The Breakout Principle: How to Activate the Natural Trigger That Maximizes Creat

Description: The Breakout Principle by Herbert Benson The author of "The Relaxation Response" describes a state of heightened physical and mental function often experienced by professional athletes, explaining how to achieve such a state in order to improve productivity and reduce anxiety and depression levels. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The author of The Relaxation Response describes a state of heightened physical and mental function often experienced by professional athletes, explaining how to achieve such a state in order to improve productivity and reduce anxiety and depression levels. Reprint. 50,000 first printing. Back Cover Would it surprise you to learn that the best way to solve a seemingly unsolvable problem is to get up and leave the room? That a walk in the woods will help you to finish your novel? And that humming can make you a better tennis player? Believe it or not, sometimes the only way to succeed is by completely giving up. The Breakout Principle delivers the ultimate self-help principle-simple instructions to activate a powerful biological trigger that converts conflict and confusion into clarity and extraordinary performance, a state of mind that athletes refer to as "the zone." More than three decades ago, bestselling author Herbert Benson, M.D., attempted to settle the score on stress. Why do some people perish under pressure while others use it to their outstanding advantage? Based on Dr. Bensons award-winning research, The Breakout Principle reports the discovery of an inner switch that can increase mental function, enhance creativity and productivity, and boost athletic performance. Once you learn how to activate the Breakout "trigger," use it to jumpstart your career, strengthen your personal relationships, even improve your golf swing. With easy-to-follow instructions on how to manage stress, incorporate Breakouts into your everyday routines, and develop an overall sense of inner peace, The Breakout Principle is the first step toward maximizing your untapped abilities and powers-for life. Author Biography Herbert Benson, MD, is the Mind Body Medical Institute Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. He is the author of the mega-bestselling book, The Relaxation Response, as well as ten other trade books. His groundbreaking work established the modern field of mind body medicine. Dr. Benson is the Director Emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. William Proctor, JD, is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School and has written or co-written more than 80 books, including Beyond the Relaxation Response with Dr. Benson; The Templeton Touch with Sir John Templeton; and several international bestsellers with the "father of aerobics," Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper. Review George Gallup, Jr. Cochairman of The Gallup Organization The Breakout Principle is a breakthrough book. Herbert Benson is a leading-edge thinker, and the result of his teaming up with William Proctor is a book that is not only fascinating for its insights but also of great practical value, helping readers "zone out" and view life from a totally new perspective.Bernie Siegel, M.D. author of Love, Medicine & Miracles and Prescriptions for Living Anyone with inspiration and the desire to change will be guided in the right direction by the wisdom, experience, and words of Dr. Herbert Benson.Rabbi Harold S. Kushner author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People After clearing away the debris of anxiety with The Relaxation Response, Dr. Benson now teaches us to build a wonderful new structure of confidence in the clearing.Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. President Emeritus, University of Notre Dame Herbert Benson, M.D., and William Proctor have been enlightening pioneers in their studies of The Breakout Principle. Now their work can be shared by everyone, not just health-care practitioners. This imaginative book is highly recommended.Sir John M. Templeton founder of the Templeton Prize for Progress and Templeton Growth Ltd. Dr. Herbert Benson and Mr. William Proctor have proven their top talents and diligence. Millions of people can benefit from The Breakout Principle.W. Timothy Gallwey author of The Inner Game of Tennis and The Inner Game of Work Timely and profoundly insightful, this book takes us one more important step toward the possibility of enjoying life free of injurious stress. Review Quote W. Timothy Gallweyauthor ofThe Inner Game of TennisandThe Inner Game of WorkTimely and profoundly insightful, this book takes us one more important step toward the possibility of enjoying life free of injurious stress. Excerpt from Book Chapter One: Powering the Breakout What Is a Breakout? Have you ever noticed that self-improvement books, tapes, and programs often promise the moon, but then dont deliver? * Perhaps no matter how hard you study and practice, they just dont help you at all. * Or maybe they work, but only for a limited time. Either they -- or you -- lack staying power. * Or you are wrestling with some deep fear, grief, or other trauma -- and the program doesnt take your concern into account. * Or a particular self-help program may prove useful, but you still feel shortchanged because you need improvement in several areas -- such as playing golf, public speaking, and developing a consistent prayer life. Yet you lack the time or inclination to concentrate on more than one routine at a time. Most people have had such feelings and have wistfully concluded that whats really needed is an ultimate self-help principle. In the best of all worlds, you might like to find a single, one-size-fits-all solution to your personal needs and aspirations -- a panacea that would combine every personal improvement concept into one all-encompassing, easily accessible formula. Also, ideally, this single concept would infuse you with the personal discipline to stick with the program year after year, as you transform your life for the better. If youve ever found yourself longing for the self-help program to end all self-help programs, I have good news. After my more than thirty years of research at the Harvard Medical School, Ive discovered that a fundamental self-transforming principle does indeed exist -- a principle that has been firmly established in exciting new studies on the molecular, biochemical, and neurological levels. Whats more, the benefits -- which reach well beyond traditional notions of self-help and have the potential to revolutionize your entire life -- can be accessed through a simple but extremely powerful concept that I call the Breakout Principle. So What Exactly Is the Breakout Principle? In a nutshell, here is our basic working definition: The Breakout Principle refers to a powerful mind-body impulse that severs prior mental patterns and -- even in times of great stress or emotional trauma -- opens an inner door to a host of personal benefits, including * greater mental acuity * enhanced creativity * increased job productivity * maximal athletic performance * spiritual development The most significant phrase in the above definition is "severs prior mental patterns." Many if not most of the problems we face in terms of blocked creativity and productivity, subpar athletic performance, flawed health, or even stunted