Dialed In, Dana Sinclair
Dialed In, Dana Sinclair
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Dialed In
Do Your Best When It Matters Most

Author: Dana Sinclair, Dana Sinclair

Narrator: Eunice Wong

Unabridged: 7 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/02/2024


Synopsis

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

It’s not about how you feel, it’s about what you do.

For readers of Atomic Habits and Inner Excellence, a practical guide to performing your best in the moments that matter most.

No matter what your job or goals are, everyone has decisive moments—the presentation, the pitch, the interview, the big game. Those high-pressure situations can make or break the paths we’re on, and it’s normal to struggle with the stress they bring. With guidance though, you can clear the mental clutter that can sabotage your most important days and create new, better habits for your toughest professional, and even personal, challenges.

In Dialed In, Dr. Dana Sinclair, a globally recognized performance psychologist, shares the practical strategies that she’s revealed to thousands of professional athletes, surgeons, and business leaders. It’s not about becoming fearless; it’s about crafting sustainable strategies, habits, and routines for those high-pressure situations, and peeling away the lessons that need to be unlearned about motivation and success.

In Part One, Dr. Dana shares her key concepts:
-the true nature of confidence (it’s overrated)
-the difference between effective routines and unhelpful superstitions
-helpful communicating vs. common bad advice
-why character matters more than talent, and much more

In Part Two, she takes us through her three-step process for making your own performance plans, with five helpful case studies to illustrate how it’s done.

The final section includes questionnaires about motivation, habits, fears, and more, and gives quick tips to help you develop your personalized performance plan for the specific challenges you face.

Straightforward, universal, and no-nonsense, this is a hands-on guide to get your best results when the pressure is on.

About Dana Sinclair

Dr. Dana Sinclair is a founder and partner of Human Performance International, a Toronto-based management consulting firm. She has worked with professional teams and athletes in the NFL, MLB, NBA, WNBA, NHL, MLS, IndyCar, WTA, PGA, and the Olympics, as well as high-level executives, surgeons, actors, musicians, and more. Sinclair is a licensed psychologist and hold doctorates from the University of Cambridge and the University of Ottawa, is a clinical assistant professor with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia, and a specialist lecturer with the Royal Institute of British Architects.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Zoe on January 08, 2024

I have to admit I don’t often read a lot of nonfiction, but when I saw this upcoming release by performance psychologist 𝐃𝐫. πƒπšπ§πš π’π’π§πœπ₯𝐚𝐒𝐫, I knew as a woman, wife, and mother of collegiate athletes, I had to request it, and boy am I glad I did. Not only is it clear, precise, interesting, relevant,......more

Goodreads review by Yiwen on October 08, 2024

I would give this book a 4.5 out of 5 stars if I could. I learned a lot, such as how breathing it out and breathing well can enhance performance, common derailers of performance, the difference between good routines and unhelpful superstitions, that confidence is overrated (it’s what you do, not wha......more

Goodreads review by Elle SeasonsofStories on May 07, 2024

This was another great book to start the year. Sinclair is a performance psychologist who has worked with professional athletes, coaches, surgeons, and performers to help them get through performance-related anxiety or other issues. . I personally read this book in the hopes of trying to find some co......more

Goodreads review by Tom on February 11, 2024

I really enjoyed this book and learned some interesting techniques. I am just a retired guy who has taken up piano and loves it. The problem I have, besides having little talent, is that when I play in front of people - I freeze. I lose my place and can't find it etc etc. This book gave me invaluabl......more

Goodreads review by Kate on April 17, 2024

This was a good book, just different than I was expecting. The author is a performance psychologist and works with a lot of professional athletes, so many of the examples in the book consisted of that, which didn't hold my interest as much as I had hoped. The basic principles of the book can be tran......more