8 Ways to Great
Peak Performance on the Job and in Your Life
By: Doug Hirschhorn
Published: December 31, 2009
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
ISBN-10: 0399156089
ISBN-13: 978-0399156083
Publisher: Putnam Adult/Penguin
"True success begins with a state of mind. But it takes specific actions and behaviors to move from intentions into action and get results", writes keynote speaker, coach, and CEO of Dr.Doug.com in his insightful and practical book 8 Ways to Great: Peak Performance on the Job and in Your Life. The author shares his eight principles that work effectively for high performance athletes, and applies them to the world of business, and to one's personal life.
Doug Hirschhorn, affectionately known as Dr. Doug, recognizes that achieving success requires a state of mind that attracts success. Going beyond the simple platitudes offered by many success experts, the author provides real world proven advice and techniques for developing a success mindset. The performance principles offered by Dr. Doug are can be applied equally well to business, health, or interpersonal relationships, creating a more engaged and successful life. Unlike many observers, Doug Hirschhorn dismisses the idea that people have specific strengths and weaknesses, choosing to describe instead the psychology of success. Greatness, for the author, is a place and the techniques and insights shared in the book are the road map for reaching that location.
Doug Hirschhorn (photo left) understands that he doesn't create talent. Instead, he not only helps anyone to strive for and to achieve excellence, but also helps current top performers become even greater. Dr. Doug encourages his readers to not be satisfied with being ordinary or just good enough. The limits on an individual, according to the author, are self imposed restrictions. Through changing a person's mindset and worldview toward a desire to be the best, the author points out that anyone can rise to the top. Dr. Doug writes that high achievers are not different from the average person. What sets the successful people apart is they think differently from average people. This book teaches eight principles that will change anyone's thinking process to that of a high achiever.
For me, the power of the book is how Doug Hirschhorn shares his eight principles for success in a direct and usable manner. He dispenses with clutter, and dives straight into the concepts, bolstering them with examples from the worlds of business and of sports. The examples presented demonstrate that even the most successful individuals, at the very pinnacle of their professions, had to change their outlook to one of success. Instead of being satisfied with being ordinary, they chose to become the best, and reached that goal. Dr. Doug shows his readers how set goals, even very lofty ones, and reach and even exceed them. At the same time, the author is careful to point out that reached goals may not be exactly as expected, but may lead a person to greatness in an entirely different way.
I highly recommend the must read book 8 Ways to Great: Peak Performance on the Job and in Your Life by Doug Hirschhorn, to anyone serious about breaking out of the ordinary in their profession, and seeking to reach the very peak of their abilities. The author guides his readers to iscover how to change their mindset and thinking, that may be holding them back, with a view to being the very best.
Read the essential success guide 8 Ways to Great: Peak Performance on the Job and in Your Life by Doug Hirschhorn, and put the eight principles to work in your life. Your success may be greater than you ever imagined before.
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