spirituality can be traced back to unresolved destructive or negative thought patterns -- such as nagging anxieties, stress-related emotional baggage, or circular, obsessive "mental tapes." But theres more. You can actually learn to turn on a natural inner switch to sever those past mental patterns and activate Breakouts that will transform your daily life. My investigations, which have been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, have convinced me that this accessible, biological-medical "trigger" can be used to power up creativity, deep philosophical insights, stress-reduction responses, and top-notch professional performance. Learning to activate this trigger can also provide you with what superior athletes call the physiology of zoning, or getting in the zone. In postcompetition interviews, world-class baseball sluggers "in the zone" have reported that 95-mile-per-hour fastballs seemed to be moving in slow motion. Professional tennis players have said that their opponents bullet serves seemed the "size of basketballs." And top basketball players have reported that when they shoot, they somehow know they are unable to miss. These almost mystical mind-sets -- which typically involve a sense of invulnerability or perfection, effortless activity, or extreme clarity of thought -- certainly arent limited to superior sports achievement. Public speakers, writers, and other professionals who have entered into similar high-performance states have described their experiences in similar terms. In many ways, then, the Breakout concept does promise to open the door to an ultimate self-help principle that spans the secular to the spiritual. But to understand how the abstract definition applies in a real-life situation, lets consider the rather unusual creative experience of a top management consultant whom well call Jason. The Needlepoint School of Management Consulting Jason was facing one of the toughest challenges of his career. A leading management consultant, he had been asked by a major U.S. corporation to take charge of the search for a new chief executive officer. But the problem was particularly difficult and multifaceted. Several top executives in the company were vying for the CEO position, and two had let it be known that they expected to quit if they werent selected. Opinions on the board of directors diverged radically. Stockholders had even divided into factions over the pending succession -- they knew that the value of their portfolios might be seriously damaged by the wrong choice. Unfortunately, there was no clear front-runner. Even after exhaustive analyses by Jason and his firm, including numerous reports from a leading executive headhunter, the picture remained murky. "To use a grammatical image, its a compound-complex problem," Jason complained to a confidant. "Extensive research -- but no solution. No obvious heir apparent." So what was required to move the consulting forward? "I need a shazam, " Jason said. "A brilliant way out of my pickle. All the analysis and detailed matrices -- all the research in the world isnt going to help now. Forget additional lists. No more pros and cons. The times arrived for needlepoint." Needlepoint was Jasons favorite way to escape the days frustrations. Just as important, the pastime often helped him "think outside the box" -- and come up with million- or billion-dollar solutions. So that day he left the office building, settled down in his hotel room, and pulled out his latest needlepoint canvas -- a cover for a pillow that he was doing in petit point. (Petit point, for the uninitiated, is needlepoint that requires relatively small stitches -- for Jason, usually about twenty-four per inch.) During his career, Jason had learned that monumental amounts of research were necessary to move toward a solution. But after finishing all the hard, plodding research and analysis, Jason often hit an inner wall that intense work and thought couldnt penetrate. In many ways, his experience provided a classic illustration of the Yerkes-Dodson Law, which, as well see in Chapter 2, says that efficiency increases with stress up to a point. But if stress continues after that point, efficiency will begin to decline steadily. Although Jason had heard that traditional relaxation techniques were supposed to help control stress, he knew he wasnt the "meditator type." Still, he had found that through needlepoint, he could control his stress and position himself to receive a "shazam." As it happens, Jason was in good company. A feature in the Boston Globe (January 31, 2002, H1, H4), published long after he had embarked on his petit point, disclosed that the male knitting underground included such notables as Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe; Ethan Zohn, winner of the CBS Survivor: Africa contest; fashion designer Bob Mackie; and network TV executive Stu Bloomberg. One reason for the surge in male knitting, the Globe surmised, was "a need for stress relief during anxious time" (H4) -- which was at least part of the reason Jason pursued petit point. But the consultant was mainly interested in that shazam. Seeking the Shazam "The insight has to come from outside," Jason explained. "Its absolutely essential for me to get away from the job and coworkers. Put myself in a position where my mind can roam around in a completely different space. The best way for me to shift gears is needlepoint." In particular, he had found that when he was working on a background canvas, with only one color and one type of stitch, the work was highly repetitive. Row after row, he executed exactly the same finger movements. As a result, he could "zone out." Most important of all, he could break all previous trains of thought -- and let his mind wander and hover freely, over this or that. "Thats when I often get my shazam," he said. But unlike the old superhero Captain Marvel, who had employed the magic word in the comic books Jason had read as a youth, the consultant knew intuitively that it was virtually impossible to mandate a shazam. He couldnt force a brilliant insight. Instead, he had to release any preconceived agenda and be perfectly willing to emerge on the other side of the stitching without any new insight. "First of all, its best for me to forget the problem -- just let my mind zero out and become a blank," he said. "Ill allow myself to get carried away with mindless repetition. Focus on nothing but those stitches, doing one after the other. Then, the solution may drift into my mind." If that happened, he would "float or hover above the facts. But I wont review them in detail. Details ISBN0743223985 Author Herbert Benson Short Title BREAKOUT PRINCIPLE Language English ISBN-10 0743223985 ISBN-13 9780743223980 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 158.1 Imprint Scribner Subtitle How to Activate the Natural Trigger That Maximizes Creativity, Athletic Performance, Productivity, and Personal Well-Being Place of Publication New York, NY Country of Publication United States Birth 1935 Residence US DOI 10.1604/9780743223980 UK Release Date 2004-03-02 NZ Release Date 2004-03-02 Illustrations black & white illustrations Pages 340 Publisher Simon & Schuster Year 2004 Audience General AU Release Date 2004-04-15 Publication Date 2004-03-02 US Release Date 2004-03-02 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:8565813;

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