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Mental Toughness Training for Sports by James E. Loehr — WisdomDeck honest review
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Mental Toughness Training for Sports

by James E. Loehr

Loehr's foundational work on the ideal performance state and training it: energy, attitude, visualization, rituals. The ancestor of The Power of Full Engagement.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Toughness is trainable.
  2. Energy management.
  3. Rituals produce states.

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Read the chapter on the ideal performance state.

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Where mental toughness began.

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