Level Six Performance: A Gold Medal Formula for Achieving Professional & Personal Success

This book has all the tools to achieving success not only in sport, but in life!!

Level Six Performance is a great book and the tools that Dr. Long offers can be applied to any performance situation that I'm in, whether it be sales, or continuing education and training, or leading a team that's developing a strategy for a new product launch. However, the real value of the book is found in the introduction. Don't overlook this part of the book--the introduction alone is worth the price of the book! Long frames the entire book with his explaination of Level Six Performance. The introduction makes it understood that this book is a performance manual based on sound information and research, not simply a textbook. More authors should do what Dr. Long has done--make the research applicable!

>Level Six Performance provides a vast array of great stories about <br />>overcoming human nature. It's just not a sports book although the chapters <br />>regarding Bonnie Blair and Al Oerter cannot be under emphasized due their <br />>heroic Olympic achievements-5 Winter Gold Medals and 4 Summer Gold Medals, <br />>respectively. Jeremy Bloom talks about his fight with the NCAA over <br />>student-rights. The story of Will Carlin of how he used Level Six <br />>Performance Decision-Making tools to operate his internet marketing office <br />>at a 21% profit when the company's headquarters declared bankruptcy. One <br />>of <br />>the most powerful chapters is the Peter Westbrook story of how he grew up <br />>in <br />>the Newark Projects and how he became a positive force in his community. <br />>Dr. Long brings a collection of Olympic human interest stories that haven't yet been told <br />>and presents them to the readers in an easy-to-digest manner.

Level Six Performance is like nothing I've ever read. Steve Long assembled a group of Olympic champions that proves that excellence is available to anyone. It doesn't matter what race you are--Peter Westbrook is African-American, Lovie Jung is Asian-American, Billy Mills is Native-American. It doesn't matter if you're male or female--10 men and 7 women featured. It doesn't matter if you're young or old--Jeremy Bloom is 24 and Angela Ruggiero is 25, Phil Mahre and Peter Vidmar are in their 40's, Billy Mills is in 60's and Al Oerter is in his 70's! It doesn't matter whether you're a college grad or not--Will Carlin has degrees from three Ivy League schools and several of the Olympians never attended college. It doesn't matter if you're from the inner city (Peter Westbrook and Al Oeter) or the suburbs (Diann Roffe and Donna Weinbrecht) and Billy Mills grew up on an Indian reservation in South Dakota. Level Six Performance demonstrates that anyone can achieve their dreams as long as they have access to proven tools. Level Six Performance is a big tent where everyone can fit under.

"Level Six Performance" presents a detailed, well articulated, step-by-step plan that anyone can use to become a champion. Using examples from Olympic heroes and the same no-nonsense style that helped Dr. Long mentor championship teams at the Air Force Academy, this book describes how people can succeed in both their careers and in their personal lives. "Level Six Performance" is a must read for anyone looking to reach the highest levels of performance.