Stillpower: Excellence with Ease in Sports and Life

Garret Kramer

Jun 2012 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

Unlock the keys to happiness and freedom, fuel performance, and achieve excellence in sports and in life with the clarity of stillpower—finding the ultimate zone within.

What if everything you’ve been taught about performance is wrong? When the going gets tough, stillpower—not will power—is the best response. For years, athletes, coaches, parents, and organizations have searched for the secrets to optimum mental performance. Stillpower offers a simple, revolutionary, yet dynamic, approach for the future.

Stillpower uses real-life examples to explore such questions as: What is “the zone” and what must we do (or not do) to get there? Why do we need to understand the difference between insight and intellect? Is goal setting really useful? Why doesn’t willpower work? And why do the best mentors focus on a person’s state of mind and not behavior? Virtually all of us—athletes and non-athletes alike—are looking outside of ourselves, trying to find the secret to success. Stillpower encourages us to look within to finally find the answers.

Ratings and reviews

Garret's work isn't simply for athletes who want a new take on sports psychology but for any human being who wants to uncover how their experience of life is simply a reflection of their own mind. This understanding has the power to reconnect you with the life that you are and cut through anything that limits you. Analyzing your past, positive thinking, reframing your thinking and all traditional methods of psychology utilize outside-in models that have consistently proven themselves to be deeply flawed. Garret is among the very best teachers of The Three Principles of psychology model that consistently achieves remarkable results. I'm an intense runner but not a competitive athlete in any way I run purely for personal enjoyment. I came to Garret's work nearly two years ago after being brought to my knees by some of the darkest circumstances conceivable... Stillpower and The Path of No Resistance have been absolutely essential reading for me in coming to understand how each of us create our own experience of life independent of any circumstance. Moreover, I had the good fortune to be able to speak with Garret and can tell you he is one of those rare individuals who fully walk their talk... Get this book and allow it to reconnect you with the most fundamental and powerful aspect of your mind.

About the author

Garret Kramer is the founder and managing partner of Inner Sports, LLC. His revolutionary approach to performance has transformed the careers of professionals athletes and coaches, Olympians, and collegiate players across a multitude of sports. Kramer’s work has been featured on WFAN, ESPN, Fox, and CTV, as well as in Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and other national publications.