Andrew D Thompson, A High-Performing Mind, (ISBN Canada, 2026)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218075114-a-high-performing-mind
A 12-step programme for training your mind for success
The author outlines the ’12 Attributes of High Performers’, a self-improvement programme he developed through coaching athletes and by working through his own devastating health crisis. These mental tools and life-changing strategies he has found can apply to any walk of life to help achieve your goals.
He begins with the story of his own personal crisis, suddenly developing a serious phosphate deficiency, which had debilitating effects and which health professionals, transfusions, vitamins, new diet, etc. were little help in addressing.
He recommends working through the chapters one by one to give you the chance to practice the new mind skills. Each chapter begins with a pertinent personal anecdote, making it enjoyable reading, and ends with a checklist questionnaire to get you started on your way to new goal-oriented mental habits and help you to ‘make it stick’.
I decided to set myself a goal while reading this. My ambition is to write and publish my books, but I’m already fairly motivated on that front. Much harder for me is the daily life stuff – paying bills, doing my taxes, clearing out the shed. I set myself the goal of ‘Finishing my To Do List’ to accomplish by the time I finish reading the book. I’m going to get started as soon as I post this review (Stop procrastinating).
This book taught me a lot of what I already know, yet still have trouble implementing into my life practices, mainly regarding training my mind to think positively. I made a chart listing the 12 Attributes and put it on my bulletin board.
Susie Helme 
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