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Personal Best: How Ordinary People Achieve Extraordinary Success and How You Can Too Kindle Edition
Personal Best provides inspirational insights and motivational success stories from global achievers to assist you to reach your full potential in business and in life. After extensive research, interviewing and testing the motivational methods of leaders in business, sports, science, politics and management - the key tools to making positive change were identified and are made clear .
As well as gaining an understanding of the personal transformation strategies employed by those that have achieved notable success, you will also begin to understand why you do what you do, what your drivers are and how you can harness your mindset to make quantum leaps forward in any area of your life.
Personal Best explores:
The myth of natural talent and why intelligent action will win every time.
The secret power strategies that have worked for the world’s most successful CEOs, greatest athletes and leaders.
How to rid yourself of the fears that stop you getting what you want and what you the one area in your life you must be clear about, if you are to reach your potential.
The ethos of Personal Best is that each of us, by making minor, personal improvements, can bring about massive success quickly and sustainably. Your life is about private and personal victories, and if you commit to continuous self improvement, you will make progress and gain pride in the personal success of having done something you have never achieved before. Personal Best can be the cornerstone to incredible achievement.
Personal Best gives you immediate access to the thinking and key strategies of the world’s best thinkers and achievers. The motivational stories and inspirational quotes allow you to understand not only the thinking of successful people but how you can replicate that success as part of your own journey of personal development and self improvement.
The uniqueness of Personal Best as a personal development guide is that the ideas and themes shared are not provided by one person or with a focus on one particular market, but draw on the lessons from high flyers from a wide range of backgrounds, all of whom have shown similar qualities in achieving their aims.
The contributors to Personal Best include:
Sir Frank Williams - Founder, Williams Grand Prix -
Lord Harris – Chairman, Carpetright PLC
Sir Chris Evans – Biotech’ Entrepreneur -
Tony Hsieh – CEO, Zappos
Sir George Buckley – Chairman, 3M -
Lord Michael Ashcroft – Former Chairman, ADT
Sir Tom Farmer – Founder, Kwik Fit Group -
Lord Neil Kinnock – Former Labour Leader
Dave Scott – Six times World Ironman Champion -
Mike Duke – CEO Wal-Mart -
Trevor Baylis OBE – Inventor
Lord Paddy Ashdown – Former Liberal Party Leader -
Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE
Bernie Siegel – Author and healer -
Nirmalya Kumar – Author & Professor of Marketing,
Chris Guillbeau – Author of Non Conformity & The $100 start up -
Craig Sams – Founder, Green & Blacks Chocolate
David Novak – CEO, Yum
John Redwood – MP, former Secretary of State for Wales
Teresa Amabile – Author & Professor of Business Harvard Business School
David Meerman Scott – Author The New Rules of Marketing & PR
B. K. S. Iyengar – Founder, Iyengar Yoga
Dean Finch – CEO National Express
Joseph Wan – CEO, Harvey Nichols
Peter Bieler – CEO Media Funding & Infomercial Pioneer and many more successful achievers and high flyers.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication date6 Oct. 2012
- File size1.9 MB
Product details
- ASIN : B009NMC3FQ
- Publisher : Vencape Publishing
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- Publication date : 6 Oct. 2012
- Edition : 1st
- Language : English
- File size : 1.9 MB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 330 pages
- ISBN-13 : 978-0957400917
- Page Flip : Enabled
- Best Sellers Rank: 91,133 in Business, Finance & Law
- 154,935 in Mind, Body & Spirit
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About the author

Barry Duddy is an Author, Speaker and CEO of Personal Best Research, a personal development and business improvement consultancy. Having built his own high growth business, he now consults with individuals, companies and organisations to assist them in maximising their potential. Personal Best was founded to share the knowledge and best practice of selected achievers, companies and groups from around the world.
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Customers find this book to be one of the best personal development books, with one review highlighting how it distills traits and habits for success in various fields. The writing style receives positive feedback, with one customer noting its cleverly laid out format. Moreover, the book is praised for its readability and real-life examples throughout.
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Customers find this book to be one of the best personal development books, with one customer noting how it distills traits and habits for success in various fields.
"...This is one of a handful of personal development books I would both recommend and read multiple times over...." Read more
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"...The author's writing style is so simple yet contains plenty of important information that will lead to key transition point from common you to a..." Read more
"Quite simply one of the very best Personal Development books I have read. Buy the paperback and mark the best bits - you will need a lot of ink!..." Read more
Customers appreciate the writing style of the book, with one noting its cleverly laid out format and another describing it as unique and engaging.
"...gets behind a lot of personal development material, but the Author has intelligently..." Read more
"...the wisdom of some very successful people and presenting it in a cleverly laid out format...." Read more
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"...Barry has a unique and engaging style and if you only take one tip from the book you will be the better for it." Read more
Customers find the book readable, with one mentioning it's a book to read over and over again.
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"...This is a book to read over and over again, full of real life examples of how to do it. Whatever IT is for you. It's that good." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 December 2022I am not one who gets behind a lot of personal development material, but the Author has intelligently
distilled the traits and habits to adopt for success in any particular field.
