Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

by John Eliot

Book Overview

Were you ever advised to "just relax" before making a big speech? Don't. From Texas A&M professor and celebrity advisor, Dr. John Eliot, this insightful guide takes a sledgehammer to what most of us... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591840554
• ISBN13: 9781591840558
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Portfolio
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Your mental habits may not be everything you need for success, but it is certainly the most fundamen

I liked this book and will recommend it to my children (adults and teenagers, all) and friends. It is another contribution to the now decades old literature on how thinking affects performance. The author, John Eliot, is a Ph. D. and has a practice helping athletes, business people, and whomever raise their level of performance by thinking about their life in different ways. And that is really the point of this book. You can't just tweak this or that and expect to fundamentally change your achievements all that much. Eliot has the goal of unleashing all your potential, which he believes to be vastly greater than you can imagine in your present mode of thinking. While there are lots of lists and charts in this book, as you would expect if you know this literature, it is the list of the Trusting versus the Training mindset that is most fundamental to the author's approach. Most of us are focused on being good, hardworking, dutiful, and conscientious employees that we think that this should produce the rewards. It won't beyond a certain point. And that point isn't where you want to be if you are after excelling in what you do. The Trusting mindset is a kind of belief in yourself, an agility, a confidence, and a focus that puts you "in the arena": It is impossible to win the contest as a spectator on sitting on the bench. Eliot takes all this apart and in such a way that you want to take the focus of control into yourself and go get whatever it is you are after. And that is the point. So, if you are after a change of attitude and what a coach to help you get into the game in a strong competitive way, this is a good book for you. However, there is a lot more to success that your mental approach. However, without it, none of the others matter much. Recommended.

You can be an 'Overachiever'

I loved the book, and think the author does a great job of laying out the model and using examples from his reaserch. Bottom line, you are a result of your thinking and to become an overachiever you got to think differently. I agree, think normal be a normal person. Think differently be a different person. Below is a quick sommary of the key takeaways: 1) Think "nada" while performing 2) Pressure is natural and can be a good thing, so welcome it and allow yourself to enjoy it 3) Be like Yogi - create your own reality and bring others into it 4) Have a dream - something that will drive you fw 5) Burn out, overcommitment will stop you... Be perfectly calibrated. 6) Have healthy commitment, play, enjoy, go with the flow, think about possibility, not risks and rewards 7 ) Become an overachiver - One pitch at the time, or being present - Target shooting, or focusing your energy on the the stuff that matters - Have a routine - such as golfers before a swing to prepare yourself for the performance - Effective philosofy - nothing is stopping you! - etc... Highly recommended book.

Finally!, the best and only book about success you will ever need!

I have read all success books known to men, seven habits, tony robbins, napoleon hill, brian tracy etc etc. I have to say that the only thing that has resulted in is wasted time and money. This books actually delivers all you need to become successful, and looking back at the success i have had in my life I can clearly see that i have applied at least some of the stuff John writes about in this fantastic book. I read this book the same week it was published, and i have since that date not read another book on the subject, and last week a put all previous book that i had in the recycle bin. Do yourself a favour buy and read this book and you will not need another success book ever! John also has a 4 cd set that also is very good and can be obtained at themilestoneedge.com

Packed with Knowledge!

Anyone who wants to grow and improve can benefit from reading John Eliot's book, which teaches you how to develop the power of focused thinking and, thus, to develop yourself in whatever you do. Eliot explains how to use focus to become an exceptional thinker and performer so you can achieve extraordinary things. He believes in following your passion, learning to live in the moment and incorporating some fun into your life and your job. These concepts can help anyone perform better, but they particularly call to those who want to transcend being "average" and to live with passion and purpose. Eliot explains that the human body is physiologically designed to perform exceptionally well under stress. Therefore, he says, don't focus on eliminating stress from your life. Instead, make good use of it. Although Eliot uses numerous examples from sports to illustrate his fundamental principles, readers without a great interest in athletics will still find his stories very interesting, applicable and helpful. Even if this sensible self-help book contradicts some popular self-perfecting advice, it provides a strategy for putting your passions and mental powers to work. We recommend it to those who lead stressful lives - here's how to make stress work for you.

Great Book.

I have read several books from coaching gurus that say a lot of the same thing. Though the author talks down many of these gurus, this book will provide many of the same results without all the fluff. One key item is setting goals. He downplays the value in setting goals or at least writing goals over and over, but does beleive it is important to reflect on yourself and what you want to accomplish. This author really has a neat no nonsense approach to accomplishment. If you are thinking of hiring a "coach" or want motivation from others that have been succesful, this is your book.