The Winning Mindset

A winning mindset is a state of mental fluency that helps people to deliver their full potential, and is the key ingredient to long-term success. Nowhere is a winning mindset more clearly on display than in the high-pressure environment of the sporting arena. Drawing on his own experience of working with some of the world's top coaches across multiple disciplines, Professor Damian Hughes distils the ingredients of successful teams, from FC Barcelona to the New Zealand All Blacks, down to five key elements to show how you can create and maintain a winning mindset to achieve the best in any situation. The principles of the winning mindset - Simplicity, Thinking, Emotions, Practical, Stories - can be applied to every professional or personal environment, with dramatic results. Covering the key components to individual and team success, from nurturing talent to communicating a shared vision, handling pressure to staying focused, The Winning Mindset is the ultimate handbook for getting the best out of yourself or your team. 'Building a great business requires a leader to pay attention to many different factors. The most important one is the requirement to recruit, develop and get the very best from your people. In this regard, sport and business contain some obvious parallels and Damian Hughes has highlighted these methods in his excellent book. I would encourage you to make time to read it' Jonathan Warburton, Chief Executive, Warburtons

Damian Hughes

Introduction - i: Prologue Section - ii: Introducing The Five Steps Section - iii: How To Apply It? Section - iv: Trapdoors Unit - 1: The First Step: Simplicity Chapter - 1: The Heart Of The Matter Chapter - 2: The Key Information Chapter - 3: Information Is Inspiration Chapter - 4: Inverting The Pyramid Chapter - 5: Ferguson Versus Moyes: The Sorcerer And The Apprentice Chapter - 6: One Thing After Another: Cognitive Fluency Chapter - 7: Will It Make The Boat Go Faster? Chapter - 8: Strength In Depth Unit - 2: The Second Step: Thinking Chapter - 9: In The Middle Of The Muddle Chapter - 10: The Wildebeests Of Elite Sport Chapter - Commander's Intent: 11 Chapter - 12: The Privileges And Duties Of The King Chapter - 13: Tripwires And Other Hazards Chapter - 14: Brown Sweets and Red Flags Chapter - 15: Guided Discovery Unit - 3: The Third Step: Emotions Chapter - 16: Feeling On Top Of The World Chapter - 17: The Elephant And The Rider Chapter - 18: The Storm And The T-Cup Chapter - 19: Contain, Entertain, Explain Chapter - 20: The Power Of Ritual Chapter - 21: Relationship Issues Chapter - 22: The World Smiles With You Chapter - 23: Feeling Good Chapter - 24: Lose Your Illusion Chapter - 25: Fun, Fun, Fun Chapter - 26: Curiouser and Curiouser Chapter - 27: The Power Of Novelty Chapter - 28: The Four Principles Unit - 4: The Fourth Step: Practical Chapter - 29: A Busy Man Chapter - 30: Abstract Versus Practical, Expert Versus Novice Chapter - 31: How To Lead Lions Chapter - 32: Practical Science Chapter - 33: Velcro Memory Chapter - 34: Lessons From Louis Chapter - 35: In Practice Unit - 5: The Fifth Step: Stories Chapter - 36: The Legend Of Pep Guardiola Chapter - 37: What Stories Are For Chapter - 38: The Virtues Of Simulation Chapter - 39: The Doctor And The Castle Chapter - 40: Imagination And Reality Chapter - 41: Stories As Inspiration Chapter - 42: Creating Future History Chapter - 43: The Challenge Plot Chapter - 44: The Connection Plot Chapter - 45: The Creativity Plot Chapter - 46: How To Structure A Story Chapter - 47: Olympic-Standard Storytelling Section - v: Conclusion Acknowledgements - vi: Acknowledgements Section - vii: Notes Section - viii: Bibliography