Dialed In
Do Your Best When It Matters Most
by Dana Sinclair
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Pub Date Jan 02 2024 | Archive Date Oct 22 2024
Simon & Schuster Canada | Simon & Schuster
Description
For readers of Atomic Habits and Grit, a top performance psychologist, who has coached elite athletes, surgeons, and business leaders, shares her proven plan to getting the best results when the pressure is on.
What do a major league baseball catcher struggling with pop-flies, an operating room doctor anxious before a surgery, and a slumping sixteen-year-old tennis prodigy all have in common? They’re elite performers who, for whatever reasons, are not achieving excellence, and they’re not sure how to improve.
Enter Dr. Dana Sinclair. For more than twenty years, Dr. Dana has worked with the best of the best to improve results, from MLB, NHL, NBA, and NFL teams to IndyCar drivers and Olympic athletes. She helps performers of all stripes shift their focus and deliver their best in the high-pressure moments that define greatness. But her methods also work for students and teachers, business leaders and managers, and anyone motivated to improve. Her approach is simple: figure out what gets in your way, develop actions to address it in the moment, and then stick to the plan. It’s not about how you feel, it’s about what you do!
Now, for the first time, her method to improve performance is available to everyone. Part One of the book shares Dr. Dana’s key concepts. Using entertaining anecdotes taken from real experiences, she reveals:
-the true nature of confidence (it’s overrated)
-the difference between good routines and unhelpful superstitions
-good communicating vs. common bad advice
-why character is better than talent
-and more
In Part Two, she takes us through her three-step process for making your own performance plans, with five helpful examples to illustrate how it’s done, no matter the person, profession, or obstacle. The book also contains questionnaires and tips to help you better develop your personalized performance plan, for whatever challenges you face.
Simple, smart, and effective, Dialed In is like having your own performance coach in your back pocket.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Dana Sinclair is a founder and partner of Human Performance International, a Toronto-based management consulting firm. She’s been working with athletes in pro hockey, baseball, basketball, football, and soccer since 2000, as well as high-level medical and corporate organizations. She is a registered psychologist and holds doctorates from the University of Cambridge and the University of Ottawa. She is a clinical assistant professor with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia and is a member of the American Psychological Association.
Advance Praise
"Psychologist Sinclair debuts with a brass-tacks guide to performing well when it matters most... Anchored by examples from Sinclair’s work with athletes, professionals, and cancer patients, the guidance is empathetic and down-to-earth.... It’s a valuable toolkit for readers looking to achieve their personal bests, regardless of the playing field." - Publishers Weekly
“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
“In motorsports, we are always looking for an edge on the competition. Working with Dr. Dana opened my eyes to the difference that proper mental preparation makes. Her relatable approach made a noticeable difference in both driver and team performance in the pit stop environment of every race.”
Scott Harner, team manager, Andretti Autosport
I’ve had the great fortune of knowing Dana for many years. On top of her professional acumen and expertise in her field and at her craft, she is a phenomenal human being. Her approach is kind, positive, and affective. With years of experience and impact, she’s an asset to whomever she touches. This book is reflective of all of these things.
Stacey Dales, NFL Network national correspondent
Previous Praise for Dialed In
“I have tried to bust myths for a long time, and 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
“In astronaut training we learn that every detail matters, and that preparation is the key to a successful mission. I was impressed to find so many similarities in Dr. Dana Sinclair’s approach to help people get the best results. If you truly want meaningful results, you have to focus on the factors that matter most, and Dr. Dana Sinclair has a system that shows you how. This book is an invaluable guide.”
Andrew Jay Feustel, Ph.D., NASA astronaut (retired)
“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, DRIVE, and TO SELL IS HUMAN
“When I needed to be calm, clear, and focused, Dr. Dana Sinclair was a difference maker.”
Don Mattingly, baseball legend
“Dr. Dana Sinclair put everyone at ease and worked with the team to get us to the next level. Her approach is excellent!”
Nick Nurse, NBA champion head coach
“Dr. Dana Sinclair has a passion for teaching and helping people become the best versions of themselves: quality colleagues or teammates who assume responsibility for their own performance.”
Scott McCain, chairman of McCain Foods
"Dr. Sinclair is one of the world’s greatest people, first and foremost. That just makes her talent and knowledge for helping athletes get the best out of themselves even more extraordinary. She is down to earth, she is relatable, and she will always be one of my favorite people! Thank you for being great, Doc!"
Kyle Lowry, NBA champion point guard
“She saved my life. If it wasn’t for Dr. Dana Sinclair, I would have lost my mind in some of the situations I faced. When she was our team psychologist in Anaheim, her calm and direct approach really helped stabilize and smooth out some of our performance issues.”
Bruce Boudreau, NHL coach
“Dr. Dana Sinclair and I have crossed paths numerous times over the years, usually in NHL rinks across North America. Her book gave me a real insight into exactly how she helps people—from professional athletes to business executives and everyone in between—perform at their best. And each chapter provides tools and strategies we can all use in our everyday lives to be the best versions of ourselves. I guarantee you will learn something!”
Christine Simpson, NHL broadcaster and Sportsnet reporter
“Dr. Dana Sinclair has deep insight on mental performance and the ways character matters even more than talent. She has been invaluable to me personally and in our Baseball Operations Department.”
De Jon Watson, director of player development for the Washington Nationals
“It can be challenging to find a resource that successfully weaves great depth of experience with pragmatic, real-world application, but Dr. Sinclair nails it. Her experience in the worlds of business, sports, entertainment, and entrepreneurship is as valuable as her relatability and common sense. This is a not-to-be-missed, can’t fail resource for anyone serious about achieving and enjoying success.”
Megan Buckley, chief operating officer, Hy’s of Canada Restaurant Group
“As a long-time general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, I needed difference makers to set us apart from the competition: we needed to turn the average player to good, good to great, and great to iconic. As you will read in Dialed In, that is Dana Sinclair’s specialty. You will learn the methods necessary to become a difference maker, to be at your best consistently and to exceed in a mindful way.”
Ned Colletti, former MLB executive
“Dr. Dana Sinclair worked with us as individual players, which really helped us get the most out of ourselves and contribute our best to the team.”
Hampus Lindholm, NHL defenseman
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781982181871 |
| PRICE | CA$34.99 (CAD) |
| PAGES | 256 |
