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Physical Intelligence: Harness your body's untapped intelligence to achieve more, stress less and live more happily
Winner of the Business Book Award (Personal Development) 2020
"Using our Physical Intelligence we can strengthen our cognitive function and alter our mood, emotional responses, stress, confidence and happiness levels at will." HR magazine
"This could be the next big thing." Talking Business with Aaron Heslehurst, BBC World News
"This clever new neuroscience-backed wellness trend will help you take charge of your body, brain, schedule and life." GLAMOUR MAGAZINE
"'Physical intelligence' is the latest buzzword in wellbeing.' WOMAN & HOME
The highly successful four-part strategy for raising your performance at work and home so that you can thrive in a busy, challenging world, from the experts who have worked with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies across the globe.
Do you wish you could be more focused and productive? Would you like to ensure your most confident performance when the stakes are high and your stress levels are even higher?
The way your body reacts in any given situation determines your ability to think clearly and your capacity for managing your emotions. When you understand the way your body reacts and how to manage it, your physical intelligence, you can handle that stressful family situation, the make-or-break meeting and the important business presentation.
Claire Dale and Patricia Peyton have spent the past thirty years helping business people achieve outstanding success and a deeper sense of fulfilment by applying techniques used by top performers in sport and the arts. This practical guide contains the effective techniques you need to develop your strength, flexibility, resilience and endurance, leaving you feeling confident and fully equipped to deal with whatever comes your way.
Each step-by-step strategy can be easily integrated into a busy day and is combined with useful tips and inspiring stories of people who have turned their lives around through physical intelligence.
"This book is an essential counterblast to a better, more integrated way of working and living." Edward Kemp, Director, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)
"Scientific research paired with practical experience and easy life hacks makes Physical Intelligence an inspiring read that will literally change the way you walk through life." Dr Stefanie Teichmann, Director, Google EMEA
"This book is totally brilliant." Wayne McGregor CBE, resident choreographer, Royal Ballet
"Using our Physical Intelligence we can strengthen our cognitive function and alter our mood, emotional responses, stress, confidence and happiness levels at will." HR magazine
"This could be the next big thing." Talking Business with Aaron Heslehurst, BBC World News
"This clever new neuroscience-backed wellness trend will help you take charge of your body, brain, schedule and life." GLAMOUR MAGAZINE
"'Physical intelligence' is the latest buzzword in wellbeing.' WOMAN & HOME
The highly successful four-part strategy for raising your performance at work and home so that you can thrive in a busy, challenging world, from the experts who have worked with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies across the globe.
Do you wish you could be more focused and productive? Would you like to ensure your most confident performance when the stakes are high and your stress levels are even higher?
The way your body reacts in any given situation determines your ability to think clearly and your capacity for managing your emotions. When you understand the way your body reacts and how to manage it, your physical intelligence, you can handle that stressful family situation, the make-or-break meeting and the important business presentation.
Claire Dale and Patricia Peyton have spent the past thirty years helping business people achieve outstanding success and a deeper sense of fulfilment by applying techniques used by top performers in sport and the arts. This practical guide contains the effective techniques you need to develop your strength, flexibility, resilience and endurance, leaving you feeling confident and fully equipped to deal with whatever comes your way.
Each step-by-step strategy can be easily integrated into a busy day and is combined with useful tips and inspiring stories of people who have turned their lives around through physical intelligence.
"This book is an essential counterblast to a better, more integrated way of working and living." Edward Kemp, Director, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)
"Scientific research paired with practical experience and easy life hacks makes Physical Intelligence an inspiring read that will literally change the way you walk through life." Dr Stefanie Teichmann, Director, Google EMEA
"This book is totally brilliant." Wayne McGregor CBE, resident choreographer, Royal Ballet
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480 pages, Paperback
Published March 24, 2020
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February 7, 2022
I picked up this book on the recommendation of my supervision mentor-coach as I was looking to improve my somatic awareness, and to be better able to discuss mental and physical connections when coaching and supervising.
It shouldn't have taken an entire month to read this book, but priorities changed midway and suddenly the usefulness reduced. That said, there was a lot in this tome that spoke to me. Physically I am strong. I have reasonable resilience and endurance. However, my flexibility, physically, is poor, and this mirrors as a character trait – change my brunch to lunch and I will struggle with the requirement to re-reach and adjust.
