The Mindset of Winners: Michael Jordan’s and Kobe Bryant’s Coach Explains How to Compete and Win at the Highest Levels

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This book has some of the most “truth per page” of any book I’ve ever read. It’s also absolutely not for everybody, in the same way that not everyone is built to compete and win at the highest levels of sports and business.

The reality is that most people just do not have what it takes to succeed at the highest level, and the people who do make it are the ones who have internalized Tim Grover’s message in this book. He reminds us — through his words and example — exactly why he is one of the world’s most sought-after mindset experts.

Grover is an elite performance coach with over three decades of experience training the likes of Michael Jordan (who was actually his first client ever), Kobe Bryant, Dwayne Wade, and hundreds of other world champion and Olympic athletes. That’s 30+ years of being surrounded by winners — never missing a practice or a game — and refining his approach to the point where it can be delivered at your feet in the form of this truth-studded book.