Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This book opens the audience's perspective and allows them to see adversity as a prelude to success. Using personal athletic stories that are relatable to anyone going through youth, high school, or college athletics, Ingold draws comparisons to what he has gone through in his professional athletic career. Through these stories he paints a relatable picture of what struggle is like, his mindset while going through it, and the mistakes he made along the way, which ultimately molded into a positive character and outlook that has helped propel him into his NFL career. After reading this book audiences will be able to learn lessons from Ingold's own shortcomings as well as reflect on their own journeys up to this point. The audience will also have tools that he still uses to this day to sustain their motivation. They will be able to visualize themselves overcoming their past and look to their future with confidence not because they are perfect, but because they've failed and learned from those failures. They will have confidence that when they face these challenges again, they have a resource to look back on and trust that they share the same mindset and determination it takes to be great.
Synopsis
Live up to your definition of greatness and inspire the best in the people around you.
In The Seven Crucibles: An Inspirational Gameplan to Overcome Adversity in Your Life, NFL fullback and motivational speaker Alec Ingold delivers a hands-on playbook for conquering every obstacle that stands between you and success, on the playing field and in life. You'll learn to utilize your own story of trials and tribulations to help embrace the changes to create future success. These lessons will help you face your biggest fears and sustain motivation on your path to personal and professional growth.
In the book, you'll find:
- A set of practical tools the author used to climb to the top of one of the most punishing arenas in global athletics and lessons for applying them to your everyday life
- Strategies for creating a mindset that rewards resilience and perseverance, and leaves unrealistic perfectionism behind
- Ways to reflect on your own accomplishments and shortcomings to help you learn from the past and build the future you want
An essential resource for students and professional athletes, The Seven Crucibles will also earn a place on the bookshelves of business, military, academic, government, and educational leaders hoping to coax the best out of themselves and the people they lead.