Raise Your Game

High-Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best

By: Alan Stein, Jon Sternfeld, Jay Bilas - foreword

Narrated by: Alan Stein

Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

Performance coach Alan Stein Jr. shares the secret principles used by world-class performers that will help you improve your productivity and achieve higher levels of success.

High achievers are at the top of their game because of the discipline they have during the unseen hours. They have made a commitment to establish, tweak, and repeat positive habits in everything they do. Raise Your Game examines the top leaders in sports and business and proves that success is a result of the little things we do all the time.

The basic principles provided in Raise Your Game are simple, but not easy. We live in an instantly downloadable world that encourages us to skip steps. We are taught to chase what's hot, flashy, and sexy and ignore what's basic. But the basics work. They always have, and they always will.

Raise Your Games will inspire and empower you to commit to the fundamentals, create a winning mindset, and progress into new levels of success.

©2019 Alan Stei and Jon Sternfeld (P)2019 Hachette Audio

Critic reviews

"Whether building a start-up as an entrepreneur, or a developing innovations as an "intrapreneur" at a Fortune 500, the fundamentals of success are the same. It comes down to habits, preparation and mindset. Raise Your Game shares the building blocks used by the world's top athletes, executives, coaches and entrepreneurs to reach unparalleled success and perform at the highest level. I am recommending Raise Your Game as a must-read for all of the entrepreneurs and executives I work with."—Mark French, Serial Entrepreneur (Sports / Entertainment / Media / Technology)

"Alan knows exactly what it takes to Raise Your Game. The stories, principles and strategies he shares in this book apply to basketball, business and everything in between. If you want to be a more influential leader and impactful teammate--you will read this book."—Jay Wright, Head Coach of Villanova University (2016 & 2018 NCAA Champions)

"Alan shares what it takes to take your game to the next level. Raise Your Game provides tools, concepts and strategies you can utilize today to enhance your influence and make an immediate impact on your team, culture and organization."—Jon Gordon, bestselling author of Training Camp and The Carpenter

Worth a listen

Great book on leadership. Definitely worth listening to. Provides some great insight on what others have done to become and remain successful.

BE A CHAMPION!

As a coach, this book incredibly breaks down the criteria of a champion's mindset!Stein clearly illustrates how to create a championship culture on the field and in the workplace! If you are looking to change your mindset, or accomplish a goal, this is the book for you! Alan Stein is one of the best performance coaches in the world, and trust me he will help you BE A CHAMPION in this book!

Excellent read or listen

Basic principals I can put in place at the beginning of every day.
Love the “ 10 assists”!

This book will Raise Your Game

The authors did a fantastic job of sharing poignant stories and insights that teach principles to improve your life and business. I loved the experiences with basketball and other sports and how they relate to personal and team development.

One of my favorite insights was communicating the importance of every role to people on the team. Even the 10th man, sitting on the bench, needs to know his role, purpose, and value, and how his position contributes to the overall success of the team. When he pushes the starting players in practice, he is helping them become better and elevating the whole team. Love this concept of the importance of communication, and that together we achieve more,

I had dozens of aha moments and fantastic take aways. Great book and narration!

Awesome work Alan.

Just made a 3 hr trip to the NC Coast this weekend and got 6 solid hours in. Loved all the messages shared. Being an athlete, entrepreneur and business leader I could really relate to many of the references and examples used. He also highlighted some other fantastic authors and books I have read which gave me a positive affirmation that I’m consuming the right stuff. I think this would be a phenomenal book for your student athlete who is getting ready to enter the adult world either as a professional athlete but more likely a former athlete who now needs to apply learned habits and gain new ones to serve others. Trying to get someone in their early twenties to read how to win friends and influence people may be a stretch. Reading about Kevin Durant, Kobe, Coach K, Google, Starbucks, Airbnb and more will keep anyone looking to get better and grow engaged. Highly recommend.

Motivation while driving to work.

Maybe it is just me, but I love sports stories of great coaches... I'm not an athlete by any standard, but I do believe that there is much to be learned from people who have been able to encourage others to greatness in athletics. It is those same tactics that translate into business and other situations. Certainly the underlying message here is practice the basics, believe in yourself and be part of the team (whatever team that is). This is an excellent listen for your commute!

Great book!

Leader or not, this is a must read! this book has great insight for leaders and team members!

Good. Nothing new.

Nothing new but a useful summary/rehash of popular business and sports psychology.

A few contentious statements like 'if you think you're better at what you do than Kevin Durant is at what he does... enough said". Hard to compare the degree of success across different disciplines.

If you apply the ideas and principles Alan describes then you will certainly progress in your chosen field.

Good collection of stories!

A combination of stories of different athletes and the corporate world. Motivating to hear. Thumbs up.

Fantastic book!

Alan not only writes a brilliant book but he puts his passion into reading it. I would recommend this book to anyone looking to improve any area of their life. His lessons can be applied to anyone and he does a great job providing diverse examples that everyone can relate to. A must read or listen!!