In the Zone: Achieving Optimal Performance in Business-As in Sports

by J. Mitchell Perry, Steve Jamison

"Mitchell Perry has been training winners for a long time. Let him help you on your journey." -- Kenneth Blanchard, coauthor, The One Minute Manager Athletes Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and Joe Montana; coaches Bill Walsh and John Wooden; and most other superachievers in sports share a basic trait. All have similar and powerful mental management skills allowing them to obtain optimal performance results under maximum pressure. In The Zone is a step-by-step game plan for unleashing your optimum performance potential in business just as these top athletes and coaches do in their arenas. Dr. J. Mitchell Perry, whose JM Perry Corporation coaches business executives worldwide in these skills, and Steve Jamison illustrate in dramatic terms how understanding the method in which the likes of Jordan, Woods, and Montana think can have a positive and profound impact on your own performance results in the workplace. Perry and Jamison How Jordan unleashes his optimum potential (and how you can do the same) Why "two option" thinking destroyed Greg Norman in the 1996 Masters Tournament How to experience instant recovery from business setbacks How to reduce stress from business challenges A clear and compelling playbook for raising your professional results to a higher and more consistent level, In the Zone gets you to the top of your game in business. Dr. J. Mitchell Perry, president of the JM Perry Corporation in Palo Alto, California, is a psychologist, professional speaker, entrepreneur, and award-winning organizational psychologist. Steve Jamison, a columnist and television producer, is coauthor of Winning Mental Warfare in Tennis and A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court.

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First published January 11, 1997