Champion Thinking - How to Find Success Without Losing Yourself

Zusatztext One of the BBC's best mental health podcasts - full of warmth and spice Informationen zum Autor Simon Mundie is a journalist, broadcaster and speaker who has interviewed hundreds of the world's top athletes, coaches, philosophers and thinkers for his critically acclaimed A New Way of Being podcast. He was the BBC Radio 1 sports presenter for eight years, and now presents on BBC Radio 4's flagship Today Programme , and is a reporter for BBC TV. He lives in London. Klappentext As the sports reporter for BBC Radio 1 for the best part of a decade, Simon Mundie was pitch-side at many of the most high-profile sporting events in history. It was often thrilling, but when he took to the airwaves to report on what he had seen, it increasingly felt like something was missing. The emphasis always seemed to be on results, tactics and the score. But as the saying goes, sport is a metaphor for life - so Simon set out to explore that.Drawing on interviews with sporting legends from Jonny Wilkinson to Kate Richardson-Walsh, Will Carling to Goldie Sayers, along with psychologists, philosophers and world-renowned thinkers, Simon shares some of the tools and techniques that athletes have embraced to grow and evolve - as athletes and people. From developing emotional intelligence to the power of true acceptance and the joy of getting in flow, he explores eight universal themes that are highlighted in sport, but that are all too easily overlooked in the favour of simpler, shallower narratives about winning, trophies and 'success'.What can that careers of Gaël Monfils and Andy Murray teach us about exploring our potential? What can England's Olympic gold-medal winning hockey team teach us about the power of being truly selfless? Wise and inspiring, Champion Thinking illustrates that whether in sport, at work or in our relationships, worshipping at the altar of success isn't going to bring us happiness. The contentment we are all looking for isn't somewhere 'out there' - it's actually so close that we tend to overlook it. Vorwort Simon Mundie, host of the hit podcast 'Life Lessons: From Sport and Beyond', draws on interviews with some of the world's sporting legends to redefine how we understand - and pursue - success through 8 key lessons. Zusammenfassung As the sports reporter for BBC Radio 1 for the best part of a decade, Simon Mundie was pitch-side at some of the most high-profile sporting events in history. It was often thrilling, but when he took to the airwaves to report on what he had seen, it felt like something was missing. The emphasis always seemed to be on the result. Who had won, and by how much? Who was 'the Greatest'? How did they do it?Drawing on interviews with sporting legends from Jonny Wilkinson to Kate Richardson-Walsh, Lucy Gossage to Will Carling, along with coaches, psychologists and experts, Simon shares some of the tools and techniques that athletes have embraced to grow and develop - in both their sport and as people. From emotional intelligence to developing togetherness and avoiding burnout, he explores eight universal themes that are highlighted in sport - but that are all too easily overlooked in the favour of simpler, shallower narratives about winning, trophies, results and 'success'.What can we learn about endurance from Katherine Grainger's quest to return to the Olympics after two unsuccessful bids? What can the England hockey team teach us about the power of uniting as a team? Wise and inspiring, Champion Thinking illustrates that whether in sport, at work or in our relationships, worshipping at the altar of success isn't going to bring us happiness. The contentment we are all looking for isn't somewhere 'out there' - it's actually so close that we tend to overlook it....

Product details

• Authors: Simon Mundie
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.01.2024
• EAN: 9781526626493
• ISBN: 978-1-5266-2649-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; SPORTS & RECREATION / Sports Psychology, Sports psychology