Author/Athlete/Professional SpeakerMariah Burton Nelson, Author, Athlete, Speaker

"Think of yourself as an athlete. I guarantee you it will change the way you walk, the way you work, and the decisions you make about leadership, teamwork, and success."- MBN













 

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WE ARE ALL ATHLETES:
Bringing Courage, Confidence, and Peak Performance Into Our Everyday Lives (
July 2002)
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26 "athletic essentials" to help you spell success.
202 pages, paperback, $15

WHAT WE ARE ALL ATHLETES
IS ABOUT

In this warm, witty, and engaging book, award-winning author and pioneering athlete Mariah Burton Nelson offers 26 entertaining and thought-provoking essays on discipline, endurance, humility, integrity, joy, mind games, quitting, strength, winning, and other life lessons from the playing fields. She shows readers how to approach life with an athletic mentality, bringing courage, confidence, commitment, leadership, and teamwork
to everyday endeavors.

Includes interviews with leaders in business, military, and the arts, quotes from Tiger Woods, Babe Didrikson, and other sports icons, and questions for readers.

Free gift: baseball-sized
trading card

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WHO WE ARE ALL ATHLETES IS FOR

  1. People who seek success or want to develop leadership skills.
  2. Athletes at any level (recreational, high school, college, pro) who are competitive, confident, and courageous at play, but want to know how and why to bring these qualities into their business, academic, or personal lives.
  3. People who walk, skate, swim or dance once in a while but have never considered bringing "life lessons from the playing fields" into the rest of their lives.
  4. Former athletes who want to recapture the sense of joy and accomplishment that accompany an athletic approach to life.
  5. Teachers, administrators, and business leaders who seek a highly readable and thought-provoking life skills or leadership development text.
  6. People who have enjoyed Mariah's other books and want to experience more of her insights and inspirational stories.

HOW TO USE WE ARE ALL ATHLETES

  1. Enjoy reading 26 stories about excellence, integrity, leadership, success, discipline, teamwork.
  2. Apply these lessons to your everyday life.
  3. Use as a textbook in a life skills, leadership development, wellness, or sports program.
  4. Use as a workbook, filling out the "Time Out for Reflection" questions in the back of each of the 26 chapters.
  5. Use in conjunction with "Think of Yourself as an Athlete" in academic or professional settings for professional or leadership development.
  6. Give as a gift to professionals, athletes, aspiring athletes, and others who might be inspired by Mariah's message.

WHO MARIAH IS (Bio)

WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT MARIAH'S WRITING

"Mariah is a courageous, compelling writer." -- Billie Jean King

"Nelson writes with knees and elbows flying." -- Robert Lipsyte, New York Times

"Mariah offers wisdom for people who want to win in life, business, and politics." -- Muffin Spencer-Devlin, three-time winner on LPGA tour

Read the introduction to We Are All Athletes

To contact Mariah, call 703/276-8323 or write to her at Mariah@MariahBurtonNelson.com

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