Pig Wrestling, Pete Lindsay
Pig Wrestling, Pete Lindsay
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Pig Wrestling
The Brilliantly Simple Way to Solve Any Problem… and Create the Change You Need

Author: Pete Lindsay, Mark Bawden

Narrator: Simon Darwen

Unabridged: 2 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ebury Digital

Published: 01/03/2019


Synopsis

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Pig Wrestling by Pete Lindsay and Mark Bawden, read by Simon Darwen.

Pig Wrestling is a simple story with a powerful message.

Whenever we find ourselves wrestling with a sticky situation, we need to stop struggling and instead take the time to clean our thinking.

Through a short story about a young manager who is struggling to create the change that he needs, the book introduces the principles of ‘Problem Cleaning’ in a truly memorable way.

Based on the authors’ work with the world’s elite sports and business performers, Pig Wrestling gives us the tools to create change whenever and wherever we need it. By applying these principles to our daily lives, we can learn to thrive in complex and messy times.

(c) 2018, Pete Lindsay and Dr Mark Bawden (P) 2019 Penguin Audio

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jo Berry on November 20, 2023

This book isn’t very long, but it certainly feels long. There’s probably some sensible advice here about tackling stubborn problems, but it gets lost in the ‘fable’ the writers chose to convey the information. Instead of just telling us what we need to know and giving some examples, the authors deci......more

Goodreads review by Val on December 05, 2018

I like the premise of this book in that it presents a way of addressing a problem via a fable. The central character being the Young Manager who works in an old power station now containing many start-ups and small businesses known as The Collective. The Young Manager has a problem and is sent aroun......more

Goodreads review by Samantha on February 10, 2019

I like the concept of this book. Let's face it we have all experienced what the author calls 'Pig Wrestling. You come across a problem, you think you know the solution and implement the change. It doesn't work! That's because you've not understood the problem or situation. This book breaks it down i......more

Goodreads review by Nigeyb on February 06, 2019

Another of those pesky Audible deals of the day. As someone interested in problem solving and self improvement I took a chance on Pig Wrestling: Clean your thinking to create the change you need and was pleasantly surprised. It has some interesting and original ideas and it is told in a memorable wa......more

Goodreads review by Chris on May 03, 2019

A good read. Storytelling is always a good way to get a point across and this book does just that. Provides a good framework for problem solving.......more


Quotes

A truly novel approach to solving many of life’s problems... This enjoyable book could bring about profound change Professor Steve Peters, author of The Chimp Paradox

Accessible, fascinating, memorable Matthew Syed, author of Bounce and Black Box Thinking

Whether you are trying to win Olympic gold or manage the demands of being a busy Mum, we can all find ourselves wrestling with challenging situations. Pig Wrestling is quick to grasp and easy to apply… it has made a profound difference to the way I think in sport and in life Jessica Ennis-Hill

Never wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it George Bernard Shaw