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The Performance Mindset would never have been written without the encouragement and inspiration of my fantastic support team. I have benefited immeasurably from informal inspiration too, including from people who aren't even aware of the motivation and energy they provided. This extends to the many athletes, coaches, teams and general clients I have worked and been associated with over a career spanning more than 30 years. You are all a big part of this project and I thank you.

Closer to home, I thank my parents for their support, and the ongoing day‐to‐day support of my wife Johanna and our children Alister, Annabelle and Penelope who made this project possible.

Words of encouragement from friends never go astray. They created the energy I needed to start this book and keep going to the finish line. There are too many to mention here, but Philip Whelan and Craig Millar in particular have assisted more than they know. Helen Pitt, Merv Jackson and Greg Murphy have also been a great help and support. Thank you to Phil Whelan and Darren Gray for providing informed feedback on the manuscript, to Jedd Dow for assisting with referencing, and to Darren McMurtrie for working on the statistics and data. It was a team effort. Thank you.

Without a publisher this project would not have eventuated. To Lucy Raymond, Leigh McLennan and the team at John Wiley & Sons, thank you for taking on the project and guiding me through it.

I am exceedingly grateful to the amazing athletes and coaches who willingly gave their time and accepted invitations to be interviewed for the book. Their stories, insights and reflections not only confirmed the importance of a performance mindset, but also provided me with a source of inspiration. I am not sure I have done justice to their stories but I cannot thank them enough. Each of their stories is itself worthy of a book and several have authored or had books written about them. They are:

 Youcef Abdi (athletics)

 David Andersen (basketball)

 Dean Boxall (swimming)

 Jacqui Cooper (aerial skiing)

 Scott Draper (tennis and golf)

 Tayla Harris (Australian rules football)

 Mat Hayman (cycling)

 Sam Mitchell (Australian rules football)

 Brigitte Muir (mountaineering)

 Sasa Ognenovski (soccer)

 Nicole Pratt (tennis)

 Michael Ritter (motorsport)

 Storm Sanders (tennis)

 Garth Tander (motorsport)

 Rohan Taylor (swimming)

 Liz Watson (netball)

 Jamie Whincup (motorsport)