The Power of Negative Thinking, Bob Knight
The Power of Negative Thinking, Bob Knight
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The Power of Negative Thinking
An Unconventional Approach to Achieving Positive Results

Author: Bob Knight

Narrator: Dick Hill

Unabridged: 5 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 03/05/2013

Synopsis

Norman Vincent Peale’s The Power of Positive Thinking, a classic bestseller, has inspired an optimistic perspective for millions of Americans. Now, in an inspirational and entertaining rebuttal, the legendary basketball coach Bob Knight explains why “negative thinking” will actually produce more positive results, in sports and in daily life. Coach Knight, the second-winningest coach in NCAA history with 902 victories, explains that victory is often attained by the team that makes the fewest mistakes. His coaching philosophy was to instill discipline by “preparing to win” rather than hoping to win. That meant understanding the downside and drilling his teams to prevent the things that could go wrong. And when his teams did win, he made sure they didn’t dwell on their success, but rather looked immediately to the challenges of the next game. He applies this lesson to business strategy as well.

About Bob Knight

Bob Knight compiled one of the greatest records ever in college basketball: 5 National Coach of the Year awards, 3 NCAA championships, 11 Big Ten championships, an Olympics championship, and 902 victories overall, along with achieving a near-perfect graduation rate for his players. Knight is also a featured commentator for ESPN’s college basketball coverage, on camera at least once a week. His first book, Knight: My Story, spent five weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Bob Hammel is the coauthor of both books.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brett on December 23, 2022

"The positive thinker tends to enjoy the win, to congratulate himself and his staff and his players and generally revel in the fact that he and his team won! A negative thinker has already forgotten that one and gone to work on the next game." pg 12 I am a believer in positive thinking. Anyone can m......more

Goodreads review by Ann on April 03, 2013

I found this book in the Kindle Owners Lending Library and read it without knowing anything about Bob Knight or much about college basketball at all. Without the gloss of the author's fame or much interest in the basketball theme, I felt the book was poorly written and organized. The book started de......more

Goodreads review by Mark on April 08, 2013

"The Power of Negative Thinking," by Bob Knight (New Harvest, 2013, 223) I have on my bookshelf a series of books with opposite titles: The Alpha Strategy, and the Omega Strategy; Asia Rising, and Asia Falling; Free to Choose, and Free to Lose; How to Win Friends and Influence People, and How to Los......more

Goodreads review by Sumit on August 04, 2014

Even for a sports fan who doesn't follow much basketball, Bob Knight is hardly an unknown figure. Hence, I picked this book with a lot of expectation, hoping to learn from a real achiever what the secret of achieving success is. And I do have to say that the first few chapters are deeply interesting......more

Goodreads review by Sean on March 27, 2015

Bob Knight is wrong. Okay he is not completely wrong but he does use vocabulary gymnastics in order to extend his hyperbolic title into a full length book. Knight's basic premise is that we must realistically take into account our weaknesses in order to achieve positive results. He weaves this premi......more

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