Some of you guys have recommended books to others, and I have rarely joined in, as I'm not as big of a reader as many of you are. But I thought I'd start another thread on it, because I'm reading a book that I think many may enjoy.
It's "Burn Your Goals," a book written by a guy that has been a sports psychologist and had some interesting life experiences. It has a faith-based background in it, but it won't overwhelm you if you don't care for that.
The gist of the book--and this is unfair to summarize it in these few words--is that we need to let go of goals in our life, in our business, in our sports world, and to focus on our mission. The process. The "controllables."
We cannot control the outcome of many things, we can only control the process and how we prepare and approach it. The successes and wins will be obtained, but we can't define ourselves with respect to the outcomes, but only by the process.
It has a lot of special significance to me for many reasons, but I enjoyed reading the soccer stories, the John Wooden references, and his coaching of a woman's golfer, particularly. I've only read about 20% of the book so far, but it has really been enjoyable.
Hardback, $35, paperback, $25, Kindle - $1.99. On Amazon. Yay, Kindle!
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