly negative physical challenge as a massive opportunity to retrain your mind, body, and spirit to achieve your fullest potential both on and off the field. Working from the belief that you can learn what he has by taking the time to understand it, Dr. Meyer PT, DPT, offers you his extensive academic training and experience working in Major League Baseball.

As founder of Fitness Quest 10 in San Diego, California, Todd Durkin is used to pushing high-profile, high-performance athletes to their physical limit. But that's only half the battle. A crucial aspect of creating any kind of success - whether in business, sports, health, or relationships - is having the right mindset.

To succeed in a fast-changing world, individuals and companies know they must create a culture of growth, where experimentation and feedback are encouraged, and learning is integrated into the everyday. Yet we often get stuck in a well-worn pattern of habits that don’t move us forward. Why? Because many of us get trapped in the Performance Paradox: the counterintuitive phenomenon that if we focus only on performing, our performance suffers. How can we give ourselves the space to experiment and grow while also delivering high-level results?

There's a revolution taking place that most businesses are still unaware of. The understanding of how our brains work has radically shifted, exploding long-held myths about our everyday cognitive performance and fundamentally changing the way we engage and succeed in the workplace. Combining their expertise in both neuropsychology and management consulting, neuropsychologist Friederike Fabritius and leadership expert Dr. Hans W. Hagemann present simple yet powerful strategies.

Dopamine Detox is a book that teaches you exactly what dopamine is and isn't. It's the pleasure hormone, but that doesn't mean more is better. You'll get various techniques, all scientifically proven and validated, to regulate your dopamine to healthy levels. You'll see how one-, three-, and seven-day detoxes can work, and you'll also learn about the other ways you can prepare your body for peak performance, such as with your gut biome, your sleep, and how small nudges can make you the healthiest person you know.

This fascinating book draws on Dr. Jandial's broad-spectrum expertise and brings together the best of various fields - surgery, science, brain structure, the conscious mind - all to explain the bigger picture of brain health and rejuvenation. It is a journey into his operating room, around the world on his surgical missions, inside his laboratory, and to the outer edges of neuroscience to reveal the latest brain breakthroughs that are turning science fiction into reality, translating their implications for everyday life.

Peak-performance psychologist Dr Alia Bojilova draws on her work with the SAS, Olympic athletes, modern leaders and successful entrepreneurs to help you unlock your potential in everyday life. Guiding you through a four-step process - to develop clearer awareness, deeper belonging, broader curiosity and stronger drive - The Resilience Toolkit will help you to embrace the unknown with greater confidence and teach you to recover faster from setbacks.

Have you tried to develop a champion mindset but were confronted with fear, doubt and disbelief? Do you want to learn how to develop amazing mental toughness, resilience and optimism for achieving greatness in life? If so, then this powerful book, Sports Psychology for Athletes 2.0, will teach you how to think, train and eat for optimal physical and mental performance!

Discover the transformative power of words and conversations in The Power of Words, the profound and inspiring international bestseller by renowned neuroscientist Mariano Sigman. 'A comprehensive toolkit for anyone looking to elevate their communication and improve themselves' – Matt Abrahams...

In this audio program from expert David Krueger, MD, listeners will learn: a proven system to consistently perform under pressure; success strategies for dealing with stress in high pressure circumstances; the self-regulation system that pro athletes and actors use; a way to enter and sustain a mindset of optimum performance; how to avoid chokes and slumps; and how to develop proven pressure management tools to sustain focus and enhance success.

You will never come across a business person who wishes for his or her business to end when he or she leaves. If an organization chooses not to embrace change, it will have no customers because people only buy things that meet their needs. For this reason, an organization needs to ensure that it stays ready for what is to come. The way to do this is to continually sharpen own tools by creating a learning environment so that own employees learn all business and change-related tricks to help them maneuver the business world.

From polar explorers and politicians to CEOs and sports coaches, we are fascinated with the makeup of leaders. How do they thrive under pressure and inspire others to do the same? How do they establish a culture of long-term success? Performance psychologist Tom Young has worked closely with teams and individuals at the highest level of professional sport. He has seen how leaders in these high-pressure environments communicate, how they maintain focus and respond to challenges.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a highly effective psychosocial intervention method that can change the way we look at our behavior. This audiobook focuses on the use of simple and effective strategies of CBT that can improve the quality your life.

Imagine yourself in the heat of competition, adrenaline pumping through your veins, and the roar of the crowd urging you on. Will you rise to the occasion, unyielding and determined, or succumb to doubt and pressure? Now envision a different scenario. You're in that same intense moment, but this time you embrace the challenge with confidence. You seize the opportunity, push past limits, and achieve greatness.

That's Mental breaks down myths and misconceptions about what it means to be a millennial with mental illness in a darkly funny, but relatable way. In her new book, Rosenberg addresses the overlooked and offbeat issues of mental illness, shedding light on topics that are off limits, uncomfortable, or just downright embarrassing. This book details every challenging and awkward stage of Amanda's journey with mental illness and how she manages what she calls her "garden variety crazy."

A story about the 15 keys that unlock true mental toughness.

Based on cutting-edge science, Boost Your Brain is internationally recognized neurologist Majid Fotuhi's complete program for increasing brain size and enhancing brain function, including memory, creativity, comprehension, and concentration. Our brains don't have to decline as we get older...

Eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) - although still in its early stages of global recognition - is a form of therapy that has helped millions with their psychological ailments. Extensive research has evidenced the efficacy of EMDR’s approach in the treatment of trauma. This audiobook provides essential information about EMDR, discussing its history and definition, the eight phases of treatment, research-based results, and plenty of self-help techniques.