Empowerment: The Competitive Edge in Sports, Business & Life - Hardcover

Gene Landrum

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1895997240 ISBN 13: 9781895997248

Publisher: Brendan Kelly Publishing Inc., 2005

Synopsis

In Empowerment: The Competitive Edge in Sports, Business & Life high-profile personality Dr. Gene Landrum presents, in a self-help format, the 13 winning behaviors modeled by the 13 greatest athletes of the modern era. Landrum's research into the lives of the great entrepreneurs and athletes, supported by a growing body of evidence, suggests that eminence, whether in business or sports derives not from genetic superiority, but from winning behaviors and learned emotional dispositions.

With a delightful blend of gifted story-telling and intellectual scholarship, Dr. Landrum has created a book that melds the recent discoveries in psychology and brain research with the dramatic performances of the world's greatest athletes. Charismatic athletes such as Michael Jordan, Lance Armstrong, Martina Navratilova and Tiger Woods are analyzed in psycho-biographical profiles that focus on the underlying motivations and behaviors of these preeminent personalities rather than on what they achieved. In this respect and in its connection to the recent research in brain function and psychology, Dr. Landrum's work is unprecedented in the extant literature on athletes and athletic technique.

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From the Inside Flap:

Do You Have a Tiger Within? If you're a Type A personality with a strong motivation to achieve in sports, business or life, the answer is a resounding YES! Dr. Landrum, who has dedicated his life to the study of eminence in business and sports, asserts that what separates the eminent from the also-rans resides in the head and the heart. Athletic eminence in particular is more about mental and emotional dispositions than about physical talent or inherited genes. Preeminent athletes, Lance Armstrong, Pelé, Wayne Gretzky, and Tiger Woods all agree that winning resides in the brain. Recent research in brain physiology and kinetics reveals why this is so–athletic performance is a consequence of a holistic mind-body interaction. Quoting from a plethora of recent studies, Dr. Landrum argues that those who are preoccupied with the mechanics of any skill, miss out on the essence. The behavioral principles and emotional dispositions that account for exceptional performance in athletics also apply to achieving success in business and life. Empowerment: The Competitive Edge in Sports, Business & Life is about growing inwardly to find success outwardly. In this inspirational, cutting-edge look at the psychological determinants of success, Landrum profiles the thirteen greatest athletes of the 20th century who rose to the very top of their sport and dominated it like few others in history. He captures in each profile the human drama that traces their early imprints and motivations, through their psychological struggles to their ultimate triumphs. The focus is not on athletic prowess, but rather on what makes superstars tick–their key qualities and behavioral traits. Back Flap Attendees at Landrum's lectures often ask how they can determine whether they have what it takes to be highly successful. Anticipating this need, Dr. Landrum includes in each chapter a self-test that readers can use to assess their own practice of the winning behavior described in that chapter. Dr. Landrum captures in his Thirteen Principles of Empowerment the behaviors that, if practiced consistently over a period of time, enable anyone with sufficient passion and commitment to tap into their undiscovered potential and release the tiger within.

About the Author:

Dr. Landrum is a businessman turned educator and author. As founder of the Chuck E. Cheese chain of restaurants and co-founder of Atari Computer, he was involved in creative entrepreneurial ventures and became fascinated with innovative behavior. His doctoral dissertation on the innovator personality launched his life-long research into the psychology underpinning success. He believes that to be successful, one must be different. Considered an authority in the psychology of success, Dr. Landrum is a widely sought-after speaker who has appeared on radio and television throughout the United States. He is a professor in the graduate and undergraduate schools at International College in Naples, Florida. Dr. Landrum and his wife Diedra spend their time between their homes in Naples, Florida and Lake Tahoe.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brendan Kelly Publishing Inc.
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1895997240
• ISBN 13: 9781895997248
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432