The Turnaround: How to Build Life-Changing Confidence

by Darrin Donnelly

Discover the Confidence-Building Techniques Used by Some of the Greatest Coaches of All Time...Confidence is essential to success, happiness, and peace of mind. Whether it be in sports, business, or any other area of life, the most confident people tend to be the most successful. But despite knowing how important confidence is, it’s easy to lose your self-confidence and start doubting yourself—especially during difficult times.This book will show you how to build and maintain confidence while eliminating self-doubt and insecurity—no matter what is going on around you.In this inspirational fable, Danny O’Connor is an insecure fourth-string quarterback on one of the worst college football teams in America. But his life changes when a new coach named Bud Sullivan is hired and begins showing Danny and his teammates how to build the confidence needed to turn around their losing ways.Over the course of three years, Bud lays the foundation for one of the greatest turnarounds in college football history and Danny learns invaluable lessons that will last him a lifetime.As this story plays out, you will learn the practical, real-world methods used by some of the greatest coaches of all time for instantly generating self-confidence.Perfect for individuals and teams, the powerful techniques in this book will help you build the type of confidence that can turn around any situation and ignite winning streaks in every area of life.

Genres: Sports, Psychology

272 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 17, 2021

Reviews

[Slavomir Ogurcak · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you love sport and self-development books this is one of the best book you can go for! From the beginning to the very end full of great ideas about building and practicing self-confidence leading to successful life.

[Brian Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an awesome book featuring a quarterback and his team on their way to forging unstoppable confidence.

“Confidence is essential to success, happiness and peace of mind. If we don’t believe we can accomplish something, we won’t. If we don’t feel good about ourselves, we won’t be happy. If we don’t believe in ourselves, we’ll never be at peace with who we are and what we’re capable of.

Yet, sometimes, it seems like right when we most need a boost of self-confidence, it is nowhere to be found.

We’ve all been there. Those times when it feels like life is working against us. When we have a losing season, we face a financial or health crisis, we lose a job, or we just seem to be encountering one big problem after another.

It’s during those tough times when we often lose our self-confidence, which only makes matters worse. We start doubting ourselves questioning whether we will get back on our feet, wondering how we will ever turn things around.

This book will show you how to build and maintain confidence no matter what is going on around you—in good times and in bad.

No matter how dire the situation, every turnaround starts with renewed self-confidence. It is the catalyst for getting back up, conquering your problems, and feeling good about yourself again.”

~ Darrin Donnelly from The Turnaround

This is the sixth and (currently!) final book in Darrin Donnelly’s Sports for the Soul series.

We started with Think Like a Warrior, then we featured Old School Grit, Relentless Optimism, Victory Favors the Fearless, and Life to the Fullest.

I’m a big Darrin Donnelly fan. His books are quick reading, incredibly inspiring fables that are packed (!) with wisdom.

Think Like a Warrior features a struggling college football coach who magically meets five legendary coaches who each give him ONE powerful idea. Old School Grit features an NCAA basketball coach at the end of his career writing letters to his grandchildren on how to live a great life. Relentless Optimism features a minor league baseball player who meets a brilliant manager who helps him break through to fulfill his dreams. Victory Favors the Fearless features a boxer who goes from down and out to heavyweight champion after he meets the perfect mentor who teaches him how to conquer the seven fears that hold us back. Life to the Fullest features a high school coach who questions the decisions he made in life and gets wisdom from his dad on the power of following your heart and trusting your unique path.

This book features a fourth-string quarterback on the worst college football team in the conference whose life changes the day he meets his new head coach who turns the program around by helping him and his teammates forge unstoppable confidence.

It’s awesome. And, as you’d expect, it’s packed with Big Ideas.

Some of my favorite ideas are:
1. Self-Confidence - Goeswith your self-image.
2. Want More Confidence? - Be the hardest worker in the room.
3. Change the Channel - When negative memories pop up.
4. Tell Me Your Goals - What do they say about you?
5. A Confident Role Model - Keep them in mind.

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[Timothy p. Tighe · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book and author do an excellent job of some real useful advice by using a story to keep you excited and still weave excellent advice into it.

This and the other books by Darrin do an excellent job of using storytelling and good writing skills to get the advice in without it sounding like he is preaching to you.

[Ian Beazley · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book on building self confidence

Darrin Donnelly’s books never disappoint andThe Turnaround is no different. This was a great read on building self confidence and positive self talk.
There are so many takeaways from this book. Do yourself a favor and read this book and believe in yourself!

[Anna Spooner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great inspiration

I really enjoy these parable-style books, and this one did not disappoint. I definitely embraced the messages about working hard and being your best, although I hesitate when it gets to "If you believe good things will happen they will." Still, good book that tried to put some ups and downs into an otherwise predictable storyline!

[Ron Hollis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent Book-Principles of living a great life

Highly recommend….while it’s a football story, the applications are applicable to everyone. They are the basic tenets of SUCCESS….

