Are you a Formula 1 buff? Even if you are not, have you had a chance to watch a Formula 1 (F1) race? It is probably the most grueling race in the world. As you are aware, only the best qualify. These drivers are daredevils. They are physically fit and mentally tough. They are deeply passionate about the sport and have nerves of steel. They are backed by great machines, great automobile research and great support teams. There is nothing really that sets one F1 driver apart from the other among the top 10. If that is so, how is it that some of them win consistently? How are F1 drivers like Michael Schumacher in the past and Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber in the present so consistent in winning the race every time? What separates winners from those who “almost win”? If this question bothers you, you will find this book interesting. In a race where winning depends on speed and your ability to race ahead of others, what really differentiates winners from others are your SMART STOPS. This includes planned stops as well as unplanned stops. These stops in Formula 1 lingo are called PIT STOPS. Pit stops can make or break a race. "A lot of races are won in the pit," according to IndyCar driver Will Power. Isn’t your work as a manager like the Formula 1 race where you are racing for excellence through the year? If Pit stops differentiate the winners from others, how smart are your pit stops? This book will benefit you and your colleagues if You have to put in disproportionate effort to achieve high performance. It is becoming increasingly difficult to read the market, understand customer preferences, predict competitor moves, shape the organization’s culture and be ready for the next disruptive change in the industry. Your team and you are focused most of the time on action and fire fighting and rue if only you had the time to think and reflect. If you are more often than not taken by surprise by the results of a customer feedback survey or employee satisfaction report or the sudden resignation of an employee or a change in market trends. Heart in heart you know that strategic planning, departmental budgeting and individual goal setting exercises of your organization are a farce. Team level trust and work synergies are missing. Annual performance appraisals create more problems than what you bargained for.

Are you a Formula 1 buff? Even if you are not, have you had a chance to watch a Formula 1 (F1) race? It is probably the most grueling race in the world, where only the best qualify. These drivers are daredevils, deeply passionate about the sport and have nerves of steel. They are backed by great machines, great automobile research and great support teams. There is nothing really that sets one F1 driver apart from the other among the top 10. If that is so, how is it that some of them win consistently? How are F1 drivers like Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber so consistent in winning the race every time? What separates winners from those who “almost win”? If this question bothers you, then Pit Stops for Peak Performance is for you. In a race where winning depends on speed and your ability to race ahead of others, what really differentiates winners from others are your SMART STOPS. This includes planned stops as well as unplanned stops. These stops in Formula 1 lingo are called PIT STOPS. Pit stops can make or break a race. “A lot of races are won in the pit,” according to IndyCar driver Will Power. Isn’t your work as a manager like the Formula 1 race where you are racing for excellence through the year? If pit stops differentiate the winners from others, how smart are your pit stops? You will learn how to: • Achieve high performance • Set and achieve reasonable and realistic goals • Develop teams and motivate them • Analyze the markets – customers, distributors and competitors • Become more productive and strategic KANTI GOPAL KOVVALI is the founder and CEO of a change management consultancy firm, Institution Builders HR Solutions Pvt Ltd (www.institutionbuilders.com). He is an OD specialist with significant expertise in large-scale change methodologies and building high performance work cultures.

Are you a Formula 1 buff? Even if you are not, have you had a chance to watch a Formula 1 (F1) race? It is probably the most grueling race in the world. As you are aware, only the best qualify. These drivers are daredevils. They are physically fit and mentally tough. They are deeply passionate about the sport and have nerves of steel. They are backed by great machines, great automobile research and great support teams. There is nothing really that sets one F1 driver apart from the other among the top 10. If that is so, how is it that some of them win consistently? How are F1 drivers like Michael Schumacher in the past and Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber in the present so consistent in winning the race every time? What separates winners from those who "almost win"? If this question bothers you, you will find this book interesting. In a race where winning depends on speed and your ability to race ahead of others, what really differentiates winners from others are your SMART STOPS. This includes planned stops as well as unplanned stops. These stops in Formula 1 lingo are called PIT STOPS. Pit stops can make or break a race. "A lot of races are won in the pit," according to IndyCar driver Will Power. Isn't your work as a manager like the Formula 1 race where you are racing for excellence through the year? If Pit stops differentiate the winners from others, how smart are your pit stops? This book will benefit you and your colleagues if 1. You have to put in disproportionate effort to achieve high performance. 2. It is becoming increasingly difficult to read the market, understand customer preferences, predict competitor moves, shape the organization's culture and be ready for the next disruptive change in the industry. 3. Your team and you are focused most of the time on action and fire fighting and rue if only you had the time to think and reflect. 4. If you are more often than not taken by surprise by the results of a customer feedback survey or employee satisfaction report or the sudden resignation of an employee or a change in market trends. 5. Heart in heart you know that strategic planning, departmental budgeting and individual goal setting exercises of your organization are a farce. 6. Team level trust and work synergies are missing. 7. Annual performance appraisals create more problems than what you bargained for.

