Finding Your Zone: Ten Core Lessons for Achieving Peak Performance in Sports and Life

by Michael Lardon, David Leadbetter (Foreword by)

Overview

The first research-based program to offer concise, clear ways to realize your best performance.

As a therapist, physician, and mental coach, Dr. Michael Lardon has dedicated his career to helping athletes understand and better achieve peak performance. In Finding Your Zone, he shares with readers what he's discovered about reaching the state in which 'thoughts and actions are occurring in complete synchronicity,' and how this state is accessible to all, not just the few.

In ten key lessons-illustrated by personal anecdotes from his clients-Lardon teaches readers how to access the zone not only in sports but in all aspects of their lives, by understanding how to:

• Transform desire into will
• Channel emotions to victory
• Trust instincts and keep it simple
• Conquer fear through acceptance
• Perform under pressure

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780399534270
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/03/2008
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	354,687
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Michael Lardon, M.D., is a sports psychiatrist who has worked with many well-known PGA, NFL, and Olympic athletes. He is a spokesperson for national media including CNN and MSNBC, and is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego.

Table of Contents

Foreword   David Leadbetter     xi
Introduction     xiii
Dream     1
Be Prepared to Overcome the Odds     15
Transform Desire into Will     29
Trust Your Brain, Keep It Simple, and Stay Positive     47
Stay in the Now and Be in the Process     65
Manage Your Emotions and Thoughts     85
Keep Your Motivation Pure     103
Acceptance and Faith Conquer Fear     121
Build Confidence and Win     135
Perform under Pressure     145
Acknowledgments     155
Index     157

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Dr. Lardon’s book is without gimmicks or motivational hyperbole. It is the dictum that true champions follow.”—Eric Heiden, five-time Olympic gold medal-winning speed skater

Editorial Reviews

Dr. Lardon’s book is without gimmicks or motivational hyperbole. It is the dictum that true champions follow.”—Eric Heiden, five-time Olympic gold medal-winning speed skater

From the Publisher

Dr. Lardon's book is without gimmicks or motivational hyperbole. It is the dictum that true champions follow. (Eric Heiden, five-time Olympic gold medal-winning speed skater)

Eric Heiden