Fight Your Fear And Win: Seven Skills For Performing Your Best Under Pressure--at Work, In Sports, On Stage

Description

We ve all been there: that make-it-or-break-it moment of our careers--on the brink of a deal, poised at the starting gate, under the spotlight. At this point, most of us experience one overwhelming reaction--fear--and this fear can have negative physical, mental, and emotional consequences on how well we do our job.

Don Greene, Ph.D., renowned sports psychologist, professor at the Juilliard School, and stress coach to top executives, has spent decades studying fear, and in this groundbreaking book, he identifies seven essential skills required to fight fear and perform at your best: Determination, Energy, Perspective, Courage, Focus, Poise, and Resilience.

Whether you are giving a closing argument in a courtroom, making a presentation at work, or stepping up to the first tee, this simple twenty-one-day plan will make a profound difference in the way you approach challenges, allowing you to think more clearly and creatively under pressure. Fight Your Fear and Win is the ultimate tool for conquering your fear and achieving success when you need it most.

About the Author

Don Greene, Ph.D., was a nationally ranked high school diver who graduated from West Point. He served in the U.S. Army s Special Forces as a Green Beret and went on to train the San Diego Police S.W.A.T. Team in counterterrorism. Dr. Greene was the sports psychologist for the U.S. Olympic Diving Team, the World Championship Swimming Team, Golf Digest Schools, and the Vail Ski School. He now lives in New York City, where he specializes in mentoring people in a wide variety of professions through everyday and extraordinary stress: financial traders, attorneys, professional athletes, performing artists, salespeople, and more. His previous book, Audition Success, was the all-time #1 bestseller at the Juilliard School bookstore.