Mindful Mastery

Top achievers, the book claims, accomplish roughly three times as much in half the time. Wil Dieck argues that their secret is mental: they learn to enter a highly productive state whenever they choose. Dieck says readers can build the same skill.

The author suggests that stalled progress in work, relationships or money usually traces back to habitual patterns of thought. Changing how you think, he argues, is the route to changing the rest of your life, and the book presents its methods as keys to unlocking potential and overcoming the obstacles that keep you stuck.

Drawing on the science of habits built around success, the book explains how to trace the origins of your desires and turn that understanding into lasting drive, how to form empowering beliefs, and how to identify and move past hidden internal barriers. It also offers techniques for finding more time in the day and for shifting into a state of heightened energy that makes difficult tasks feel within reach.

Dieck is a college professor, a coach in peak performance and a master martial arts instructor. He has spent years teaching people from many walks of life to use straightforward psychological techniques to build high-performance habits. He is also the author of seven personal development books covering mindfulness, neuro-linguistic programming, yoga, parenting and success.