Winner of the 2018 Audie Award for Best Business/Personal Development
Audiobook
"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 everyone can
achieve their 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 readers learn how to enhance their
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 readers 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.
