The Art of Mental Training - A Guide to Performance Excellence Kindle Edition

The Art of Mental Training is an amazing book! The sports psychology essentials along with all the other concepts and techniques that are taught will help you gain the champion mindset and increase your mental strength. The valuable lessons offered up in this book are applicable to just about all areas of life. The success conditioning methods and the author's approach to visualization techniques will take you to a level where increased self-belief and self-confidence will effectively improve your performance. Applying these teachings will help you to win more often and better succeed at achieving your goals and dreams; whatever they may be.The author, DC Gonzalez, has had a rich and varied career. He's an accomplished Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt and instructor. His background includes stints as a Naval Aviator, a Federal Agent, a Military Cyber-Security Expert, as well as being a respected Mental Edge Trainer and best-selling author. Reading through his book, it became clear to me this is knowledge that everyone should be aware of, as it can help anyone increase the level of success in their life.The book itself is an easy and engaging read. The way the author chose to keep things simple and easy to understand is what makes this book so powerful. The book is filled with people and stories that drive the important points home; helping to illustrate how the principles and concepts that Gonzalez teaches work in real life. One intriguing and recurring character throughout the book is Leo-tai, a wise old master who helps us understand through the author's writings; the required mental skills and the "Art" that lead to achieving the mindset of the Warrior/Champion.The way the author teaches one how to tap into an inner resource available to us all is explained in a simple and easy to understand way. Without trying to explain what I've learned I would only say that I believe everyone can benefit from the powerful yet simple concepts and techniques that are shared. Like the author says: "If you imagine that the lessons here apply only to sports and athletes, you'd be wrong." These lessons will help the "Everyday Warrior" from all walks of life and all types of scenarios.Personally, I couldn't stop reading this book and read it all in one session. Despite having so much food for thought and new and exciting concepts, the length of the chapters is perfect. The fact that each one finishes with a "Remember" recap, is helpful especially if you want to take this book on in bite-size pieces, letting each chapter's lesson sink in.What really makes The Art of Mental Training work for me is the straight-talking style of Gonzalez. He uses language we can all understand without talking down to us as he guides you on to the path that leads to excellence, providing you the tools, the required steps, and the insight that will help lead you to success.If you are looking for a great book to read, one that is out of the ordinary, delivers in an original and enjoyable way, plus has a great follow through, then this is one of those books! I really enjoyed this book and I think you will too. I highly recommend it. The Art of Mental Training is truly a guide to performance excellence.

First let me say that I am a self help junkie...from anthony robbins to zig ziggler, les brown Norman Vincent peal...I've read them all and then some. what I liked about this book is ironically what I didn't like about this book - ITS SIMPLICITY. each chapter is short and to the point. if you don't get hung up trying to determine or decide if this guy really was all the things he claims and focus on the messages of each lesson they are familiar, priceless and (warning) nothing you haven't heard before but delivered in an effective way intertwined within a story that holds them all together very similar to Dan Millman's Peaceful Warrior. I wanted more and was done reading it before I had my fill. I didn't give it five stars because I'm being stingy! for the length and simplicity there is something telling me it should have been a little cheaper...I think I paid 10 bucks for the kindle version. But if I wanted to be fair, if I had paid $300 for a one day seminar or webinar and sifted through the fluff down to what this book offers I would have considered the $300 well spent. looking forward to reading some of his other books this time with well adjusted expectations.

This book provides lots of tangible information ready to be put into practice. The Sports Self-Hypnosis and Neuro Linguistic Programming so expertly taught are rarely seen in other sports psychology books, setting this book ahead of the pack. There are powerful psychology-of-change concepts presented in this book which are not really appropriate for pre-teens . . .This is a truly amazing book which I suspect might very well change the way you think forever as it did me. The power of this type of training has always interested me but this book put a whole new spin on things by combining sports psychology essentials with other great and easy to use techniques to unlock an amazing mental state of relaxation, focus and creative imagination that helps one recognize and tap their true potential.The best thing about this book in my opinion is that these techniques can be used in almost every situation that life throws at you. Much of the book uses sports and athletes to help explain the psychological concepts, but it was very easy for me to translate the techniques and the knowledge into how I was going to use the training to help me achieve what's important to me.The book is written in a way that keeps you reading and really gets you thinking about your life and the possibilities moving forward. You are provided with tools and insight that will help you to achieve your goals and dreams as well as reach new levels of peak performance.The techniques in this book really work. I had a bit of a problem with confidence but this book gave me the mental tools to overcome my weakness and soon helped me to believe in myself much more strongly. Helping one really understand the importance of self-belief and how to improve it from within plays a big part in this book. It also teaches you how to control certain emotions and thoughts that affect how well we perform and it teaches how one can use that knowledge to gain a Mental Edge.The author has done a fantastic job of writing this book because it is written in such a beautiful way. Its style keeps you engaged and will leave you thinking about your life and about how you can go on to achieve better things for yourself - all the things that are important and meaningful to you.This book is by far one of the best books I have ever read and I would recommend it to anyone who really wants to commit themselves to gaining the knowledge, tools, and techniques that make up this Science of Success that so effectively helps one to unlock the hidden potential that lies within us all.I would like to say thank you to the author for opening my eyes to a completely different way of thinking and for creating an amazing book. I will definitely be looking out for more from this author simply because the book was so interesting and because it helped me change the way I think. There has been a definite shift towards the positive now, and for that I am grateful.

Al iniciar el libro estaba molesto. Increíble que este libro tenga tantas buenas valoraciones. Las historias, las enseñanzas las he visto repetidas decenas de veces en películas, libros, conferencias . Realmente nada nuevo. Al terminarlo no obstante reconozco valor en la repetición de las lecciones.

The author takes the book in a beautiful story like way making it easy to absorb for all kinds and levels of readers. The chapters are structured in a way you can read and re-read any of them based on your need and it will work for you.This book is a great tool for anybody who wants to a champion in their field.

Quick read. Gives you a good start on mental training! Will read this book a few times

Super Buch, ich meine es gibt sicher tiefer greifende Bücher über Mental Training, aber als Einstieg sicher recht gut. Für mich war jetzt nicht ewig viel Neues dabei

Aunque está en inglés, de lenguaje sencillo y accesible. Además contiene un universo de sabiduría y fácil de aplicar. Una gran elección