16 Quotes by Charles Garfield

I've discovered that numerous peak performers use the skill of mental rehearsal of visualization. They mentally run through important events before they happen.

Self-mastery calls for thorough familiarity with one's mental and emotional strengths. And it calls for sustaining a commitment to personal growth - the understanding of what makes you tick as an individual - as well as personal development.

Mission starts with determining what you really care about and want to accomplish and committing yourself to it. You can always develop expertise. First, discover your preference.

All athletic accomplishments begin with volition; that is, the desire and willpower necessary to succeed. Volition affects more than thoughts and feelings - it affects physical performance.

The one element that stands out most clearly among our peak performers is their virtually unassailable belief in the likelihood of their own success.

Values provide perspective in the best of times and the worst.

Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling their missions