Getting to Neutral-Trevor Moawad with Andy Staples

Book: Getting to Neutral
Author: Trevor Moawad with Andy Staples
Publisher: HarperCollins India

Do you think that gearing down to neutral is easy?

The most trusted mental coach in sports, Trevor Moawad revolutionized competition with his concept of neutral thinking: a performance strategy using a judgment-free approach to coolly assess situations in high-pressure moments. But in late 2019, Trevor discovered his method works far beyond the playing field when he was faced with his biggest challenge: cancer. In the following months, as the pandemic went into full swing, Trevor was in and out of the hospital for treatments. With the world and his life in chaos, he relied on neutral thinking to help him stay calm, collected, and sane. Filled with personal anecdotes and insights drawn from interviews with some of the world’s best athletes, coaches, and leaders, Getting to Neutral teaches readers how to apply neutral thinking to everyday life—from living through a global crisis to a health emergency, from a big game to an important meeting, and everything in between.

The book is a wonderful study into the power of the human psyche. Trevor’s idea of getting neutral when faced with a difficult situation is quite inspiring, specially on light of his personal struggles. Trevor uses various examples to exhibit how being neutral, rather than positive or negative in a situation can actually help you focus and realign. The book is written in a simple language and the tone is quite powerful, one that makes you think about the things that Trevor proposes. Another that is interesting is that Trevor takes up various personalities as cases to put his point forth and from Navy SEALS to sport stars, we see how important the idea of marginal improvement is and how it can lead to major changes in one’s life for the better. The primary message of the book is to think critically and to take emotion out of the decision-making process so as to make decisions that are smarter as well as lead to a change in one’s life.

This is a book that I would certainly recommend if you are looking to improve upon yourself and to help you make smart decisions. The book scores a 4.25/5 for me.

A copy of the book was provided to me in exchange of an honest review.

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