The Psychology of Winning
by Denis Waitley
Waitley's ten qualities of a total winner, from positive self-awareness to positive self-projection, drawn from his work with astronauts and Olympic athletes. It is the archetypal 1980s audio-program book and the self-talk chapters are the lasting part.
Read it if…
you want the self-talk and self-image material from the man who popularised it.
Skip it if…
the 'winner' framing feels dated; it is.
Three things you will actually use
- Winners expect to win in advance.
- Self-talk is programming.
- Act as if; the feeling follows.
Do this first
Write your most common negative self-statement and the replacement Waitley would give it.
Our verdict
Self-talk, from its populariser.
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