Stillpower (Hardcover)
Excellence With Ease in Sports and Life
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What if everything you've been taught about performance is wrong?
In Stillpower, Garret Kramer turns the oldest coaching advice in the world on its head: When the going gets tough, stillpower—not willpower—is the best response. In this revolutionary yet simple paradigm for performance, Garret invites readers to find the zone from within, and seek clarity and stillness of mind to succeed on the field and in their lives.
Using real-life examples, his simple but profound writing aims to help athletes and non-athletes alike to perform with freedom and ease by looking within themselves for the keys to success. While other books aim to improve an athlete's performance with quick, external fixes and mental tricks, Stillpower offers a lasting solution—the ultimate performance tools: instinct, inner wisdom, and insight.
Stillpower's message is clear: when we stop trying to will ourselves through a problem, the solutions become intuitively available. This insight not only has the capacity to enhance performance in athletics, but also allows anyone to navigate smoothly through life, appreciating the journey along the way.
With Stillpower, success is so much closer than you think.
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- Publication date: 06/05/2012
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 224
- Publisher: Beyond Words Publishing/Atria Books
- Editor: Cynthia Black
- Foreword By: Zach Parise, New Jersey Devils All-Star Forward, US Olympic Hockey Team
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781582703886
- Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 8 7/16
- Categories: Health & Wellness, Inspiration, Psychology, Spiritual Lifestyles
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Garret Kramer has overturned much of the conventional wisdom about coaching and performance. With persuasive logic and an array of interesting stories, he shows the limits of grind-it-out willpower and the potential of insight, mindfulness, and even love. Stillpower is an insightful and profound book.
—Daniel H Pink, New York Times bestselling author of Drive and A Whole New Mind
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In Stillpower, Garret Kramer simplifies the game by reducing performance down to one simple element: the clarity of mind to live (and play) with freedom and ease. Where this state of mind comes from, and how to spend more of your time in it, is the subject of this insightful book. Stillpower is not just one of the best books on improving sports performance ever written—it is a must-read for coaches and performers in any field of human endeavor. While you work on your game or career, the ideas in this book will go to work on you.
—Michael Neill, author of Supercoach: 10 Secrets to Transform Anyone's Life
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In covering sports for more than twenty years, I am always looking for what separates the good athletes from the great ones. Garret Kramer looks outside the box when it comes to athletics. His views have provided me with incredible insight. When I'm calling the action, I now have an appreciation of an athlete's true mental state. Stillpower is a must-read for someone serious about performance, or for the casual fan who wants to learn what REALLY makes athletes tick—on and off the field.
—Ian Eagle, CBA Sports/YES Network/Westwood One Radio
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A clear and quiet state of mind isn't just a key element in sports; it's also important in finance and life. Without the understanding that Garret Kramer conveys, the best advice can be lost or forgotten, and the worst could be followed—no matter how smart you are. The principles introduced in this book apply to so much more than athletics.
—Jean Chatzky, New York Times bestselling author of Money 911
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The brilliance of Garret Kramer's perspective is that he takes the often complicated quest of achieving one's best performance and turns it into a direct, natural, and positive understanding. Stillpower provides the simple, yet powerful message the sports world has been looking for. It is a must read for every coach, athlete, parent, or businessperson.
—Sean Hutchison, US Olympic swimming coach
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I believe the principles introduced in Stillpower are the future of athletic mental performance; actually, performance of any kind. This book helped me to recognize that in grinding so hard, I was reducing my chances to perform up to my capabilities. I now see why the game wasn't always as enjoyable as I wanted it to be, and my effort rarely feels like work. In Stillpower, Garret Kramer offers hope for discovering our potential to perform freely, regardless of the circumstances of our lives. I hope, like me, you find this perspective to be extremely valuable.
—Zach Parise, New Jersey Devils and US Olympic Hockey Team
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Garret Kramer
Garret Kramer is the founder and managing partner of Inner Sports, LLC. A former collegiate ice hockey player, Kramer is credited with bringing the principles of mind, consciousness, and thought to the athletic community at large. He has worked with hundreds of athletes and coaches, including Olympians, the NHL and NFL, and collegiate players across a multitude of sports. His work has been featured on WFAN New York, ESPN, and in Sports Illustrated, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.
Visit Garret's Website: garretkramer.com