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"As Jack Groppel so aptly explains, the rigor of corporate athletics is often even more demanding than that of professional athletes. In my world, one does not have the luxury of an off-season. . . . This book is a must read for all those striving for the gold."–Arthur M. Blank, CEO and President, The Home Depot

"Wow! This is an incredible book. Every person in business should read The Corporate Athlete from cover to cover and apply it every day."–Brian Tracy, author of Maximum Achievement: Strategies and Skills That Will Unlock Your Hidden Powers to Succeed

Today’s corporate world is much like the world of professional sports–it is fiercely competitive and mentally and physically demanding, and it requires constant, vigilant training. More than ever, to maintain health, happiness, and career success, executives and employees must become Corporate Athletes. In this book, top business consultant, trainer, and lecturer Jack Groppel shows you how to use the training mentality of elite professional athletes.

Based on the latest scientific research, The Corporate Athlete shows corporate competitors how to achieve maximum performance levels–both inside and outside the corporate world. Drawing on the parallels between sports and business, Jack Groppel reveals the integral roles that nutrition, fitness, and self-improvement–mental, physical, and emotional–play in giving Corporate Athletes their winning edge. It’s an edge that’s crucial if you need to come to a meeting fresh off the plane, pull out all the stops on a big presentation, cut the major deals–and still have the energy to enjoy time with family and friends. This practical and beneficial 21-day program will give you, no matter how overworked you are, the stamina and commitment to develop a world-class career.

Learn to:

• Have as much energy for your family at 8 p.m. as you have at the office at 8 a.m.
• Be on when you need to be on
• Respond to change, adversity, and crisis more constructively
• Display more positivity and confidence
• Eat properly on the road, in the air, and before and during business meetings
• Slow down the aging process

Take advantage of the same secrets that Dr. Groppel has used to help high-stress professionals–from Olympic athletes and NHL stars to fast-lane executives at major companies like Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Estée Lauder, and Bristol-Myers Squibb–get themselves in fighting shape. Here is the program that will train you to perform at the highest possible levels in both your professional and your family life–because taking optimum care of yourself, mentally and physically, is the best way to take care of business.

"Outstanding . . . The Corporate Athlete is a truly comprehensive program to help you achieve both your personal and your professional goals. It will help you take control of your life and effect positive physical, mental, and spiritual change."–Darlene Hamrock, Regional Vice President, Clinique

Why do so many top performers call themselves Corporate Athletes?

"Today’s challenging business climate requires every top executive to be perfectly fit both mentally and physically. The Corporate Athlete is must reading for everyone who wants to manage his or her business, career, or profession effectively while living a balanced life. Buy it–it’s a great investment."–Leonard Lauder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Estée Lauder Companies, Inc.

"This is the book to teach you how to perform your job at the highest level possible while maintaining maximal health and happiness."–Jim Courier, French Open champion and former world No. 1 tennis player

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #358108 in Books
• Published on: 1999-12-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 304 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780471353690
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Amazon.com Review
Jack Groppel is a speaker-consultant on business issues and a partner in a company that helps sports stars such as Ernie Els and Monica Seles enhance their competitive edge by fine-tuning their training regimens and overall lifestyles. In The Corporate Athlete, he proposes a total program of nutrition, exercise, and spiritual fitness that's designed to do the same for those competing in the world of business. "Executives and employees in the new millennium can protect their health and happiness and continue to perform at high levels only by doing what athletes do--train," Groppel writes. "You must become a Corporate Athlete, which means adapting the training mentality of elite, high-performance athletes." His program is hardly "a quick fix," Groppel admits, but rather a demanding (albeit versatile) and multifaceted process with explicit short- and long-term guidelines. He clearly explains how carbohydrates and proteins, stretching and aerobic activity, and even ethics and values affect performance at work, for example, and offers practical suggestions for incorporating them into an already overcrowded day. He concludes by outlining a complete 21-day improvement program, which includes day-by-day goals for exercise and meals along with ways to track subsequent accomplishments. This book is for anyone, corporate or otherwise, looking to add balance to an otherwise stressful and hectic work life. --Howard Rothman

