by Inner Game | Jan 5, 2008 | Inner Game of Work, The Inner Game
Chapter 6: From Conformity to Mobility There is an ancient tension between the living “fire” within an individual and the “forms” forced on him by the society in which he lives. Conformity is the word I use when the individual gives priority to...
by Inner Game | Jan 5, 2008 | Inner Game of Work, The Inner Game
Chapter 5: Redefining Work What Definition of “Work” Do you bring to work with you? Most people define work almost exclusively in terms of the external results produced by the work. Building a house is work. Loading a trust is work. Selling a car is work....
by Tim | Jan 5, 2008 | Inner Game of Work, The Inner Game
Chapter 4: The Practice of Focus The most important thing about the practice of focus is that it cannot be forced. Trying hard to concentrate doesn’t work. It produces frustration, tiredness, and narrowness of vision. Focus follows interest, and interest does...
by Inner Game | Jan 5, 2008 | The Inner Game
Chapter 3: Focus of Attention If there is one thing that excellence in sports and excellence in work have in common, it can be summed up in a single phrase: focus of attention. Focus is the quintessential component of superior performance in every activity, no matter...
by Inner Game | Jan 5, 2008 | The Inner Game
Chapter 2: The Inner Game Meets Corporate America One day not long after the publication of The Inner Game of Tennis, Archie McGill, then the VP of business marketing at AT&T, unexpectedly showed up in Los Angeles asking for an Inner Game tennis lesson. Pleased...