The greatest book you've never heard of.

Edition 8 of Forward+

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1 big idea worth considering.

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Every now and then, life drops a book into my purview that stops me in my tracks.

The Inner Game of Tennis is one of those books.

Subtitled The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance, tennis plays the role of a proxy. It’s the medium through which the message gets delivered, but is distinctly not the message.

This book is about the mind.

Specifically, this book is about understanding the mind and using that understanding to affect the outcomes of our mindset, and subsequently, our performance.

Yes, in tennis. But more importantly, in life.

What follows are some of my favorite highlights from the book.

Chew on the passages and let them move through you. Yourself, and your mind, will be better for it.