NATIONAL BESTSELLER
It’s not about how you feel, it’s about what you do.
For readers of Atomic Habits and Inner Excellence, a practical guide to performing your best in the moments that matter most.
No matter what your job or goals are, everyone has decisive moments—the presentation, the pitch, the interview, the big game. Those high-pressure situations can make or break the paths we’re on, and it’s normal to struggle with the stress they bring. With guidance though, you can clear the mental clutter that can sabotage your most important days and create new, better habits for your toughest professional, and even personal, challenges.
In Dialed In, Dr. Dana Sinclair, a globally recognized performance psychologist, shares the practical strategies that she’s revealed to thousands of professional athletes, surgeons, and business leaders. It’s not about becoming fearless; it’s about crafting sustainable strategies, habits, and routines for those high-pressure situations, and peeling away the lessons that need to be unlearned about motivation and success.
In Part One, Dr. Dana shares her key concepts:
-the true nature of confidence (it’s overrated)
-the difference between effective routines and unhelpful superstitions
-helpful communicating vs. common bad advice
-why character matters more than talent, and much more
In Part Two, she takes us through her three-step process for making your own performance plans, with five helpful case studies to illustrate how it’s done.
The final section includes questionnaires about motivation, habits, fears, and more, and gives quick tips to help you develop your personalized performance plan for the specific challenges you face.
Straightforward, universal, and no-nonsense, this is a hands-on guide to get your best results when the pressure is on.
“I have had the privilege of psychoanalytic therapy to really uncover the unconscious imprints that drive all of us. There are external things that can help though, and this book is one. It’s about motivation, not self-flagellation. Dr. Dana’s guidance and suggestions are laid out in a way that all will understand and can apply. A very important tool!”
— JAMIE LEE CURTIS, Academy Award–winning actor and New York Times bestselling author
“When I needed to be calm, clear, and focused, Dr. Dana Sinclair was a difference maker.”
— DON MATTINGLY, baseball legend
“Anytime you enter the eye of the storm, you need a guiding light, and with this book, Dana gives us an inspiring and innovative path forward.”
— BILLIE JEAN KING, social justice and sports icon
“Talent gets you in the game, but a distracted mind kicks you out. Dialed In dispenses with the typical platitudes and reveals the specific behaviors that separate great performers from the rest.”
— DANIEL H. PINK, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Regret and Drive