Review
"As an NFL quarterback, my job is much like that of any executive in business today. During the heat of battle in a big game, I often only have seconds to make critical decisions -- and those decisions could win or lose games. The training system found in The Corporate Athlete has helped me mentally and emotionally to make more game-winning decisions than ever." -- Jim Harbaugh, NFL Pro Bowl quarterback, San Diego Chargers

"As the leader goes, so goes the organization. Leaders must be able to project a positive "bring it on" approach to challenging conditions. The wisdom shared by Dr. Jack Groppel in The Corporate Athlete leads to this practice and should be a big part of any leader's development." -- Rodger Price, Director of Leadership Development, Johnson Controls Automotive Systems Group

"Failure is not an option. I always must be on when I'm performing my job. Whether I'm driving a race car in excess of 230 miles per hour or managing my own business, I rely heavily on LGE's training program found in The Corporate Athlete. It is a must read for anyone who strives to excel." -- Eddie Cheever, 1998 Indianapolis 500 champion

"If you feel that all you ever do is work, work, work and that burnout is just around the corner, you must read and digest The Corporate Athlete. This is the book to teach you how to perform your job at the highest level possible while maintaining maximal health and happiness." -- Jim Courier, French Open Champion and former world #1 tennis player

"The strategies found in The Corporate Athlete will serve as a model of how to live your life. With the demanding schedules and especially with the travel requirements in business today, The Corporate Athlete will keep you centered. And it will stay with you for life." -- Claudine M. McIntee, Vice President, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Discover

"Whether it is your personal life or your business life or if your goal is to win the U.S. Open, the fitter you are physically, mentally, nutritionally, and spiritually, the better equipped you will be to meet the challenges that lie ahead. You will find all the answers in The Corporate Athlete." -- David Leadbetter, author of David Leadbetter's Faults and Fixes and world-renowned golf instructor

"Wow! This is an incredible book. Every person in business should read The Corporate Athlete from cover to cover and apply it every day." -- Brian Tracy, author of Maximum Achievement: Strategies and Skills that Will Unlock Your Hidden Powers to Succeed

From the Publisher
Dan Jansen, Olympic Gold Medal Speed Skater
"Dr. Groppel applies many of the same principles and techniques that I used to help me win my gold medal to the corporate world. He will have you performing like an Olympian at the office."

Jodie Abendroth, Director of Operations, Peter Lowe International, Inc.
"Until The Corporate Athlete, I was always in a constant, unrelenting state of go, go, go! Dr. Jack Groppel's material has trained me how to pace myself both personally and professionally. This book is a must read for anyone desiring to achieve maximum productivity without hitting the burnout point. Stress becomes your ally--fulfillment becomes your reality."

Peter J. Cathey, President and CEO, World Duty Free Inflight, Inc.
"You cannot be intimidated by the geographical challenges of global business. In the first four months of 1999 I traveled around the world twice; all the flights were at night as my days were filled with nonstop meetings. I felt great at the beginning and at the end of all my travel. The recipe for beating the jet lag monster is contained in The Corporate Athlete."

Beatrice Cassou, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
"This book is essential reading for every corporate athlete working in today's highly competitive corporate world. The tools learned from this book will enhance performance and enable executives to achieve their potential both inside and outside of the workplace. This book will change your life!"

Tom Hopkins, Master Sales Trainer, Author of Sales Closing for Dummies
"In The Corporate Athlete, Jack Groppel shows you why it makes more than perfect sense for anyone in business today to analyze his or her mental, emotional and physical needs then to take the simple steps he teaches to maximize their performance abilities. I highly recommend it!"

Sherri Sklar, Vice President, Business Development, ABT Corporation
"Brilliant... The Corporate Athlete takes the lessons learned from elite athletes and applies them to people like us who are duking it out, day in and day out in the corporate world. Now I have more energy than ever, I look better, I feel better, I'm in the zone when I need to be, and I am more at peace with myself and my life than ever before."

