The Competitive Buddha: How to Up Your Game in Sports, Leadership and Life
Buddha Can Improve Your Sports Performance and Life
“No other person has had more influence on my thirty-six years of coaching than Jerry Lynch.”—Missy Foote, Head women's lacrosse coach, Middlebury College
#1 New Release in Coaching Hockey, Tennis, and Eastern Philosophy
The Competitive Buddha is about mastery, leadership, spirituality, and the Kobe Bryant Mamba Mentality. Discover how people from all parts of the world have brought together the Buddha and athletics for greater fun, enjoyment, and pleasure during their performances.
Connect spirituality to sports. Learn what you need to keep, what you need to discard, and what you need to add to your mental, emotional, and spiritual skill set as an athlete, coach, leader, parent, CEO, or any other performer in life. Understand how Buddhism can help you to be better prepared for sports and life, and how sports and life can teach you about Buddhism.
On the court, field, and beyond. Dr. Lynch is an avid runner and biker and he has coached athletes at the high school and AAU level. He earned his doctorate in psychology at Penn State University and has done extensive post-doctoral work in the area of philosophy, Taoist and Buddhist thought, comparative religions, leadership development, and performance enhancement. Dr. Jerry Lynch demonstrates how certain timeless core Buddha values inspire you to embrace and navigate unchartered waters and understand the Buddha-mind and the Kobe Bryant Mamba Mentality.
Become a master coach of your own life. When it comes to leadership and coaching, The Competitive Buddha teaches how the best coaches today use the ancient methods for our modern times. Learn specific strategies and techniques for implementing this special way to guide and lead.
The Competitive Buddha teaches:
- Leadership Skills
- How to use Buddhism as an approach to competition
- How to master athletics and life
Readers who enjoyed Win the Day, Mamba Mentality, or Relentless Optimism will love The Competitive Buddha.
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Book details
- Author
- Dr. Jerry Lynch
- Imprint
- TMA Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 236
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Sports & Recreation › Cultural & Social Aspects
Religion › Buddhism
Philosophy › Asian
Sports & Recreation › Coaching - Topics
- Buddhism · sports psychology · athletic performance · coaching · spirituality · mental and emotional skills · competition
- ISBN-13
- 9781642505894
About the author
JERRY LYNCH is the author of 14 books in as many as 10 languages on coaching, leadership, peak performance, and sports psychology. His recent books include The Competitive Buddha.
Lynch holds a doctorate in psychology from Penn State University and has done extensive post-doctoral work in philosophy, Taoist and Buddhist thought, comparative religions, and leadership development. He has been recognized as one of the top five in his profession nationwide and has worked with teams and athletes across the NBA, Pro Lacrosse, and National Soccer League, as well as programs at North Carolina, Duke, Stanford, Harvard, and other universities.
When not writing, Lynch serves as founder and director of WAY OF CHAMPIONS, a human growth and performance consulting group, and co-hosts the Way of Champions podcast with John O'Sullivan, one of the top-rated podcasts in the world for coaches.