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What makes a champion! : over fifty extraordinary individuals share their insights / editor, Allan Snyder.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Success--Psychological aspects.
- Success.
- Self-actualization (Psychology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (244 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Hackensack, New Jersey : World Scientific, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What drives great and successful individuals - be they athletes, artists, or scientists - or businesses, to achieve the extraordinary?. Over fifty champions from all walks of life, brought together by Allan Snyder, draw on their experiences to explore the secrets of success in this inspiring, revealing and thought-provoking book. Hear from the authors what made a McDonalds' branch become the most successful in the world; how a cottage business is catapulted into a world brand; how a visual artist's work crosses almost every medium imaginable; how an Ernst and Young setup becomes a top-notch em
- Contents:
- Foreword; What Makes a Future Champion?; Preface; CONTENTS; Introduction; Acknowledgements; What Makes a Champion?; Richard Butler; Magistrate Pat O'Shane; Nelson Mandela; George Negus; Poppy King; Sir Gustav Nossal; Taking Risks and Breaking Rules; Fiona Hall; Sir Edmund Hillary; Father Bienvenido Nebres; Yiannis Kouros; Professor Gavin Brown; Kevan Gosper; Peter Ritchie; Can We Craft a Champion?; Professor Elkhonon Goldberg; Jim Ferguson; Professor Ian Chubb; Brian Schwartz; Gennadi Touretski; David Moore; Rod Macqueen; Paul Batchelor; Mark Bagshaw; Is There a Champion Mindset?
- Herb ElliottYvonne Kenny; Bryce Courtenay; Dr Ian Gawler; Imelda Roche; Ralph Doubell; John Eales; Triumphing over Adversity; Corazon Aquino; Professor Peter Doherty; Dr Anne Summers; Jeff Heath; Ron Clarke; Shelley Taylor-Smith; Vision, Drive and Talent; Dr Bryan Gaensler; Joyce Brown; David Armstrong; Air Commodore Julie Hammer; Susie Maroney; Harry M. Miller; Mark Bethwaite; Michael Rennie; Di Morrissey; Can Anybody Be a Champion?; Phillip Adams; Prime Minister John Howard; Baz Luhrmann; Shane Gould; Simon Tedeschi; Peter Montgomery; Professor Allan Snyder; Dame Leonie Kramer; Alex Hamill
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 981-4612-85-5
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