by Inner Game | Jan 5, 2008 | Inner Game of Stress, The Inner Game
Chapter 8: Think Like a CEO I have a computer software package that allows you to view details of almost every street, road, and highway in the United States. At the most detailed level, you can call up a map that shows where on a specific street any particular...
by Inner Game | Jan 5, 2008 | Inner Game of Work, The Inner Game
Chapter 7: The STOP Tool The unconscious activity of performance momentum is succinctly satirized in the lyrics of “I’m in a Hurry,” made popular by the band Alabama in the early nineties. I’m in a hurry to get things done Oh, I rush and rush...
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...