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The golden rules : 10 steps to world-class excellence in your life and work / by Bowman, Bob.;
"Bob Bowman, best known as the coach for the record-breaking run of Michael Phelps, is one of the most successful coaches in Olympic history. He is lauded for his intense personality, incredible dedication to his athletes, and his ability to nurture talent in athletes who have the heart and drive to win. This is his motivational book about winning in all walks of life and what you have to do to get there. He presents ten key concepts that all people should live by. Illuminating his lessons with spirited anecdotes, Bowman will teach you how to get gold out of every day by setting goals and getting motivated to achieve them. He will explain that taking risks is the key to success in any pursuit, and coach you on how you can make yourself risk-averse. By following The Golden Rules, you will learn to visualize in order to achieve your goals, and that above all else, dedication to your training, your job, or whatever area it is you are seeking to triumph in is paramount for success."--"Bob Bowman, best known as the USA head coach for the record-breaking run of Michael Phelps, is one of the most successful swim coaches. He is lauded for his intense personality, incredible dedication to his athletes, and his ability to find talent and work with athletes who have the heart and drive to win. This is his motivational book about winning in all walks of life and what you have to do to get there. He presents ten key concepts that all people should live by. Inside, illuminated by spirited anecdotes, Bowman will explain that taking risks is the key to success, and coach you on how you can make yourself risk-averse. Through The Golden Rules, you will learn to visualize in order to achieve your goals, and that above all else, dedication to your training, your job or whatever area it is you are seeking to triumph in is paramount to succeeding and preparing you for that success"--Foreword / by Michael Phelps -- A champion's pursuit -- Rule 1. A champion sets a "dream big" vision -- Rule 2. Adopt an "all-in!" attitude, not a "get out!" one -- Rule 3. Take risks-- and then enjoy the rewards -- Rule 4. Short-term goals lead to long-term success -- Rule 5. Live the vision every day -- Rule 6. A team approach can bring individual success -- Rule 7. Stay motivated over the long haul -- Rule 8. Adversity will make you stronger -- Rule 9. When the time comes, perform with confidence -- Rule 10. Celebrate your achievement, then decide what's next -- Appendix I. Bob Bowman's record of excellence -- Appendix II. In his own words : the quotable Bob Bowman.
Subjects: Success; Goal (Psychology); Performance.;
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Seriously funny : poems about love, death, religion, art, politics, sex, and everything else / by Hamby, Barbara,1952-; Kirby, David,1944-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Oh Lana Turner we love you get up : TV, movies, music, cars, cartoons, poetry and popular culture -- Frank O'Hara -- Charles Bernstein -- Lucille Clifton -- John Ashbery -- James Tate -- Alan Shapiro -- Freeman Rogers -- Adrian Matejka -- Lawrence Raab -- Aimee Nezhukumatathil -- Charles Harper Webb -- Bruce A. Jacobs -- Tony Hoagland -- Adrian Blevins -- Josh Bell -- Lucia Perillo -- I was alone when it hit me : the self -- Kenneth Koch -- Marilyn Chin -- Kevin Young -- Mark Halliday -- Bill Zavatsky -- Beth Ann Fennelly -- Michael Ryan -- Robert Hass -- Andrew Hudgins -- Jynne Dilling Martin -- Gerald Stern -- Ray A. Young Bear -- Ron Koertge -- James Tate -- Stephen Dobyns -- My old reptile : close encounters of the sexual kind -- John Berryman -- Charles Simic -- Martha Silano -- Gary Soto -- Denise Duhamel -- David Bottoms -- Maxine Chernoff -- Heather McHugh -- Stephen Dobyns -- Richard Newman -- Mark Halliday -- Thomas Lux -- Tim Seibles -- Nin Andrews -- Kim Addonizio -- Stephen Dobyns -- Jason Bredle -- The heart is a lonely perineum : love, marriage, divorce, and hatred -- Gregory Corso -- Denise Duhamel -- David Lehman -- Stephen Dunn -- Angelo Verga -- Louise Glück -- George Bilgere -- Catherine Bowman -- Harryette Mullen -- Charles Simic -- William Logan -- Kenneth Koch -- Geoffrey Brock -- Daniel Borzutsky -- Yusef Komunyakaa -- Phyllis Moore -- Mothers of America let your kids go to the movies : family life and strife -- Frank O'Hara -- Billy Collins -- Tony Hoagland -- Campbell McGrath -- Jeffrey Harrison -- Lois-Ann Yamanaka -- Ginger Andrews -- Gary Soto -- Lynne McMahon -- Richard García -- Honorée Fanonne Jeffers -- Thomas Lux -- Mark Halliday -- James Kimbrell -- Let us be friends a while and understand our differences : fiends and neighbors -- Frank O'Hara -- James Tate -- Steve Scafidi -- Caroline Knox -- David Kirby -- Andrew Hudgins -- R.S. Gwynn -- Aimee Nezhukumatathil -- Albert Goldbarth -- B.H. Fairchild -- Peter Meinke -- Carl Dennis -- Dean Young -- Mark Halliday -- Julie Sheehan -- Tony Hoagland -- Carl Dennis -- William Matthews --It occurs to me I am America : wrestling with a huge rococco national identity -- Allen Ginsberg -- Natalie Shapero -- Gregory Djanikian -- Kevin McFadden -- Richard Blanco -- Martín Espada -- Barbara Hamby -- James Allen Hall -- Tony Hoagland -- Christopher Bursk -- Terrance Hayes -- Martín Espada -- Dean Young -- Matthew Zapruder -- Billy Collins -- From my bowels to your inbox : poetry goes to work -- Richard García -- Justin Courter -- Enid Shomer -- Richard Newman -- Erin Belieu -- Jim Daniels -- Ron Koertge -- Judith Ortiz Cofer -- Adrian Blevins -- David Huerta -- Charles Simic -- John Ashbery -- We who love precise language : poems about writing and literature -- Franz Wright -- John Berryman -- Dean Young -- Paul Violi -- Sharon Olds -- Caroline Knox -- R.S. Gwynn -- Lawrence Raab -- Harryette Mullen -- Maura Stanton -- Stephen Dunn -- Justin Courter -- Billy Collins -- Stephen Dunn -- Jeffrey Harrison -- J. Allyn Rosser -- David Kirby -- Tony Hoagland -- Galway Kinnell -- The power of weirdness : talking dogs, chickens, horses, ducks, bugs, and other entanglements both human and un- -- Albert Goldbarth -- Stephen Dobyns -- Richard García -- William Matthews -- Stephen Dunn -- David Graham -- Bob Kicok -- John Ashbery -- Barbara Hamby -- Robert Wrigley -- Billy Collins -- Jennifer L. Knox -- James Tate -- Paul Guest -- Mockery was still the unforgivable sin : religion and other metaphysical meanderings -- Aidan Rooney -- James Tate -- Nin Andrews -- Michael Collier -- Lucia Perillo -- David Lehman -- Carl Dennis -- Richard Cecil -- Rodney Jones -- Barbara Hamby -- Wanda Coleman -- Dorothy Barresi -- Richard Howard -- T.R. Hummer -- Albert Goldbarth -- Kevin Young -- Everything prophesied will erupt : the end of the world -- Susan Wood -- Steve Fellner -- Christopher Bursk -- Stephen Dunn -- Dean Young -- David Clewell -- Adrian Blevins -- Kevin McFadden -- David Clewell -- David Kirby -- Jason Bredle.
Subjects: American poetry;
© c2010., University of Georgia Press,
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