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Beecham's book is insightful and a quick read into the power of our thoughts on the way we live, Great impactful and actionable words of wisdom from his years of experience, a great read for leaders, athletes, and anyone who wants the most from life, Excellent book!!! I will definitely be rereading this one soon, Elite Minds is a resourceful work based on Dr, Stan Beecham coaching on sports teams, But he also splits fundamentals between business and sports examples, It is all about achievement and the circumstances takes people to greatness, It all startups of control the mind, the body and the works with beliefs,

Personally I found many innovative discussions especially regarding to unlearning, the Flow, the curse of perfection, success and wining and most valuable one, change my view about competition and leading a team.


I finished with one desire: make myself the same vision of his, Excellent. One of my favourite nonfiction books, I'll be reading this each year I think, "Being happy is not the purpose of your life, Being fully alive and awake is the purpose of your life, That includes the pain and struggle that is a critical and necessary component to human existence, "

.stars. There is so much I can say about this book, It is jampacked with great information about cultivating the mindset of a top performer, and I had to stop and note down a quote or a thought at nearly every page.
I can see myself picking this up again and again until Beecham's philosophy and belief system becomes ingrained,

If you aspire to high performance or if you regularly compete, this book is for you, And if you hate competition This book is also for you, I promise Beecham will change your mind, A good book for executives who would like to learn about ways to improve their mental game, The author is a sports psychologist and CEO, and many of the analogies in the book are sportsrelated, The key takeaway is: Dont limit yourself with goals, Goals are often set TOO LOW, If your goal is to make it to the Olympicswhy not make your goal to win a gold medal at the Olympics Don't hold yourself back,

“There are an infinite number of ways to become successful, There is only one way to become a failurequit, ” Pleasantly surprised for the author to incorporate so many track and field anecdotes to communicate principles of mastering the mind, Most people don't reach their full potential because of their body, training, or physical talent, It is their mind that is the deterrent, They may or may not consider how their thoughts and beliefs are actually hindering performance, "Elite Minds" gives insight into the process of
developing a worldclass mind in both business and sport, where the principles of performance are the same, despite the activity.


With "Elite Minds," Dr, Stan Beecham will:
Explain that what you believe is the most important thing in the world to you,
Show you how fear is keeping you from reaching your goals,
Teach you that there is no such thing as individual performance,
Demonstrate how successful people value their time more, making them more efficient,
Take you through the minds of the elite, who have reached their full potential by tapping into their consciousness and answering the question: Who Am I

Dr.
Stan Beecham is a Sport Psychologist and Leadership Consultant based in Roswell, Georgia, Dr. Beecham has taken his wisdom into the business world as he develops
and conducts leadership development programs for corporate clients as a speaker and presenter, "Elite Minds" is his first book, Overall a great book that I'm actually currently rereading, My eElite Minds's filled with highlights and notes,

There are some aspects of it that I must admit I didn't quite like, e, g. how the author uses anecdotal evidence to counter findings from psychological research that's pretty wellbacked, like that of how the execution of "willpower" in one domain can lead to lesser subsequent ability to exercise willpower in another domain.


I find this book best read in a the mindset of "the author's worked with these athletes, and he's noticed A when B happens, " If you think that that observation was worthy of further consideration, great, try it out, For example, in one of the stories the author shared he talked about an athlete he was working with whom had qualified for the Olympics or for some major competition, I can't recall now, but who didn't really believe she would medal, and subsequently didn't.
But when told to think hard about her chances of medalling, and to actually go into the event with the expectation of medalling, did actually medal, Not because of "positive thinking", but because going in with that expectation causes you to change the way you train,

I found this particularly useful because I used to face this problem all the time as well, I always worked hard to "qualify" for things, and that used to be my beall and endall, Coming up "tops" was never part of my consideration set though I secretly harboured a "want" for it, E. g. to me getting into or qualifying for a top school was pretty much all I looked for once in, I just looked for an "aboveaverage" score that I quite easily got, but never sought to be valedictorian.
Great quick read. Gives you a bunch to think about, This is going to help me, Easy read that will help you understand a proper belief system is absolutely required, This book will give you plenty of examples of important questions and subjects to quiz yourself on, On the downside it will not tell you how to make the changes but then it wouldn't be the same book,

I'm glad that I read the book and it was very helpful in making me change what I expect to do so I can obtain that result Felt it in my soul.
"Setting a goal that has no chance of failure is waste of time", This book is a straight punch in the face! I'm writing this review on my knees, still feeling dizzy and listening loudly to "Simple Minds Alive and kicking", These elite people are a bunch of fearless mad persons not satisfied in just being "okay", They are selfless and spend a lot of time thinking about what they want to achieve rather than about themselves, Because learning is a relentless pursuit of the truth and will keep you curious and active throughout your life, Amazing and uplifting book full of wisdom that can be applied in your life right away, The author gives many examples of how great athletes think and how anyone can think and act in a similar way to succeed in business and life, Definitely a good read, loved the parallel between sport and business, I have always been fascinated by this and I like the way the author approaches the subject, loved the way he defines winning and how to think about it: not wanting to be better, but wanting to do your best.

