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    Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
    Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
    Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
    Audiobook8 hours

    Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness

    Written by Steve Magness

    Narrated by Mike Chamberlain

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    National Bestseller

    ""In Do Hard Things, Steve Magness beautifully and persuasively reimagines our understanding of toughness. This is a must-read for parents and coaches and anyone else looking to prepare for life's biggest challenges."" -- Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers and Talking to Strangers and host of the Revisionist History podcast

    From beloved performance expert, executive coach, and coauthor of Peak Performance Steve Magness comes a radical rethinking of how we perceive toughness and what it means to achieve our high ambitions in the face of hard things.

    Toughness has long been held as the key to overcoming a challenge and achieving greatness, whether it is on the sports field, at a boardroom, or at the dining room table. Yet, the prevailing model has promoted a mentality based on fear, false bravado, and hiding any sign of weakness. In other words, the old model of toughness has failed us.

    Steve Magness, a performance scientist who coaches Olympic athletes, rebuilds our broken model of resilience with one grounded in the latest science and psychology. In Do Hard Things, Magness teaches us how we can work with our body – how experiencing discomfort, leaning in, paying attention, and creating space to take thoughtful action can be the true indications of cultivating inner strength. He offers four core pillars to cultivate such resilience: 

    • Pillar 1- Ditch the Façade, Embrace Reality
    • Pillar 2- Listen to Your Body
    • Pillar 3- Respond, Instead of React 
    • Pillar 4- Transcend Discomfort   

    Smart and wise all at once, Magness flips the script on what it means to be resilient. Drawing from mindfulness, military case studies, sports psychology, neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy, he provides a roadmap for navigating life’s challenges and achieving high performance that makes us happier, more successful, and, ultimately, better people.

    Editor's Note

    Redefines resilience…

    The author of “Peak Performance” and “The Passion Paradox” returns with more valuable insight on achievement and confidence. “Do Hard Things” redefines resilience, offering strategies backed by neuroscience, psychology, and real-world experience. Learn how to harness vulnerability, mindfulness, and other tangible practices that are counterintuitive to the typical idea of toughness.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateJun 21, 2022
    ISBN9780063098640
    Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
    Author

    Steve Magness

    Steve Magness is a world-renowned expert on performance, author of Do Hard Things and The Science of Running, and coauthor of Peak Performance and The Passion Paradox. He is the co-host of the podcast Farewell, and co-founder of The Growth Equation. He has written for The Atlantic, Runner’s World and Sports Illustrated, and he has been featured in The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, NPR, and others. Magness has served as a performance coach and speaker for teams and individuals in the MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, the US military, and numerous companies and organizations. He lives in Houston, Texas.

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    Readers find this title to be great, nice, fantastic, amazing, and chock full of small distinctions that make a big difference. The author used great examples and stories to keep readers interested. However, some readers found the research and science behind it to be a bit boring. Overall, this book is inspirational, informative, and entertaining. It's a pity that some readers were put off by the amount of cussing.

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    • 5/5
      It was very inspirational, had a lot of information I didn't know as well as kept me entertained.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Chock full of small distinctions that make a big difference, wise life experience and actionable advice.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This book was great! it had parts that resonated to the core.
    • 5/5
      For building resilient brainpower and consistent improvements in everyday life!
    • 5/5
      I found a lot of good insights in this book, and I think it moves from theory to story to real world implementation in a really nice way.
    • 2/5
      The author used great examples and stories which kept me interested. However getting into the research of things and science behind it lost my interest. That might be of interest to some, but just not my personal cup of tea.
    • 4/5
      It is a very nice book to be read .
    • 4/5
      Great book! But needs another finalizing summary at the end.
    • 5/5
      Fantastic and informative. I’ll be buying this book after listening to it.
    • 5/5
      Just amazing. In the top 3 books I’ve read this year. If you’re considering reading it, jump in… you’ll be pleasantly surprised and enlightened by the end of it. Thank you Mark Sturgess
    • 1/5
      3 minutes in and I had to delete the book because of the amount of cussing. What a pity.