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Champion Thinking
- How to Find Success Without Losing Yourself
- Narrated by: Simon Mundie
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
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Summary
Simon Mundie, host of The Life Lessons podcast, draws on interviews with some of the world’s sporting legends to redefine how we understand – and pursue - success through 8 key lessons.
As the sports reporter for BBC Radio 1 for the best part of a decade, Simon Mundie was pitch-side at many of the most high-profile sporting events in history. It was often thrilling, but when he took to the airwaves to report on what he had seen, it increasingly felt like something was missing. The emphasis always seemed to be on results, tactics and the score. But as the saying goes, sport is a metaphor for life – so Simon set out to explore that.
Drawing on interviews with sporting legends from Jonny Wilkinson to Kate Richardson-Walsh, Caitlyn Jenner to Goldie Sayers, along with psychologists, philosophers and world-renowned thinkers, Simon shares some of the tools and techniques that sportspeople have embraced to grow and evolve – as athletes and people. From developing emotional intelligence to the power of true acceptance and the joy of getting in flow, he explores eight universal themes that are highlighted in sport, but that are all too easily overlooked in the favour of simpler, shallower narratives about winning, trophies and ‘success’.
What can the careers of Gaël Monfils and Andy Murray teach us about exploring our potential? What can England’s Olympic gold-medal winning hockey team teach us about the power of being truly selfless? Wise and inspiring, Champion Thinking illustrates that whether in sport, at work or in our relationships, worshipping at the altar of success isn’t going to bring us happiness. The contentment we are all looking for isn’t somewhere ‘out there’ – it’s actually so close that we tend to overlook it.
Critic reviews
'This book captures the magic of being in flow, and Simon upgrades the usual message of what ‘success’ and happiness are really about. Highly recommended.' (Ronnie O'Sullivan)
'Champion Thinking blends compelling sporting moments with thought-provoking philosophical insights. Mundie argues persuasively that sport isn't just about trophies and winning, and that similarly life isn't just about success and status. Entertaining and enlightening.' (Matthew Syed)
'This exquisite, erudite book distils the modern wisdom in Mundie’s unmissable podcast. Business leaders, sports coaches, and indeed anyone with pretensions to being a champion - or just improving themselves - ought to read it, whether for entertainment or because it might change their life for the better. Mundie understands something most of us discover eventually: that the pursuit of sporting excellence is the best guide we have to what it means to be human.' (Amol Rajan)
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- Monkfish_57
- 17-05-24
A profound distillation of the best minds in sport, psychiatry and philosophy
Simon has interviewed the very best sports people and thinkers, and skillfully drawn clear and simple conclusions that we can all relate to. Thank you Simon for this excellent book, it's a real masterpiece.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-02-24
Simply exceptional!
What a book. So many takeaways! For someone like me who works in a job where so many things can change in an instant and so many variables are out of my control, this book has allowed me to reflect and focus on living in the “what is” rather than the “what if” - thus saving me so much time and allowing me to work on things within my control.
I can’t recommend this book enough!
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- roger mackle
- 07-04-24
An authentic book which feels like it was written in Flow
This book is great! The author is the perfect narrator as in many ways it’s his story. A very accessible and enjoyable discussion of some profound concepts. I loved it and will be passing on and recommending.
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-02-24
Re-think the way you view success in your own life
This book will rethink the way you look at success, what it is, what it looks like and how it is/isnt measured.
Simon does a great job of taking what our super human sporting stars experience and making it relate to an everyday Joe like myself.
Funny how the universe does its thing, I didn’t realise how much I needed this book at this time, to re-remind me that my thoughts are just my thoughts and success really is in the doing.
Simon is not a top athlete or someone trying to talk to you about the latest fad, he talks about his own experiences and relates the conversations he has had with athletes and professionals and how you can use this in your own life.
Really easy listen, easy to follow, give it a go.
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- charlie howard
- 25-01-24
Great Read
Thoroughly enjoyed listening to bit by bit and engrossed myself into Simon Mundie readings and cannot wait to read my next
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- Anonymous User
- 07-02-24
Insightful, enlightening and engaging.
Builds on the podcast in an accessible and engaging way. Supporting stories provide insight into elite performance but related to us mere mortals!
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