Quotes:
Expectation dictates performance, Everyone wants to win, but only a very few expect to win,
If you want to fly, you must be willing to risk crashing,
There are an infinite number of ways to become successful, but there is only one way to become failure quit,
To fight is to win, to quit is to fail,

Probably one of the best business books I have read lately, for that it gets aotherwise, . . i would say.


Enjoyable one to read specially the fascinating parallel between sports and business Train Your Brain for Success

Your mind plays the critical role of leading you to success or failure.
This is the opening argument in Dr, Beecham's book. Specifically, he talks about the importance of the unconscious, It's where our beliefs reside, and it's our beliefs that are responsible for how we respond to a given situation, To put it simply, if you believe you can't do something, your unconscious will find ways to keep you from doing it, On the other hand, you can retrain your mind and bring your beliefs into line with the success you want to achieve,

The book is structured in three parts, Part One is about understanding your mind, This section discusses the importance of the unconscious in driving your actions, Part Two discusses how your mind can fail you, Fear can keep you from attempting to reach for the goals you want to achieve, Part Three discusses how to become the person you want to be, I found one of the most inspiring sections summarizes Viktor Frankl's idea of when you're at your best, You can't pursue success and expect to achieve it, Success comes as a by product of focusing your attention on doing something worthwhile,

I enjoyed this book, It's interesting to see the number of psychology books today stressing the importance of the mind in determining behavior and even curing the body, I highly recommend this book, if you're interested in the interaction of mind and body, or if you want to achieve success and want some pointers,

I received this book from Net Galley for this review, Aku baca buku ini sebenarnya iseng saja dan nggak berharap banyak, tetapi ternyata buku ini sanggup bikin aku terus ingin baca sampai halaman terakhir, Banyak banget insight yang aku dapatkan dari buku ini, Salah satunya soal betapa pentingnya kekuatan mental dalam bertanding yang bisa kita terapkan seharihari, Terus juga bagaimana membuat prioritas kegiatan serta pentingnya kerja sama tim, Halhal yang aku pikir hanya spesifik untuk dunia olahraga, ternyata bagus banget dan bisa banget diterapkan di dalam bisnis dan seharihari,
Kalau kamu ingin meningkatkan potensi diri seperti atlet top dunia, kamu harus baca buku ini, It's your mindset, not your genes, that determine your success in life, The unconscious beliefs you hold about yourself and the world colour how you see and respond to every situation, When these beliefs are negative and you believe you can't do something, your mind will come up with thousands of excuses why you shouldn't even try, It's like a selffulfilling prophecy, But when you believe in yourself and your ability to achieve your dreams Then insurmountable obstacles become challenges you can totally overcome, If your belief system is negative, fret not, Your brain is more plastic than you think and you can retrain it to give yourself a competitive advantage, How

Elite Minds is divided into three parts, Part one is all about understanding your mind and how it works, Partdescribes how your mind conjures fear, resistance and other excuses to get you stuck where you are, Finally, partshows you how to overcome negative beliefs so you can go after your dreams and achieve all your goals, Highly recommended! Loved this book, I recommend it for anyone, not just athletes, Reading this book redefined how I look at success, and the stories I tell myself, It helped me really consider the questions, if you want to be the best in the world at what you do how would you act What would you do and move forward with deliberate action.
I have edited this review three times, mostly because I feel bad for tearing into it so hard, In all fairness, Elite Minds probably serves its two primary audiences the athlete and the businessperson well, It also holds several nuggets of truth and wisdom Chapter, unfortunately one of the shortest in the book, being one of said holders that serve even the average, everyday person.
Regardless, it still left me feeling like this book would've been suited as a longform blog post, Part I and II explore the mind: brain chemistry, exploring basic psychological beliefs we hold, the importance of flow and the brain waves/chemicals behind flow but not how to actually enter flow, and so on as well as the various failings of the mind.
These chapters can be summed up as the following buzzwords: "get

out of your own way", "kill the ego", "manifest it", etcetera, This is all fine and well, but I struggle to understand how Dr, Beechham managed to stretch that topages, Part III, Chapterwas the main highlight of the book for me, delving into the importance of the "what do you want" question, and breaking it down into "what do you want to have", "what do you want to do", and "what do you want to be" While this wasn't an "aha!" moment for me, it did spark some creative journaling which prompted me to "dive deeper", so to speak.
Elite Minds is, at best, a skim if you are anything like me never been an athlete, no desire to be an athlete, not an entrepreneur/CEO, just a regular person seeking selfdevelopment.
Not a total miss, and also an easy read, so perhaps you may pick up more useful nuggets than I did, I love this book so much, I am a track and cross country runner and this has helped me with the mental side of running so much, Just everything about it was amazing, highly recommend if you do any sort of sport Nothing really unique, It seemed fairly common sense with a few odd instances that seemed like doublespeak because they weren't fully fleshed out and tied together , e, g. Don't set a plan B because you will allow yourself to fall back to it, and yet a lot of discussion of failure being part of the process, .