I loved Allie’s first book (There is no wall – review here) and invited her onto our podcast in September right after her Dragons Back race. It was an emotional episode. You can listen here. On the episode she mentioned she was working on her second book and now it is coming out on the 5th Feb (you can pre-order on Amazon here)
I measure a book by how many sentences get highlighted, how many pages have post it notes sticking out and whether I’m inspired to incorporate anything from it into my psychology practice. This book is now pretty fluorescent, post-it-ed to the max and I have a new worksheet ready to use full of bricks to measure consistency!
Bailey’s book gives you 31 days of reading / exercises to get your head in a great place to have a great approach to running (though would work just as well in any individual sport). Within each chapter (or day) she has a really good structure that makes it super easy to read: Focus (the key point), an example (when Allie or a coaching client experienced this), the work (that you’ll need to do to master this area). After every 5 days there are worksheets to complete.
Each chapter ends with a sentence summary that is basically a cute mantra:
“The only definition of success that is important is your own”
“Small and varied consistencies lead to big results”
“If you are going to do hard things, then you need to accept that you are going to feel hard things.”
My favourite days that she offers up are:
- Other People’s Trolleys (Day 19) which will totally change your perspective on comparison and social perfectionism
- The focus on values (Day 8)
- Day 2 where how she breaks down the brain so neatly into three aims: To seek pleasure, to avoid pain, to conserve energy. When we think about our motivations in this way it allows us to beat ourselves up less but also set ourselves up better for success.
Overall 31 Days is all about “Doing the Work.” And not just once but continually. Bailey sums it up with this fab quote: “We become the person we want to be by doing. Not wishing.” This book helps you do.
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