Definitely recommend to every COACH…this book shows basic lessons of confidence and positiveness, while reinforcing the POWER and INFLUENCE a coach has on his players. The coach affects the players entire lives….

[Linda Todd-Ferguson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book!

I have read all 6 of the Sports for the Soul books and The Turn around was definitely my favorite! I love reading these foundational life’s principles in a story form! I often make recommendations to reading Donnelly’s books.

[Cristian Marrero · Rating 4 out of 5]

Donnelly always provides an enjoyable read.
In this one, Bud is the coach and mentor you've always wanted. 40 plus chapters. 3 to 4 pages long to learn wonderful lessons and quotes to write down and build your confidence.

[Patrick J. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great book by Darrin Donnelly

Take your time with this one and absorb the lessons offered. It is a true representation of what we need to be successful and love the life we have built.

[Kasey S. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Relatable

I never played football, yet I was able to apply all of these life lessons to myself. I found myself implementing the practices even before I finished reading the book, and it has already made me a happier man.

[Gracie Abschneider · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

Awesome message about having a positive and confident mindset. Highly recommend to coaches and athletes .This author is a really great writer!

[Sandra Kirkpatrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read

This book is a great read because it inspires us to take control over your life. It motivate you to do better and be the best you can be.

[michael n mezle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

It's an easy read and a very inspiring book. Once you start reading, its hard to put it down. Loved every page!

[Anthony Cappoferri · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent

If Ted Lasso decided to take a break from coaching soccer and decided to become an author, his books would be imitations of those written by Darrin Donnelly. They are packed to overflowing with the morals, mindset, and psychology needed to win in sports…and in life. I absolutely love this series of books and cannot recommend them more highly. I just wish every school in the Nation had access to them. They are that good!

[Nicole Soutar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Positive thinking!!!

[Eric Schurr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great Darrin Donnelly book!

Love this book and all of DD'S books. They are so easy to read and filled with great content that applies to everyone

[JoAnn Wages · Rating 5 out of 5]

For a sports lover this really helps me put a visual on my self improvement journey. Love this author.

[Michael Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Darrin writes another good story about football while weaving in lessons about confidence and how to build ones self confidence in the individual, team and life settings. The story line revolves around a college QB who struggles his first year under bully of a HC at Arkansas A&M in the old Southwest Conference. The individual Danny O'Connor is reliving his college career. From wanting to quit as a freshmen to a senior playing on a Conference Championship team at the Cotton Bowl. Now a highly successful Sports Talk show host. The team stinks and the coach is fired and replaced with Bud Sullivan a young coach who's had stops a several large named DI schools. His a vibrant individual who guides them through three years of personal and team growth. If your into team sports this is a great book to read.

[Joshua Vigil · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a gift I got from one the patients I work with. Me and him had a deep conversation as he told me that he’s a life coach. A coach that guides his clients to face the challenges of life and gives tools to overcome them. To my surprise, he’s actually a dentist but does life coaching part time. The reason why he gifted me this book is because I admitted to him i wanted to gain more confidence. Few days later he brought this book. It contains many tools for you to start having a different mindset. Following a young man Danny that is in college playing football at the quarterback position. He starts hating the game he once loved due to focusing on his past performance, destroying his confidence and will to even continue playing the sport or school itself. Without any positive support from his coach at the time. He begins to doubt the skills he once knew he had. His coach convincing him that he only shined in high school because the county he played in was so small. His mindset then starts becoming a victim mindset where he starts feelings sorry himself. His college team was terrible overall. The leadership from the coaching staff wasn’t one to motivate the team to run through a brick wall but instead created fear to even run towards the wall. The coaching staff would eventually get fired. Danny would contemplate on leaving the college. But something kept him from leaving. However, the sight of him being at a bar in the future and talking about the “could’ve been” in the field sounded more appealing than continuing to push forward. His new coach, Bud Sullivan was hired and he had a vision that the way the team will turnaround the reputation of a losing college football team to a winning one is through confidence. The book presents multiple tools to increase your confidence. One of them is being “attitude”. If your attitude is negative you will get what you’re throwing out there, negative results. If your attitude is positive, then you will get positive results. With the right guidance from his new mentor (coach) Danny starts shifting his mindset which eventually will improve his game. But it didn’t all happen the next season. It was until his senior year he mastered the tools bud Sullivan showed him. Bud had a huge impact on all the players, he was someone that inspired them to believe in themselves once again. Something bud said that sticks with me is that “confidence is an amazing feeling, however it only stays consistent if you’re consistent” meaning that you always have to improve your game, stay ready so you don’t have to get ready, and lastly continue having a positive attitude. Coach Sullivan had a great impact on Danny, to the point where Danny reached to the sky for his dream job, being a sports analyst. Guiding him on and off the field. Book is pretty good to start finding steps on how to improve your self confidence.

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

This guy named Danny is giving us an entire flashback into his college days at QB. He had a coach named Bud who helped him to grow and develop as a person during his tenure.
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