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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Many people were involved in the creation of this book - even if most of them are unaware of it. I have met them in the course of the past 10 years in the most diverse contexts - but what they all had in common was that it was always the others who had to change. They were united in the unimaginativeness of ‘business as usual’ and the dreariness of past success. Manfred, who appears again and again in the course of the book, really exists. I have only changed the name. He is not the result of a literary mix of different people. The quoted coach who advises him is also exactly one person and not the sum of all negative characteristics projected onto a literary construct. I would like to thank both of them on a representative basis. Without you, one or two things would not have occurred to me.

I would like to specifically mention four people who have had a relevant influence on my actions and thinking. First of all, my mentor Jens Petersen, who unfortunately passed away much too early, from whom I learned everything about coaching from a practical perspective. My university mentor William Wallace (no! Not Braveheart), who taught me to focus and concentrate only on the important things. My long-time teacher Randy Williams, with whom I exchanged ideas for 10 years on the topic of economics and wasting energy, and finally Klaus Leopold, who created a lightweight framework into which all my thoughts fit. Thanks for that.