Training Camp: What the Best Do Better Than Everyone Else Hardcover - 2009 - 1st Edition
by Jon Gordon
In the spirit of his international bestseller "The Energy Bus," Gordon returns with another inspirational business fable filled with invaluable lessons and insights on bringing out the best in leaders and teams.
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In the spirit of his international bestseller The Energy Bus, Jon Gordon returns with another inspirational fable filled with invaluable lessons and insights on bringing out the best in yourself and your team.
Training Camp follows the story of Martin Jones, an undrafted rookie trying to make it in the NFL. He's spent his entire life proving to the critics that a small guy with a big heart can succeed against all odds. After spraining his ankle in the preseason, Martin thinks his dream is lost ... until he meets a very special coach who shares eleven life-changing lessons that keep his dream alive--and might even make him the best of the best.
Whether you play sports or the piano, work with a computer or a scalpel, these lessons apply to you because we all must climb the mountain before reaching its peak.
Based on his work with professional sports teams, world-class organizations, and interviews with top professionals in a wide variety of fields, Gordon reveals the deep truths and proven strategies that take the very best to the top. Training Camp reveals that the best performers--in any field--all share the same qualities. Among other traits, the best of the best are able to maintain a big-picture vision while taking focused action, they are mentally strong, they seize the moment, and they inspire excellence in the people around them.But these aren't inborn traits; they're skills and attitudes that can be learned and applied by all. If you want to be your best, Training Camp offers inspiring, real-world wisdom on what it takes to reach true excellence and how you and your team--whether at work, school, or at home--can achieve it.
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In the spirit of his international bestseller The Energy Bus, Jon Gordon returns with another inspirational fable filled with invaluable lessons and insights on bringing out the best in yourself and your team.
Training Camp follows the story of Martin Jones, an undrafted rookie trying to make it in the NFL. He's spent his entire life proving to the critics that a small guy with a big heart can succeed against all odds. After spraining his ankle in the preseason, Martin thinks his dream is lost ... until he meets a very special coach who shares eleven life-changing lessons that keep his dream alive--and might even make him the best of the best.
Whether you play sports or the piano, work with a computer or a scalpel, these lessons apply to you because we all must climb the mountain before reaching its peak.
Based on his work with professional sports teams, world-class organizations, and interviews with top professionals in a wide variety of fields, Gordon reveals the deep truths and proven strategies that take the very best to the top. Training Camp reveals that the best performers--in any field--all share the same qualities. Among other traits, the best of the best are able to maintain a big-picture vision while taking focused action, they are mentally strong, they seize the moment, and they inspire excellence in the people around them.But these aren't inborn traits; they're skills and attitudes that can be learned and applied by all. If you want to be your best, Training Camp offers inspiring, real-world wisdom on what it takes to reach true excellence and how you and your team--whether at work, school, or at home--can achieve it.
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- Title Training Camp: What the Best Do Better Than Everyone Else
- Author Jon Gordon
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley, Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 2009-05-18
- ISBN 9780470462089 / 0470462086
- Weight 0.67 lbs (0.30 kg)
- Dimensions 8.75 x 5.81 x 0.69 in (22.23 x 14.76 x 1.75 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Success, Struggle
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009007452
- Dewey Decimal Code 650.1
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