National Bestseller
"In Do Hard Things, Steve Magness beautifully and persuasively
reimagines our understanding of toughness. This is a must-read for
parents and coaches and anyone else looking to prepare for life's
biggest challenges." -- Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers and
Talking to Strangers and host of the Revisionist History podcast
From beloved performance expert, executive coach, and coauthor of
Peak Performance Steve Magness comes a radical rethinking of how we
perceive toughness and what it means to achieve our high ambitions in
the face of hard things.
Toughness has long been held as the key to overcoming a challenge and
achieving greatness, whether it is on the sports field, at a boardroom,
or at the dining room table. Yet, the prevailing model has promoted a
mentality based on fear, false bravado, and hiding any sign of weakness.
In other words, the old model of toughness has failed us.
Steve Magness, a performance scientist who coaches Olympic athletes,
rebuilds our broken model of resilience with one grounded in the latest
science and psychology. In Do Hard Things, Magness teaches us how we
can work with our body - how experiencing discomfort, leaning in, paying
attention, and creating space to take thoughtful action can be the true
indications of cultivating inner strength. He offers four core pillars
to cultivate such resilience:
Smart and wise all at once, Magness flips the script on what it means to
be resilient. Drawing from mindfulness, military case studies, sports
psychology, neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy, he provides a
roadmap for navigating life's challenges and achieving high performance
that makes us happier, more successful, and, ultimately, better people.
