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The Hinge: The Importance of Mental Toughness
Every door has a hinge, A door that doesn't is a wall, it just doesn't work. The Hinge is the moment, event, or person that makes all the difference. It connects who we are with who we become and it only takes one. Mental Toughness is what allows the Hinge to connect. Will you be ready? In this cutting edge book, you'll learn: -How a plane crash changed the music landscape forever in America. -How a blade of grass caused the dominance of Korean golf. -What Hall of Famers really believe. -The most important mental skills and how to apply them. -Why we should listen to our gut. -To understand that "it only takes one."
120 pages, Hardcover
First published November 1, 2013
About the author
Rob Bell
74 books1,650 followersRob Bell is an American author, speaker, and former pastor known for his influence on contemporary Christian thought and public discussions of spirituality. He founded Mars Hill Bible Church in Grandville, Michigan, in 1999 and led it until 2012, during which time it became one of the fastest growing churches in the United States. The congregation expanded rapidly from meetings in a school gym to thousands of attendees each week. Bell studied at Wheaton College, where he formed an alternative rock band and became involved in preaching at a Christian camp, experiences that helped shape his approach to communication and ministry. He later earned a Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary. Alongside his pastoral work he developed the NOOMA series of short spiritual films and began writing books that reached a wide audience. His publications include Velvet Elvis, Sex God, and the New York Times bestseller Love Wins, a book that sparked significant debate within evangelical circles over its reflections on hell and salvation. After leaving Mars Hill, Bell focused on writing, public speaking, and media projects, including the podcast The Robcast and national speaking tours on creativity, faith, and leadership. A documentary about his life and ideas, The Heretic, was released in 2018.
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November 21, 2013
The Hinge by Rob Bell. At first glance and after reading the first few pagers i decided this was not the book for me. To understand what you are going to find between the covers of this book you need to know who Dr Rob Bell is, you can find that out here, but it is enough for me to say that he has a big qualification is Applied Sports Psychology. How does knowing what he does help you understand his book? That’s easy! He’s uses a lot of sport references and links them through what he calls the Hinge.
He says that a ‘door without an hinge is a wall’, i can’t disagree with him on that one and don’t think anyone else could either. However it is not the door that we go through but the hinge that allows us to open the door that holds the power to our failure or success. For instance let me share something from the book that is not sport related;
“For the first three years of WWII, the German army dominated. Field Marshall Erwin Rommel, ‘The Desert Fox’ commanded the German ground forces in Africa, a shrewd and distinguished taciturn in desert warfare. Britain couldn’t seem to keep up. Frustrated by the lack of on-field leadership, Prime Minister Winston Churchill went to Africa to assess what changes needed to be made. He appointed Lieutenant General William Gott as commander of the British Army.
The Hinge…
Before he could take command, however, Lieutenant General Gott’s plane was shot down. As a result Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery became the eighth Army Commander. The Second Battle of El Alamein immediately followed, lasting thirteen days. Oddly, Rommel was sick in Germany when the battle began and it was two full days before he returned to the field.
This battle became the first major win for the British and for the Allied Forces and General Montgomery’s greatest battle. It was the turning point of the war, ‘the beginning of the end’ Winston Churchill acknowledged…’
In all the instances that Rob Bell shares he shows how things and people were put in a set place so that what happened afterwards could not have happened in any other way. However we need to believe in ourselves and our ability to be able to accomplish successfully the tasks in front of us. He also talks about the ‘rusty hinge’ this is the hinge of defeat, where we set things up to achieve a goal but then do not follow through with what we need to do.
As i have already said this book is full of sport and how because a certain player was in the right place at the right time for the hinge to work, however if you can get pass all the sport, or maybe you will like all the sport references i think this is a really good book. We can either be the hinge for someone else or activate the hinge in our favour. It is thought provoking and there is this essence of positivism. It is a self-help book with a difference and it would definitely appeal to all the sport fans out there, wherever they may be. In the end i couldn't put this book down and was looking for the next page even though i had come to the end.
He says that a ‘door without an hinge is a wall’, i can’t disagree with him on that one and don’t think anyone else could either. However it is not the door that we go through but the hinge that allows us to open the door that holds the power to our failure or success. For instance let me share something from the book that is not sport related;
“For the first three years of WWII, the German army dominated. Field Marshall Erwin Rommel, ‘The Desert Fox’ commanded the German ground forces in Africa, a shrewd and distinguished taciturn in desert warfare. Britain couldn’t seem to keep up. Frustrated by the lack of on-field leadership, Prime Minister Winston Churchill went to Africa to assess what changes needed to be made. He appointed Lieutenant General William Gott as commander of the British Army.
The Hinge…
Before he could take command, however, Lieutenant General Gott’s plane was shot down. As a result Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery became the eighth Army Commander. The Second Battle of El Alamein immediately followed, lasting thirteen days. Oddly, Rommel was sick in Germany when the battle began and it was two full days before he returned to the field.
This battle became the first major win for the British and for the Allied Forces and General Montgomery’s greatest battle. It was the turning point of the war, ‘the beginning of the end’ Winston Churchill acknowledged…’
In all the instances that Rob Bell shares he shows how things and people were put in a set place so that what happened afterwards could not have happened in any other way. However we need to believe in ourselves and our ability to be able to accomplish successfully the tasks in front of us. He also talks about the ‘rusty hinge’ this is the hinge of defeat, where we set things up to achieve a goal but then do not follow through with what we need to do.
As i have already said this book is full of sport and how because a certain player was in the right place at the right time for the hinge to work, however if you can get pass all the sport, or maybe you will like all the sport references i think this is a really good book. We can either be the hinge for someone else or activate the hinge in our favour. It is thought provoking and there is this essence of positivism. It is a self-help book with a difference and it would definitely appeal to all the sport fans out there, wherever they may be. In the end i couldn't put this book down and was looking for the next page even though i had come to the end.
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