Whether it's a tennis tournamentnoun.比赛 or negotiationnoun.谈判, what does it take to win? Most people would answer that it all comes down to willpower, a great strategynoun.战略, and lots of soundadj.健全的 advice from one's coach or consultantnoun.顾问. Most of us would likelyadv.很可能 fireverb.开火 an advisornoun.顾问 who tells us to just trust our instinctsnoun.本能 and let things happen. But as you'll learn from this summarynoun.概要, it's this veryadj.恰好的 advice that will prepare your mind for success. Listening to your instinctsnoun.本能 above all else is the ticket to winning your inner game, thatadv.那么〔大、多等〕〔尤指通过手势比画来表示大小、数量等〕 is, to overcomeverb.克服 your self-doubtnoun.自己 and anxietynoun.焦虑 while mutingverb.减弱…的声音 all the inner chatternoun.唠叨 thatadv.那么〔大、多等〕〔尤指通过手势比画来表示大小、数量等〕 keeps you from performing at your best.
It's only when you're winning this inner game that you can also excelverb.优秀 in the outer game and challengeverb.向…挑战 yourself to achieveverb.完成 your goals. In these chapters, you'll learn how the mind of a winner is a bit like that of a predatornoun.掠夺者, how to learn as quickly and easily as a young child, and why it's sometimes best not to listen to your coach.
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