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Summary:

"In his years as a professional ice-skater, Olympic Gold Medalist Scott Hamilton learned to embrace the mind-set of working hard to beat the competition. In doing so, he found the strength to rise above every challenge life has thrown his way. But it seems competing to win has gotten a bad rap these days. We've bought into the belief that failure must be avoided at all costs and that it is unfair to participants to rank their performance. We need to learn that competition is a good thing because it drives us to live to the fullest and strive to be better than we ever thought possible. To finish first is something we all dream about. It is time to begin achieving those dreams. Finish First is a wake-up call for business leaders, entrepreneurs, spouses, parents, and even students to stop settling for mediocre and begin to revitalize their intrinsic will to achieve excellence and go for the win. Most of us feel we were made for something more, but were often afraid to allow ourselves to be competitive because we think our finishing first might somehow rob others of their chance to shine. This book encourages the hidden potential, the champion within all of us, to come out, which eventually brings our family, marriage, career, business, and the world around us the greatest possible good." -- Book jacket.

Table of Contents:

• Foreword / by Donald Miller
• Introduction
• Why you aren't a winner - yet
• Know your purpose
• Break the pattern of losing
• Commit to the long haul
• Keep showing up
• Overcome your limitations
• Outwork everyone
• Ditch fear and celebrate failure
• Edit your critics
• Play by the rules of the game
• Never look back
• Winning changes everything
• Epilogue: wins come in all shapes and sizes
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• About the author.

Author/Creator:

Hamilton, Scott, 1958- , author

Contributors:

Fallon, Allison , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Finish first: winning changes everything [by Hamilton, S.]

Subjects:

Success

Self-realization

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-181).

Physical Description:

xvii, 183 pages ; 22 cm

Call Numbers:

BJ1611.2 .H29 2018

ISBNs:

9780785216568 (hardcover)
0785216561 (hardcover)
9780785216513 (eBook) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2017040599

OCLC Numbers:

993421589