What did Boris Becker already say ages ago? Words to the following effect: Decisive for winning or losing is what happens between the two ears. Success is often produced in the head and this holds not only true for sports. The two authors Renate and Ulrich Dehner have written a book about the stress caused by one’s own “mental cinema“ and how it can be overcome.
Everyone is familiar with sentences such as “You can’t do this anyway“, “this can only happens to me“ or even “I am too old / too young / too stupid… for this“. Sounds like specific advice literature according to the principle: “Simply think positive and everything will work out!“. This is not the case, however. In the first chapters the authors unfold the theoretical backgrounds in an easily understandable way, and successively further develop them into rather pragmatic steps. An audio programme, which can be downloaded from the internet free of charge rounds up the complete package. For coaches and personnel developers most methods are not completely new, but they can surely be well integrated in respective consulting and training sequences. Other than that suitable for anyone: As preparation for the upcoming presentation, the next important customer appointment or for the annual negotiation with the manager.