The Power of Story...Doug's Exclusive Interview with Bestselling Author, Dr. Jim Loehr
In his groundbreaking new book, “The Power of Story: Rewrite Your Destiny in Business and in Life”, Dr. Jim Loehr, Chairman, CEO and Co-founder of the Human Performance Institute and New York Times bestselling co-author of The Power of Full Engagement, examines the way we tell stories about ourselves to ourselves and, most important, the way we can change those stories to transform our business and personal lives. Dr. Loehr has worked with hundreds of world-class performers from the arenas of sport, business, medicine and law enforcement including Fortune 100 executives, FBI Hostage Rescue Teams and Army Special Forces. His elite clients from the world of sport include: golfers Mark O'Meara and Michelle Wie; tennis players, Jim Courier, Monica Seles, and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario; boxer Ray Mancini; hockey players Eric Lindros and Mike Richter; and Olympic gold medal speed skater Dan Jansen. Dr. Loehr possesses a masters and doctorate in psychology, serves on several prestigious scientific boards and is a full member of the American Psychological Association, the American College of Sports Medicine, the National Strength and Conditioning Association and the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology. Recently I was given the privilege of obtaining an exclusive interview with Dr. Loehr that I would like to share with those of you interested in changing the story of your own lives. Is there a common theme among all of the books you have written? How would you describe it? There clearly is a central theme in all my work. It basically is helping people to expand their capacity to perform in high stress environments. That challenge is physical, emotional, mental and even spiritual. I’ve been focused my entire career on developing a practical, science-based approach for helping individuals and teams fulfill their performance potential even in the most brutal conditions. Has your perspective changed or evolved since you first started and what do you believe today that wasn’t obvious when you first started? I am much more convinced that all of the sciences supportive to our understanding of human performance can be unified within the context of managing energy. Nutrition, exercise physiology, psychology, biomechanics, strength training, etc. are all involved in managing energy in some important way. Human beings are fully integrated, multi-dimensional energy systems and are therefore best understood within that framework. What was your primary goal in authoring The Power of Story? Human beings function essentially as word processors. We create our realty with words, become motivated through the power of words and fulfill our destiny through words. There is the real world and there is our version of the real world. Our version is our story. Human beings are storytellers and our stories have great power in our lives. We have stories around everything – family, sports, money, happiness, failure, work, etc. Some stories work for us and take us where we want to go in life and some clearly don’t. Dysfunctional stories can be changed and, as our stories change, so does our future. One of the most important ways we learn to manage energy is through improved storytelling. What is the premise behind The Power of Story and who did you write it for? Change your story, change your destiny. Once we are aware of a dysfunctional story, there is a defined process for changing it. That’s what is detailed in The Power of Story. The book was written for anyone seeking to improve their ability to navigate in life and live a life of significance. The primary target audience was the corporate world. What is the best way for people to find more information regarding the Human Performance Institute in Orlando? Simply go to our website at www.energyforperformance.com. Get Our Industry-Leading Fitness Empowerment Newsletter(Plus three more gifts valued at $77) Now!Gift #1: Our success-oriented "10 Strategies to having Your Best Year Ever" mini-course. We respect your privacy! Your email address will never be sold or rented |