Your Inner Edge: Business Success and Inner Development Through High Performance Training, Self Motivation and Warrior Spirit

Rating:
Summary: Highly recommended self improvement book
Review: The worst thing about this book is that so many people will pass it by because of the cover design. The cover strongly suggests that it is another business development book. With a dollar sign and a subtitle of "Business Success and Inner Development Through High Performance Training, Self-Motivation & Warrior Spirit" it is easy to understand why. This classification could not be further from the truth. This is a very valuable self-improvement book that could help people truly change their lives. In fact, it is one of the best self-improvement books I have read in a long time.

Author, Charles Lambert, Ed.D. brings together current research on motivation, personality types, psychology, physics, and the martial arts into a cohesive whole to help the reader change their life. For each part he includes various exercises to illustrate the points and help the reader understand exactly what is happening. This is all organized into five "Modules" for the reader to work through to achieve the desired results.

The first module deals primarily with mental rehearsal and cognitive hygiene. Cognitive hygiene is his term for cleaning up the clutter in the mind related to negative self-talk. Dr. Lambert does a phenomenal job of describing the problem of self-talk and providing a positive, workable method of dealing with it. It is amazing that he can deal with this subject so well in just a couple of chapters when whole books have been written about it and have not done as good a job.

Module two is on focusing and concentration. Again, this is an excellent treatment of the subject and includes several exercises to help you learn better focus and concentration. The author's background in the martial arts shines through strongly here as he blends ancient focus philosophies and modern techniques.

Of the remaining modules, module three covers various ways of applying the skills learned in the prior modules. Module four focuses on using the martial spirit, persistence and motivation to achieve your dreams. This includes a strategy for enjoying your life on a daily basis and keeping yourself motivated over the long term. Module five is a short section basically designed for coaches, managers, and anyone else who needs to motivate others.

"Your Inner Edge!" is a highly recommended read for anyone seeking to change their life, improve their business, improve their self-image, or otherwise improve their life.

Rating:
Summary: Highly recommended self improvement book
Review: The worst thing about this book is that so many people will pass it by because of the cover design. The cover strongly suggests that it is another business development book. With a dollar sign and a subtitle of "Business Success and Inner Development Through High Performance Training, Self-Motivation & Warrior Spirit" it is easy to understand why. This classification could not be further from the truth. This is a very valuable self-improvement book that could help people truly change their lives. In fact, it is one of the best self-improvement books I have read in a long time.

Author, Charles Lambert, Ed.D. brings together current research on motivation, personality types, psychology, physics, and the martial arts into a cohesive whole to help the reader change their life. For each part he includes various exercises to illustrate the points and help the reader understand exactly what is happening. This is all organized into five "Modules" for the reader to work through to achieve the desired results.

The first module deals primarily with mental rehearsal and cognitive hygiene. Cognitive hygiene is his term for cleaning up the clutter in the mind related to negative self-talk. Dr. Lambert does a phenomenal job of describing the problem of self-talk and providing a positive, workable method of dealing with it. It is amazing that he can deal with this subject so well in just a couple of chapters when whole books have been written about it and have not done as good a job.

Module two is on focusing and concentration. Again, this is an excellent treatment of the subject and includes several exercises to help you learn better focus and concentration. The author's background in the martial arts shines through strongly here as he blends ancient focus philosophies and modern techniques.

Of the remaining modules, module three covers various ways of applying the skills learned in the prior modules. Module four focuses on using the martial spirit, persistence and motivation to achieve your dreams. This includes a strategy for enjoying your life on a daily basis and keeping yourself motivated over the long term. Module five is a short section basically designed for coaches, managers, and anyone else who needs to motivate others.

"Your Inner Edge!" is a highly recommended read for anyone seeking to change their life, improve their business, improve their self-image, or otherwise improve their life.