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Mental Toughness Training for Sports
Jim Loehr ISBN 9780452267954
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Jim Loehr ISBN 9780452267954
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This book by Jim Loehr has come up 2 times on Tim Ferriss. One of those mentions was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2021-01-05 and the most recent from 2023-07-07. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“I read a book ages ago in high school actually called mental toughness training for sports and it completely changed my life and experience at the time”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Richard Koch: Entrepreneur, investor, former strategy consultant (BCG, Bain, co-founder of LEK), and author of The 80/20 Principle and Unreasonable Success; his investments compounded ~22% annually over 37 years. Richard Koch revisits the 80/20 Principle, applying it to venture investing, happiness, toxic beliefs, and a new Oxford sabbatical program.
“i somehow came across this is effectively pre-internet mental toughness training for sports and through that book the impact of that book was really tremendous on me”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Dr. Jim Loehr: World-renowned performance psychologist and author of 17 books, including Leading with Character and the bestseller The Power of Full Engagement. He has coached hundreds of world-class performers across sport, business, medicine, and law enforcement, including over 100 top tennis players, Olympians, FBI hostage rescue teams, and military special forces. Performance psychologist Jim Loehr on mental toughness, managing energy over time, the private inner voice, and character.
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