This is one of a handful of personal development books I would both recommend and read multiple times over.
Well Done Barry, I would be really pleased with myself had I put something out there with so much value for others to benefit from.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 October 2012Referred to this book by a friend after I referred him to Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement- Personal Best is easily one of the best books of this type that I have read. Differs from a lot of guru led writing inasmuch as it has been constructed by taking the wisdom of some very successful people and presenting it in a cleverly laid out format.
I am an avid reader of self development titles and I have also attended some of Anthony Robbins (yep, bit of a fan)
live events. Anyone who is looking to increase their compentencies in any area of their life can benefit from accessing this material. Whether starting out in your career or business or if like me you have been there and got the T shirt this book
would be a very worthwhile read. I noticed on initial pages that the book raises money for good causes as well, virtuous circle and all that !!
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 November 2012A mix of advice, guidance and real life stories rolled into one, this book will inspire you to follow your own path for a satisfying life. The author's writing style is so simple yet contains plenty of important information that will lead to key transition point from common you to a greater you. From setting standards, targets, purpose, being resilient, disciplined, being self aware and understanding oneself, its all covered and described in detail. All you have to do is understand and apply them.
It is a very inspirational and awakening book. It provides convincing cases as to the reason why you too can become everything you want to be. I recommend this book for everyone who wants to attain abundance mindset.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 June 2013Quite simply one of the very best Personal Development books I have read. Buy the paperback and mark the best bits - you will need a lot of ink!
Whatever area of your life you feel needs improving, you will find the help you need to change right here.
It's not rocket science, but sometimes you just need the basics spelt out for you in an accessible and enjoyable way.
This is a book to read over and over again, full of real life examples of how to do it. Whatever IT is for you. It's that good.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 November 2012Personal Transformation - for those looking to make change - Great Read and Highly recommended
I read Barry's book with great interest as we are all looking to make change in our everyday lives - With so many great ideas and anecdotes it is a must for anyone who wants to improve.
Barry has a unique and engaging style and if you only take one tip from the book you will be the better for it.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 December 2012This is probably the best personal development books I've read in a long while. There is nothing thats earth shatteringly new in here but its written in a style that worked for me with lots of great quotes and examples from todays business leaders. And thats what made it work for me, it's relevant for today. Not like such alot of personal development books that are written in the last century. Most importantly, it made me go out and take action straight away.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 June 2013This books was a fascinating read.... Insights and tips from a huge number of contributors - all successful business owners or sports people, across a massive range of companies and disciplines....
I initially bought this book for my kindle, and subsequently bought a hard copy - highlighter pen to the ready!!! if you want a path laid out before you - to find the keys to your personal best - this is the book for you :-)
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 April 2013I really, really enjoyed reading this book and my highlighter got a good workout emphasising the many key points that stood out to me. Barry Duddy has done a great job of pulling together not only the personal experiences of the high achievers who he interviewed as part of his research for this book, but he does this whilst weaving them in between well written anecdotes and stories about other well known public figures which gives the book a 'hard to put down' quality.
Personal Best takes a very holistic view of what contributes to success covering several angles from the concrete world of science, the widely covered topic of goal setting, the accepted principles of leadership and the more spiritual concepts of super consciousness and meditation.
Whilst this means that there is something in the book that will appeal to everybody, it might also give the impression of trying to be all things to all people.
I hope that's not the case as I found this book to be a valuable addition to my library which I know I'll go back to regularly.
Some great practical tips, some thought provoking questions and lots of information that anyone trying to move their life forwards will enjoy reading.
Top reviews from other countries
- J. BoxerReviewed in the United States on 16 November 2012
5.0 out of 5 stars Personal Growth & Inspiration for those looking to develop personally and professionally
This is a very inspiring book to read through. Some of the stories in here will motivate anyone to get out there and work towards their aspirations. This guide goes through all the different steps you can take to further your success in the world in a nice, simple, fluff-free way. It is all very high quality and well written content. The amount of it you get for the price really makes this book a bargain.
Whether you are hoping to improve yourself financially, or grow yourself as a person, this is a book that can help you achieve it.
- Michael ReillyReviewed in the United States on 1 February 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book!
I read the book three times partly because there was so much of value in it. There are real gems and gold nuggets in this book.
If you want to experience and live a life of success, true success, this one is a keeper. I highly recommended this as a comprehensive look at the practical steps for anyone wanting to live and be more in their lives.
- Amazon CustomerReviewed in the United States on 25 June 2014
3.0 out of 5 stars Not sure I fully understand this book.
Written well, full of good ideas. I didn't connect with all the ideas in here but I certainly need to read it again. It has something for everyone.
- 265XUEReviewed in the United States on 23 February 2014
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring stories
Very inspiring book full of stories on how ordinary people achieved extraordinary results. Very big book. Something to keep to refer back to. 5 stars.
- S. S. WesleyReviewed in the United States on 17 January 2013
4.0 out of 5 stars Not at all ordinary
The author has taken a significant number of individual interviews with successful people, extracted their meaning, and woven together a very readable book. It is full of great quotes and inspiring stories. This is a worthwhile book for anyone who desires to be a better person.