Dialed In

Do Your Best When It Matters Most

De: Dana Sinclair

Narrado por: Eunice Wong

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

For readers of Atomic Habits and Grit, a top performance psychologist, who has coached elite athletes, surgeons, and business leaders, shares her proven plan to getting the best results when the pressure is on.

What do a major league baseball catcher struggling with pop ups, an operating room doctor tense before a surgery, and a slumping sixteen-year-old tennis prodigy all have in common? They’re elite performers who are not achieving excellence, and they’re not sure how to improve.

Enter Dr. Dana Sinclair. For more than twenty years, Dr. Dana has worked with the best of the best to improve results, from NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL teams to IndyCar drivers and Olympic athletes. She helps performers shift their focus and deliver optimal performance in high-pressure moments that define greatness. Her methods also work for students and teachers, business leaders and managers—anyone motivated to improve. Her approach is simple: figure out what gets in your way, develop actions to address it in the moment, and then stick to the plan. It’s not about how you feel, it’s about what you do!

Now, for the first time, her method to improve performance is available to everyone. In Part One of Dialed In, Dr. Dana shares her key concepts:

-the true nature of confidence (it’s overrated)
-the difference between good routines and unhelpful superstitions
-good communicating vs. common bad advice
-why character is better than talent, and much more

In Part Two, she takes us through her three-step process for making your own performance plans, with five helpful examples to illustrate how it’s done. There are also leading questions and quick tips to help you better develop your personalized performance plan for whatever challenges you face.

Simple, smart, and effective, Dialed In is like having your own performance coach in your back pocket.

Takeaways from dialed in

Growing up with a father who coached in the NHL, I’ve always been fascinated by sports psychology, motivation, and performance. This book lays a clear foundation of tactics that work, whether in sports or in day-to-day work.

Two ideas really stood out to me:
• Invest in character — its power is often underestimated.
• Be process-oriented, not results-driven. Results are the consequence; the process guides what you do.

I recently applied some of these strategies during a half marathon, especially performance cues and breath work, and it made a real difference in staying calm and focused.

Whether you’re on the field, in the office, or just trying to perform at your best, this book is full of actionable insights to help you show up fully.