OVERCOME DOUBTS AND SETBACKS — AND SMASH YOUR PERSONAL BEST
What’s standing between you and greatness? It’s time to identify — and overcome — your own unique elephant in the room. See Your Elephant is your guide to uncovering and shattering your personal barriers so you can perform at your very best.
Dr Jo Brown, a world-renowned performance coach and physiotherapist, has spent decades championing champions, guiding elite athletes and Olympians like Noah Lyles and Yohan Blake to peak performance. In this book, she shares invaluable insights that reveal how profound self-awareness and unbounded personal growth can help you redefine what’s possible and achieve your biggest, brightest goals.
Discover how to:
- develop a growth mindset
- identify the limiting beliefs and habits holding you back
- apply proven techniques to overcome challenges
- build your self-awareness and find a way forward
- address the elephant in your room.
Greatness is a journey, not a destination. Whether you’re aiming for personal, career or even Olympic success, this book shares the life-changing strategies you need to break through your limits.
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About the author vii
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction: How does an elephant relate to your true potential? xi
Part I: Prepare for the hunt 1
1 The tools of the hunt 3
2 When will your elephant show up? 7
3 What kind of elephant hunter are you? 21
4 The Seeker 35
5 The Avoidant Hunter 47
6 The Accidental Hunter 57
Part II: Seeing your elephant 67
7 Fear 75
8 Ignorance 89
9 Inauthenticity 107
10 Belief 121
11 Physical block 133
12 Chaos 143
13 Tunnel vision 157
14 Burnout 171
15 Disillusionment 185
16 Turmoil 199
17 Distraction 215
18 Coercion 229
19 Boredom 243
20 Judgement 257
Part III: Discover your potential 269
21 Accept your elephant 273
22 Slay your elephant 277
23 Cage and feed your elephant 285
24 Embrace and befriend your elephant 295
25 Learning in pursuit of potential 299
26 The four pillars of performance 311
Conclusion 339
References 343
Index 357
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DR JO BROWN is a world-renowned physiotherapist and coach. She has dedicated over 24 years to working with high-performance athletes in 19 different sports at an elite level, for seven different countries, taking athletes to Olympic, Commonwealth and World championship gold.