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With more than 500,000 copies sold in 20 languages, Master of Change, The Practice of Groundedness, and Peak Performance have been helping people attain their full potential by offering the ideas, skills, and practices you need to develop and sustain a path toward excellence, health, and mastery.

  • “Gets to the heart of the matter on all things excellence."

    Ryan Holiday, author of Stillness Is the Key and Ego Is the Enemy

  • “More excellence with less angst.”

    Adam Grant, author of Think Again and Hidden Potential

  • "Taps into things many of us feel but can't yet articulate on our own."

    Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global

  • "A crucial alternative for those of us looking for a deeper approach to success."

    Cal Newport, author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work

  • "I literally underline every sentence."

    Shalane Flanagan, New York City Marathon Champion and 4x Olympian

  • "Ambitious, far-reaching, and impactful.”

    David Epstein, New York Times bestselling author of Range and The Sports Gene

A revelatory book on overcoming challenges, creating a rugged and flexible mindset and identity, and developing the habits and skills for life's intensifying flux.

Change and challenge are not the exceptions, they are the rules. Yet we endlessly fight them, often viewing them as a threat to our stability and sense of self.

Master of Change flips this script on its head and offers a path for embracing and even growing from life’s constant instability. You’ll read about responding versus reacting, the importance of tragic optimism, how to stay consistent and keep showing up, and so much more. This book will help you navigate the highs, lows, and everything between on your path.

A healthier and more sustainable model for success. To be grounded is to possess a firm and unwavering foundation, a resolute sense of self from which deep and enduring, not shallow and superficial, success can be found.

Achievement often comes at a cost. While the high of occasional wins can keep you going for a while, playing into the always-on, never enough hustle culture ultimately takes a serious toll.

Groundedness is a practice that values presence over rote productivity, accepts that progress is nonlinear, and prioritizes long-term values and fulfillment over short-term gains. It does not eliminate ambition and striving; rather, it situates these qualities and channels them in more meaningful ways. The result is better, more fulfilling, and more enduring performance.

A few common principles drive performance, regardless of the field or the task at hand. Whether someone is trying to qualify for the Olympics, break ground in mathematical theory, or craft an artistic masterpiece, many of the practices that lead to great success are the same.

Peak Performance demystifies these practices and makes them accessible to everyone. It combines inspiring stories of top performers across a range of domains – from athletic to intellectual to artistic – with the latest science on the cognitive, neurochemical, and physiological factors that underlie mastery. The result is an entertaining read that links traditionally-siloed fields and relies upon cutting-edge science. In doing so, it uncovers unique and powerful insights that can help you take your game to the next level, whatever your game may be.