Simon Marshall PhD

Interesting book that is relevant to me personally. Could do without as many expletives, but I can see the reasoning behind these. They probably make the subject easier to access and understand. they do echo the thoughts of the many competitors (athletes) who will probably be interested in the subject, even age groupers like myself. If they were needed for emphasis then possibly a few less may make them less distracting? There is a humour that runs through the text, not quite the Bob Monkhouse book of jokes, but it does help with breaking the subject down and making it more 'user friendly'. Interestingly Simon Marshall mentions humour in the 'unacknowledgements'.
There is a good, comprehensible backgrounds on stress, pressure and self doubt as well as strategies to deal with in these situations. a number of the strategies are related to products that are available externally (e.g. Headspace, Breathing Zone).
The author(s) have done a good job of communicating complex concepts in an evidence based (references in the written text?), but intelligible, manner. The techniques they discuss owe much to the strategies discussed by Prof. Steve Peters (The Chimp Paradox). Flicking through the written text there seem to be references to literature included, but not the audiobook. Could they be added to the pdf?
I listened to the audiobook version walking to and from work. Having done so I have now got the print version as there are many '...in the accompanying pdf...' statements. Yes, I have the accompanying pdf, which is good, but I think sitting down with the book and doing the exercises / practicing the techniques is going to add value.
Overall a good listen / read OK to listen to when commuting, but I feel that the written text will hold more benefits, for me personally. I would recommend this book as an interesting and informative read, but be aware that it does have a conversational tone in presentation of the topics. For me, a good thing.… (altro)

I got a few good nuggets out of this book that I believe I can put to good use. This book was funny in spots, too technical (for me) in spots, and others just didn't seem to apply to me....what do you know? I'm not as screwed up as I thought. There seemed to be a lot on whys my head is f*cked up about racing, but a bit short on hows to fix it. For a self-help book probably on par, or a bit better, from most of that I've read from a readability point of view: meaning that in general it was a chore to read but in the end probably worth it.… (altro)