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The Habit of Winning

by: Iyer, Prakash

The Habit of Winning

by: Iyer, Prakash

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9780143068280
ISBN 10:
0143068288
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 02/15/2012
Publisher: Penguin Global

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When you are down, think like a boxer: if you are knocked down, you need to get up in ten seconds or less. One extra second, and it's all over.

Foreword	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xix
Vision and Goals
Breaking Stones. And Building Monuments	p. 3
Climbing the Mountain	p. 8
Goals: The Secret to Making Your Dreams Come True	p. 10
Don't Change Your Rabbit!	p. 12
Self-Belief
Károly Takács and the Winner's Mindset	p. 19
Break Your Mental Barriers: The Roger Bannister Story	p. 24
Acres of Diamonds	p. 27
Tyrone Bogues: Standing Tall!	p. 30
The Water Bearer, the Cracked Pot	p. 34
Good Ol' Charlie Brown and the Uthappa Factor	p. 38
Perseverance
'Main Khelega!' The Making of a Champion Called Sachin Tendulkar	p. 45
The Chinese Bamboo	p. 50
Perseverance and a Man Called Atapattu	p. 53
The Anil Kumble Spirit	p. 56
Get into the One-degree-more Habit	p. 61
Winner's Mindsets
The Power of Positive Expectations	p. 65
Who Stole My Cookies?	p. 70
Changing Mindsets. And the Size-15 Shirt!	p. 75
Looking through Our Own Glass Windows	p. 78
So What's Your White Rabbit?	p. 81
Giving
Becoming a Two-dollar Man	p. 85
Bringing Back the Binaca Smile	p. 88
The Long (Spoon) and Short of Life	p. 92
Gandhi and the One-shoe Syndrome	p. 95
Hard Work
Navjot Sidhu: From Strokeless Wonder to Palm Tree Hitter!	p. 101
Lessons in Survival from Frogs and Phelps	p. 106
Learning to Fly: Lessons from a Butterfly	p. 111
The Winner's Way
Goalkeepers and the Action Bias	p. 117
Of Sharks, Pepsi and the Comfort Zone	p. 121
Taking for Granted: Lessons from F Words!	p. 125
Handling Pressure: The Irfan Pathan Way	p. 128
How Much Is Hundred Rupees?	p. 132
Of Balloons and People	p. 135
The Frog and the Scorpion	p. 139
Eat That Frog!	p. 142
Making a Difference, the Starfish Way	p. 145
How Good Are You with Bad News?	p. 148
Winning with Teams
Flat-tyre Leadership	p. 155
Flying Kites; Managing Teams	p. 159
Of Sales Teams and Remote Controls	p. 163
Lessons for the New Leader	p. 167
Catching Fish with Strawberries and Cream	p. 171
The Dahi Handi Way!	p. 175
Other People
The Twenty-one People on a Football Field	p. 183
Charlie Plumb and the Parachute Packer	p. 186
The Great Wall of China	p. 191
The Chairman's Questions	p. 196
Leadership Lessons from Michelle Obama	p. 201
Finding Balance
The PepsiCo Chief and the Call from Coke	p. 207
Enough. Do You Have It?	p. 213
Pig. And Other Games People Play	p. 216
Smelling the Coffee	p. 220
What's Better than Winning a Gold Medal? Losing It!	p. 224
Work-life Balance and the Waugh Brothers	p. 228
Take Action
Begin. And End. Nothing Else Matters	p. 235
Of Wake-up Calls and Snooze Buttons	p. 237
The Second-best Time to Do Anything	p. 241
Acknowledgements	p. 246
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The Habit of Winning

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0143068288

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