"Golf meets Mind" is unusual golf book in all respects. Not only because it is prepared fresh and lively writing with numerous photographs and the themes unite mental training and nutrition of the golf; plus it also describes in humorous and self-deprecating anecdotes Dorothee Haering's five-year plan to reach her single handicap. In her book she has combined all the information that she would have loved to have had at the beginning of her golf career to make her five-year plan to a single handicap even more effective and would have helped her avoid so many beginner's mistakes. A book for golfers by a golfer. Move your Game! Written in collaboration with the PGA and mental trainer Justin Walsh, this book is a treasure trove for golfers of all levels of performance. In "Golf meets Mind," you will find much useful information and very practical hints for the game in your mind. A mental mixture of cognitive psychology, sport psychology, relaxation techniques, neurolinguistic programming (NLP) and perceptual psychology. This book reflects Dorothee Haering's great passion for golf and also her serious search for pithy answers and approaches to solutions for the mental game. * Setting Goals, Achieving Goals: The Sat-Nav for Success * The Champion's Spirit: Mindfulness & Concentration * Breathing: Anti-Stress Program & Power for Your Swing * Visualizing: Playing Golf in Your Head * From World Training Champ to Master Golfer * Become an Old-Hand: Pre-Shot- & Post-Shot-Routine * Mental Reset: Don't Get Uptight! * The In-Between Time: Time out * Job Description: Golf Analyst * Eating & Drinking: Handicap or Source of Energy? * Mental Score Cards & Mental Check

"A transfixing book on how to sustain peak performance and avoid burnout" — Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Option B, Originals, and Give and Take "An essential playbook for success, happiness, and getting the most out of ourselves." — Arianna Huffington, author of Thrive and The Sleep Revolution "I doubt anyone can read Peak Performance without itching to apply something to their own lives." — David Epstein, New York Times bestselling author of The Sports Gene A few common principles drive performance, regardless of the field or the task at hand. Whether someone is trying to qualify for the Olympics, break ground in mathematical theory or craft an artistic masterpiece, many of the practices that lead to great success are the same. In Peak Performance, Brad Stulberg, a former McKinsey and Company consultant and writer who covers health and the science of human performance, and Steve Magness, a performance scientist and coach of Olympic athletes, team up to demystify these practices and demonstrate how you can achieve your best. The first book of its kind, Peak Performance combines the inspiring stories of top performers across a range of capabilities — from athletic, to intellectual, to artistic — with the latest scientific insights into the cognitive and neurochemical factors that drive performance in all domains. In doing so, Peak Performance uncovers new linkages that hold promise as performance enhancers but have been overlooked in our traditionally-siloed ways of thinking. The result is a life-changing book in which you can learn how to enhance your performance via myriad ways including: optimally alternating between periods of intense work and rest; priming the body and mind for enhanced productivity; and developing and harnessing the power of a self-transcending purpose. In revealing the science of great performance and the stories of great performers across a wide range of capabilities, Peak Performance uncovers the secrets of success, and coaches you on how to use them. If you want to take your game to the next level, whatever "your game" may be, Peak Performance will teach you how.

Routine Leads to Success "Swing!" This is easier said than done. In the space of two seconds, several hundred muscles have to be coordinated, weight shift, rotation, fine alignment and velocity have to be precisely attuned. Troublesome thoughts have to be denied and the correct mixture of slight excitation and fighting spirit has to be found. Start to get a little routine into your game. Perfectly attune the processes, mentally and physically, with tried-and-tested method of the Pre-Shot Routine. Your goal is to enter your own mental and physical peak performance zone and to play rounds in a state of flow. * The Pre-Shot Routine * Become an Old-Hand! * Via Pit Stop to Perfection * Routine Wins * The Post-Shot Routine * The Pre-Shot Routine Putting * Playing in Flow Written in collaboration with the PGA and mental trainer Justin Walsh, this book is a treasure trove for golfers of all levels of performance. With a fresh new perspective, practical step-by-step instructions and with numerous photographs, this book reflects Dorothee Haering's great passion for golf and also her serious search for pithy answers and approaches to solutions for the mental game. Move your Game!