The parallels between what our bodies can do and what we then mentally feel able to rise to are clear. This book has quite a lot of neuroscience packed in but at times went a little beyond the realm of science; encouraging the reader to use visualisation to release neurotransmitters and chemicals to ‘hack’ your body – con yourself into optimism etc. That was a little too ‘woo woo’ for me, but the core principles stand firm, and I’m not going to argue with the expertise of the authors who have coached so many professionals in developing their presence and mental capabilities through physical exercises and habit stacking.
I applied some of the thinking in this book to a coaching assignment with extremely satisfying results, so there’s definitely value in these pages. The science sometimes hovers to the limit of my understanding, but the book is largely accessible with lots of practical suggestions and exercises for putting the principles into practice.
It shouldn't have taken an entire month to read this book, but priorities changed midway and suddenly the usefulness reduced. That said, there was a lot in this tome that spoke to me. Physically I am strong. I have reasonable resilience and endurance. However, my flexibility, physically, is poor, and this mirrors as a character trait – change my brunch to lunch and I will struggle with the requirement to re-reach and adjust.
The parallels between what our bodies can do and what we then mentally feel able to rise to are clear. This book has quite a lot of neuroscience packed in but at times went a little beyond the realm of science; encouraging the reader to use visualisation to release neurotransmitters and chemicals to ‘hack’ your body – con yourself into optimism etc. That was a little too ‘woo woo’ for me, but the core principles stand firm, and I’m not going to argue with the expertise of the authors who have coached so many professionals in developing their presence and mental capabilities through physical exercises and habit stacking.
I applied some of the thinking in this book to a coaching assignment with extremely satisfying results, so there’s definitely value in these pages. The science sometimes hovers to the limit of my understanding, but the book is largely accessible with lots of practical suggestions and exercises for putting the principles into practice.
September 3, 2019
Using neurotransmitters to explain condition which I think quite useful. Interesting tips to try.
May 21, 2025
Интересная книга, в ней много информации о гормонах и их влиянии на организм, а также рекомендаций, как можно повлиять на свои физические ощущения и внедрить в жизнь полезные привычки
April 24, 2021
Some good, some bad and some average parts in this book.
The premise is interesting: understanding hormones
that impact performance and well being, how these can be influenced consciously, how planning your day being aware of how you sleep, eat, breathe and exercise will all impact how you feel, how you perform, how are you can truly live the fullest life possible.
The book is full of life hacks and practical tips that will allow you to be more aware of all the above mentioned things. For me the book was not fully convincing because some of these tips were either too prescriptive or sometimes even hard to believe despite the references to science being mentioned.
Maybe that is because in addition to a book it also felt very much like a promo item for their own company.
However I think everyone will take one or two practical tips from this book that they can apply easily into their lives, to become more aware of how to function optimally. The parts you don’t like you can simply read through fast optimizing what you get out of this book.
The premise is interesting: understanding hormones
that impact performance and well being, how these can be influenced consciously, how planning your day being aware of how you sleep, eat, breathe and exercise will all impact how you feel, how you perform, how are you can truly live the fullest life possible.
The book is full of life hacks and practical tips that will allow you to be more aware of all the above mentioned things. For me the book was not fully convincing because some of these tips were either too prescriptive or sometimes even hard to believe despite the references to science being mentioned.
Maybe that is because in addition to a book it also felt very much like a promo item for their own company.
However I think everyone will take one or two practical tips from this book that they can apply easily into their lives, to become more aware of how to function optimally. The parts you don’t like you can simply read through fast optimizing what you get out of this book.
December 30, 2021
In this book, Claire and Patricia did good job in describing how the combination of selected hormones play the roles in our mental strength, flexibility, resilience, and endurance. It is interesting research where author give wonderful examples how small adjustments in our physical activities (book called in life hacks) can make the difference. Truly speaking it is not a typical book to read, it is more like a manual with number of life hacks and exercises those you need to try to experience it. I tried some of them and enjoyed it so far, planning to refer this manual and try more in future.
November 20, 2018
Fascinating insight, will reference this again.
February 2, 2020
I found this book to be incredibly useful. I got actionable insights from it that have really helped me.
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