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The Mindful Athlete
- Secrets to Pure Performance
- Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
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Summary
Michael Jordan credits George Mumford with transforming his on-court leadership of the Bulls, helping Jordan lead the team to six NBA championships. Mumford also helped Kobe Bryant, Andrew Bynum, and Lamar Odom and countless other NBA players turn around their games. A widely respected public speaker and coach, Mumford is sharing his own story and the strategies that have made these athletes into stars in The Mindful Athlete: The Secret to Pure Performance. His proven, gentle but groundbreaking mindfulness techniques can transform the performance of anyone with a goal, be they an Olympian, weekend warrior, executive, hacker, or artist.
Mumford's deeply moving personal story is unforgettable. A basketball player at the University of Massachusetts (where he roomed with Dr. J, Julius Erving), injuries forced Mumford out of the game he loved. The meds that relieved the pain of his injuries also numbed him to the emptiness he felt without the game and eventually led him to heroin. After years as a functioning addict, Mumford enrolled in Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn's Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program, and made meditation, on and off the cushion, the center of his life. He kicked drugs, earned a master's degree in counseling psychology and began teaching meditation to inmates and others.
When Michael Jordan left the Chicago Bulls to play baseball in 1993, the team was in crisis. Coach Phil Jackson, a long-time mindfulness practitioner, contacted Dr. Kabat-Zinn to find someone who could teach mindfulness techniques to the struggling team - someone who would have credibility and could speak the language of his players. Kabat-Zinn led Jackson to Mumford and their partnership began. Mumford has worked with Jackson and each of the eleven teams he coached to become NBA champions. His roster of champion clients has since blossomed way beyond basketball to include corporate executives, Olympians, and athletes.
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- Stefan Terzic
- 18-10-20
Long story...
It's just a looong story with a boring narrator. Story keeps giving examples trying to prove the same point over and over again. It never goes deep into the meditation itself and it doesn't give any practical example on how it should it done.
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-09-19
Worst Audio Book ever!
I honestly can’t say if it’s the narrator or the content but rarely have I ever come across such a lack lustre piece of work.
The narrator’s tone does nothing but make me want to sleep, like something from those self help tapes for insomniacs from back in the day.
So awful is it I have no interest in listening to the actual words spoken, his voice fades into the background and the meaning lost to me.
This is supposed to be inspirational but in fact is bland and uninspiring. I don’t think it’s all the narrators fault as the content seems to be rather poor and not well written - or maybe the audio version was done half assed, it would explain a lot.
It’s lucky to get a 1 it’s that bad - the scoring doesn’t go any lower.
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- Chris Lovejoy
- 21-12-16
generally v good
personally experienced a lot of meditation and theory before, so almost stopped reading but after initial introduction (which was good just not new for me) got very good. really enjoyed and v useful.
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- Just a person
- 17-02-22
Beautiful book!
I didn’t expect this, I am a coach and I definitely will be applying the knowledge I have gained from this book. The “Country of now” will be something that will stay with me especially when testing maximal repetitions.
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-01-22
Wisdom and clarity of thought being shared
l enjoyed it and feel that if anyone takes action based on the advice it would help them improve their lives and performance.
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- At this for too long.
- 07-01-22
Nothing new, just a different voice.
If anything, a mash up of Covey, Tao and numerous others, which is perhaps helpful if you’re unfamiliar with these.
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- Mr A Nahal
- 09-03-24
Insightful
Very insightful and inspirational. An easy listen, great examples of what effect different mindsets can have.
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- Ania
- 15-06-23
Informative
It was good. Book full of citations sadly no pdf bibliography added here. I recommend this book.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-04-23
Excellent listen
Great Reading voice, great writing, would recommend to anyone who wants to perform better in not only there sport but also there lives
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- Len Ka
- 24-02-23
Inspiring book
Great book explaining mindfulness with stories from athletic and spiritual areas. I’ve enjoyed it a lot.
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