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Winning Is a Choice: How the Champions Do It, and How We Can Too
Written by Dr. Paul Meier and former pro golfer Jim Hiskey, this motivational book outlines the eight critical choices that champions must make on the playing field and in life. Based on examples from the lives of pro athletes (such as Tiger Woods, Betsy King, and Lance Armstrong) and everyday people, Winning Is a Choice is an inspiring guide for real-life champions on the path to success. Readers (especially golf enthusiasts) will be encouraged to pursue worthwhile goals in their own lives, and to stay focused on becoming the champions God wants them to be.
- GenresSelf Help
176 pages, Hardcover
First published March 29, 2007
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Paul D. Meier
97 books13 followersExtract of DR. Paul Meier's biography on the website of the Meier Clinics:
Paul Meier is an MD/Psychiatrist/Ordained Minister who is the founder of the national chain of non-profit Christian psychiatry clinics, the Meier Clinics. He has authored or co-authored over 80 books, mostly Christian self-help books like Love is a Choice and Happiness is a Choice, and also a series of Bible Prophecy novels, including The Third Millennium.
Paul Meier is an MD/Psychiatrist/Ordained Minister who is the founder of the national chain of non-profit Christian psychiatry clinics, the Meier Clinics. He has authored or co-authored over 80 books, mostly Christian self-help books like Love is a Choice and Happiness is a Choice, and also a series of Bible Prophecy novels, including The Third Millennium.
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October 22, 2010
Ach!!!! Here we have a Christian (or maybe it is better said as 'pseudo-Christian') book on choosing to win. Read the Bible. Is the Bible full of folks that 'chose to win'?? No. The Bible is full of God's choosing of the winners. Even many non-Christians would agree that 'powers outside of man's control' often determine the winner.
I am not saying that people can't make decisions to do things and help themselves. Obviously, this is true. There is a balance between 'free will' and 'destiny' that seems impossible to fathom, the more you think of it. But this book lies clearly on the side of 'free will', and I say that is not really a Christian outlook.
As far as the content of the book goes, it is pretty standard 'self-help' fare. Any of us could find something useful in it (and that goes for the other multitude of books like this). There truly may be something here that 'unlocks the door to the winner's circle here'. I liked the chapter on 'Concentration', as I think that 'we' sometimes forget stressing concentration (and the idea of losing oneself in our tasks).
Early in the book, the author defines a champion (and I am simplifying the definition here) as someone that reaches great heights of accomplishment and is also able to inspire others. A champion reaches beyond himself to others. Then I turned to the chapter on Tiger Woods. We have to say that it is true: Tiger has reached great heights of accomplishment and he has 'inspired' others. Sorry for my dark sense of humor. Obviously, this book was published before Tiger's scandal and the authors ended up with egg on their face.
This book seemed to spend a lot of time 'ogling' (IMO) over winners, with a special emphasis on 'golfing winners'. Do we need to 'ogle' over champions? For the most part (and I know that I am repeating myself), they are champions because of the God-given ability that they have. Is Tiger Woods really the hardest working man in Golf (as I have read) or is he a Champion that is called the hardest working man in Golf. And have we called him the hardest working man in Golf as a way of trying to understand why he is a Champion?? Either way, if you're looking for a book that is even aware that this is a valid argument, this is not your book. This book exists in a pretty black and white universe.
I read most of this waiting for a Dr. appt. It was sitting there and I had forgotten to bring something read. Lucky me. At least I think I concentrated 'pretty hard' while I read the book. Maybe I am a champion.
I am not saying that people can't make decisions to do things and help themselves. Obviously, this is true. There is a balance between 'free will' and 'destiny' that seems impossible to fathom, the more you think of it. But this book lies clearly on the side of 'free will', and I say that is not really a Christian outlook.
As far as the content of the book goes, it is pretty standard 'self-help' fare. Any of us could find something useful in it (and that goes for the other multitude of books like this). There truly may be something here that 'unlocks the door to the winner's circle here'. I liked the chapter on 'Concentration', as I think that 'we' sometimes forget stressing concentration (and the idea of losing oneself in our tasks).
Early in the book, the author defines a champion (and I am simplifying the definition here) as someone that reaches great heights of accomplishment and is also able to inspire others. A champion reaches beyond himself to others. Then I turned to the chapter on Tiger Woods. We have to say that it is true: Tiger has reached great heights of accomplishment and he has 'inspired' others. Sorry for my dark sense of humor. Obviously, this book was published before Tiger's scandal and the authors ended up with egg on their face.
This book seemed to spend a lot of time 'ogling' (IMO) over winners, with a special emphasis on 'golfing winners'. Do we need to 'ogle' over champions? For the most part (and I know that I am repeating myself), they are champions because of the God-given ability that they have. Is Tiger Woods really the hardest working man in Golf (as I have read) or is he a Champion that is called the hardest working man in Golf. And have we called him the hardest working man in Golf as a way of trying to understand why he is a Champion?? Either way, if you're looking for a book that is even aware that this is a valid argument, this is not your book. This book exists in a pretty black and white universe.
I read most of this waiting for a Dr. appt. It was sitting there and I had forgotten to bring something read. Lucky me. At least I think I concentrated 'pretty hard' while I read the book. Maybe I am a champion.
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