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The Orca State of Mind
A short, deliberate shelf. Four books on what separates competitors: fearlessness, the little things, the will to rise, and discipline of the mind.
The mind is the separator.
Fear is the first opponent. This book is about removing it. Built from 50 Cent's life and Greene's study of power, it argues that fearlessness is not recklessness, it is clarity: seeing a situation exactly as it is and acting without the noise of doubt. For the competitor, it is a manual for the composure the Orca State of Mind is built on.
The myth is that the great ones are simply born different. Colvin dismantles it. What separates the best is deliberate practice: the little things, done right, repeated with intention long after others have stopped. This is the case, in full, for why discipline beats talent, and why the work you do when no one is watching is the work that counts.
Before the NBA, there were the streets of Racine, arrests, and a cell before his fifteenth birthday. Caron Butler's story is proof that where you start does not decide where you finish. This is the mind as the great equalizer, the will to rise no matter the odds against you. Kobe Bryant wrote the foreword.
Four simple rules, and a lifetime of work to live by them. Be impeccable with your word. Do not take anything personally. Do not make assumptions. Always do your best. Rooted in ancient Toltec wisdom, this is a code of conduct for the mind, the same self-mastery that separates the composed competitor from the one ruled by noise and doubt.
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