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Do Hard Things

Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness

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2 of 6 copies available
2 of 6 copies available

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER

""In Do Hard Things, Steve Magness beautifully and persuasively reimagines our understanding of toughness. This is a must-read for parents and coaches and anyone else looking to prepare for life's biggest challenges.""—Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers and Talking to Strangers and host of the Revisionist History podcast

From beloved performance expert, executive coach, and coauthor of Peak Performance Steve Magness comes a radical rethinking of how we perceive toughness and what it means to achieve our high ambitions in the face of hard things.

Toughness has long been held as the key to overcoming a challenge and achieving greatness, whether it is on the sports field, at a boardroom, or at the dining room table. Yet, the prevailing model has promoted a mentality based on fear, false bravado, and hiding any sign of weakness. In other words, the old model of toughness has failed us.

Steve Magness, a performance scientist who coaches Olympic athletes, rebuilds our broken model of resilience with one grounded in the latest science and psychology. In Do Hard Things, Magness teaches us how we can work with our body – how experiencing discomfort, leaning in, paying attention, and creating space to take thoughtful action can be the true indications of cultivating inner strength. He offers four core pillars to cultivate such resilience:

  • Pillar 1: Ditch the Façade, Embrace Reality
  • Pillar 2: Listen to Your Body
  • Pillar 3: Respond, Instead of React
  • Pillar 4: Transcend Discomfort
  • Smart and wise all at once, Magness flips the script on what it means to be resilient. Drawing from mindfulness, military case studies, sports psychology, neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy, he provides a roadmap for navigating life's challenges and achieving high performance that makes us happier, more successful, and, ultimately, better people.

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      • AudioFile Magazine
        Mike Chamberlain's youthful tone and vocal personality are perfect for this encouraging news about what works to handle adversity and push forward to meet important challenges. He sounds both enthusiastic and knowledgeable--genuinely optimistic and intelligently focused on the science behind true resilience. The key, says the author, a researcher and Olympic coach, is to stay in touch with the various ways we respond to situations that test us, the physiological, emotional, and psychological responses that so many of us try to push aside when stressed. While delivering the author's seamless descriptions of the studies behind these insights, Chamberlain's desire to help draws listeners in. His virtuoso performance ignites curiosity about how to face the crucial challenges of life. T.W. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine

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