Boost!: How the Psychology of Sports Can Enhance your Performance in Management and Work

by Michael Bar-Eli

To perform better in any situation - in your career, hobbies, relationships, or in any facet of your life - it is critical to develop psychological skills, which, just like physical abilities, can be taught, learned, and practiced. Both as individuals and as groups, we can tone these psychological skills and use them to heighten awareness, foster talents and technical abilities, and reach peak performance. Mental preparedness and psychological awareness are the keys to thriving in any environment.

Few understand the importance of psychological skills better than the internationally recognized professor Michael Bar-Eli. As both a sports and organizational psychologist for more than 35 years, Bar-Eli has not only researched the science of performance but has also worked directly with elite athletes, coaches, and teams to help them improve their success on the court or field. Boost! takes the lessons he's learned from sports psychology and translates them for leaders and managers at any stage in their career. With prescriptive advice, Bar-Eli illustrates how anyone can apply these lessons to better support and inspire co-workers and employees and create a sustainable, successful working environment and business.

Boost! breaks down the complex behavioral science of getting ahead. Through original scientific research, unique case studies, and anecdotes from the world of sports and beyond, Bar-Eli explains the psychological underpinnings of human behavior and how we can harness this knowledge to perform at our highest levels, succeeding in our careers and personal lives.

Genres: Sports, Nonfiction, Self Help

330 pages, Hardcover

Published November 1, 2017

Reviews

[Melinda M · Rating 4 out of 5]

Boost!: How the Psychology of Sports Can Enhance Your Performance in Management and Work
by Michael Bar-Eli is a look at using what has been learned in psychology on sports for management. It was an interesting and educational read. The use of case studies, unique anecdotes as well as scientific research to explain psychological of human behavior by Michael Bar-Eli and how to use it to perform at the highest levels. Michael Bar-Eli does a good job of making his case.
I received a copy thru a Goodreads Giveaway.

[Banafshe]

Listened to the Summary version

[Noel Lim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rather academic but learned quite a bit on mindset. Definitely worth reading

[Marcus Goncalves · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall s good read, but not focus enough in the areas of active sport, mostly strategies. Great insights, though.

[Richard · Rating 1 out of 5]

Rating of 1/5 based on Blinkist summary.

[GM]

unmemorable