Mike Richter, Goalie, New York Rangers
"The Corporate Athlete is a clearly written, well researched work on an often-covered but seldom-understood subject with one glaring difference: It works! Dr. Groppel gives the reader insight into how lifestyle affects our moods, energy levels, and overall health. Understanding these concepts is absolutely critical for anyone interested in performing at peak levels."

Darlene Hamrock, Regional Vice President, Clinique
"Outstanding...The Corporate Athlete is a truly comprehensive program to help you achieve both your personal and professional goals. It will help you take control of your life and effect positive physical, mental and spiritual change. The Corporate Athlete will show you how to focus on the important things and gain true balance in your life."

Augie Nieto, President and CEO, Life Fitness, Inc.
"I hired Jack Groppel to come to our annual senior management meeting to do his stuff. It truly was phenomenal -- fifty people left the meeting room with a blueprint on how to have more energy, added focus, more balance in their lives -- and the way to be more successful and on the mark 24 hours a day. Jack delivers the 'how' in how to be mentally tough!"

Albert J. Dunlap, author, Mean Business
"In today's global, competitive world -- where you are either a Corporate Athlete or sitting on the bench -- you need to take care of yourself mentally and physically. The Corporate Athlete tells you how."

E. Paul Roetert, Ph.D., FACSM, Director, American Sport Education Program
"Dr. Jack Groppel is the world's leading authority in the translation of scientific sport science research and information into popular language. He has helped thousands of athletes, coaches and executives become the very best they can be. His entertaining and educational speaking style has enabled him to touch many lives and, most importantly, change people's lifestyles for the better. The Corporate Athlete can give you a healthy life while still maintaining the competitive edge in business. This book is perfect for anyone wanting to improving the quality and quantity of his or her life while also increasing productivity in the workplace."

Clarence "Pooh Bear" Williams, NFL Running Back, Cleveland Browns
"The information and strategies contained in The Corporate Athlete not only enabled me to lose over 85 pounds to make my playing weight, but it has also helped me mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Now I feel totally prepared to bring all my talent and skill to life."

Customer Reviews

At the Top of Your Game
Finally - a book that delivers on its promise to help you get to the top of your game, to help you achieve maximal performance levels in life - and does so using a common sense approach that integrates experience, study and science with focus and commitment. The key is training like an athlete whether its following an exercise or nutrition program or developing a positive attitude. What a refreshingly realistic concept in this "a pill a day takes the fat away" world! Through Dr. Groppel's convincing clarity, it all makes perfect sense. And you don't have to be in the business arena to benefit from the principles of THE CORPORATE ATHLETE. Maximizing performance can be a goal that crosses age, gender and occupational or vocational boundaries. But what makes this book stand out for me is Dr. Groppel's holistic approach - completing the palate of fitness by incorporating the physical, mental and emotional with the spiritual. It takes courage to take spirituality out of its politically correct closet and plop it onto the Board Room table, to make it a key component of performance enhancement. Could it be that the growth of courage, confidence, conviction and character is a natural end product of one's development into the ultimate corporate athlete? I am convinced, after reading the book, that this is the case.

OUTSTANDING!
This great book should be on the desk of every stressed out business executive.It brilliantly describes what it takes to be in a peak state of mind when you need to be.There is no question that business people as well as everyone should train their bodies to get their minds in top shape.This book illustrates that with great information about diet,exercise,and proper attitude.A wise investment.

Lacking new Insight to an age-old problem
I waited in anticipation for this book to arrive. Much hype had been made about this new research and the 21 day plan. Business men and women stuggle to balance work and home-life, and the foundation of this book is right on. If we loose weight, drink more water and exercise we will have more energy for both. The problem with this book is that it says very little more. I found myself brousing through the book looking for new ideas to give me some boost. The book does have some excellent chapters on how to deal with stress in the work place. In fact, this book is worth buying just for these two chapters. However, for those of us who read self help books on a daily basis, you might be looking for more.