Learned Excellence: Mental Disciplines for Leading and Winning from the World's Top Performers

Learned Excellence is a comprehensive and practical guide to the mental disciplines of high performance, developed by Dr. Eric Potterat, who has advised elite military operators, Olympic medalists, and Fortune 500 business executives. The book teaches five mental disciplines for high performance, including Values & Goals, Mindset, Process, Adversity Tolerance, and Balance & Recovery, and is illustrated with stories and quotes from top performers across a wide variety of fields.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 29 February 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Learned Excellence is a comprehensive and practical guide to the mental disciplines of high performance, from the expert who developed the US Navy SEALs mental toughness curriculum and has worked with thousands of top athletes, elite military personnel, business executives, and first responders. These stars perform across a wide variety of fields, but they all have something in common: when they are at work, they know how to think clearly, stay focused, and shrug off setbacks under very high levels of stress. They may have superb physical and intellectual traits, but it is the stuff going on above the neck and between the ears that makes them excellent. The difference between settling and achieving, between good and great, between contentment and fulfillment, is based entirely on their mental approach. This approach is not innate; it is 100% learned. The world's top performers are not born that way; they learn excellence. So can everyone else, and Dr. Eric Potterat can teach us.

One of the world's leading performance psychologists and a retired US Navy Commander, Dr. Potterat has spent over three decades helping thousands of top performers from the military, sports, first responder, and business worlds improve. He served as the lead psychologist for the US Navy SEALs and the Los Angeles Dodgers, and has consulted with the US Women's National Soccer Team, the Miami Heat, Red Bull athletes, NASA astronauts, and dozens of Olympic medalists.

In Learned Excellence, Eric distills the insight.

The first step to achieving excellence is to develop a growth mindset. This means that you believe that you can improve and that you are willing to put in the effort to do so. You must also be willing to take risks and fail, as failure is a necessary part of the learning process.

Next, you need to set clear goals and objectives. These should be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART). This will help you stay focused and motivated and ensure that you are making progress toward the things that are most important to you.

Once you have set your goals, you need to create a plan of action. This plan should include specific steps that you can take to achieve your goals, as well as a timeline for completing each step. You should also be realistic about the amount of time and effort that it will take to achieve your goals, and be prepared to adjust your plan as needed.

Finally, you need to practice and refine your skills. This means that you should continuously seek out new opportunities to learn and improve, and be willing to put in the time and effort to do so. You should also be open to feedback and constructive criticism, and use it to improve your performance.

In conclusion, Learned Excellence is a comprehensive and practical guide to the mental disciplines of high performance. By developing a growth mindset, setting clear goals and objectives, creating a plan of action, practicing and refining your skills, and being open to feedback and constructive criticism, you can achieve excellence in any field.

Weight: 318g
Dimension: 148 x 217 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780063316164