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Winning by Tim S. Grover with Shari Wenk — WisdomDeck honest review
Honest review · Motivation

Winning

by Tim S. Grover with Shari Wenk

Grover's follow-up to Relentless: thirteen principles of winning, including that winning is not fair, it wages war on the mind, it is the ultimate gamble, it is everything and nothing. It is intense, dark and aphoristic, written for competitors who already accept the cost, and it does not pretend the cost is small.

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Read it if…

you compete at a high level and want the unsentimental version.

Skip it if…

you want balance; the book is explicitly against it.

Three things you will actually use

  1. Winning requires obsession; decide if you want it.
  2. Pressure is the price; pay it or stop complaining.
  3. Know the dark side and manage it.

Do this first

Write what you are willing to sacrifice for the win you want, and what you are not.

Our verdict

Intense and unsparing.

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