With millions of copies sold, Tim Gallwey’s groundbreaking Inner Game books have influenced the lives of many.
Changing How We Work and Play
When first published in 1974, The Inner Game of Tennis was a real revelation. Instead of serving up technique, it concentrated on the fact that, as Gallwey wrote, “Every game is composed of two parts, an outer game and an inner game.” The former is played against opponents, and is filled with lots of contradictory advice; the latter is played not against, but within the mind of the player, and its principal obstacles are self-doubt and anxiety.
Gallwey’s revolutionary thinking, built on a foundation of Zen thinking and humanistic psychology, was really a primer on how to get out of your own way to let your best game emerge. It was sports psychology before the two words were pressed against each other and codified into an accepted discipline. Tim Gallwey has masterfully applied The Inner Game to Sports, as well as Business and Health.
About the Author
Tim Gallwey’s game-changing work on the performance psychology field has evolved over four decades to develop Inner Game methods of change to corporate culture. His long-term clients included Apple, AT&T, The Coca Cola Company, IBM and Rolls-Royce where he applied The Inner Game of coaching for Leadership, Sales, Management and Teamwork. Gallwey’s work has often been credited as the foundation of the new fields of corporate and life coaching.