“George helped me understand the art of mindfulness. To be neither distracted or focused, rigid or flexible, passive or aggressive. I learned just to be." --Kobe Bryant Michael Jordan credits George Mumford with transforming his on-court leadership of the Bulls, helping Jordan lead the team to six NBA championships. Mumford also helped Kobe Bryant, Andrew Bynum, and Lamar Odom and countless other NBA players turn around their games. A widely respected public speaker and coach, Mumford is sharing his own story and the strategies that have made these athletes into stars in The When Michael Jordan left the Chicago Bulls to play baseball in 1993, the team was in crisis. Coach Phil Jackson, a long-time mindfulness practitioner, contacted Dr. Kabat-Zinn to find someone who could teach mindfulness techniques to the struggling team--someone who would have credibility and could speak the language of his players. Kabat-Zinn led Jackson to Mumford and their partnership began. Mumford has worked with Jackson and each of the eleven teams he coached to become NBA champions. His roster of champion clients has since blossomed way beyond basketball to include corporate executives, Olympians, and athletes in many different sports. With a charismatic teaching style that combines techniques of engaged mindfulness with lessons from popular culture icons such as Yoda, Indiana Jones, and Bruce Lee, Mumford tells illuminating stories about his larger than life clients. His writing is down-to-earth and easy to understand and apply. "Self-consciousness is when you’re focused on how you’re doing instead of what you’re doing. We have to learn how to push and challenge ourselves, but not in an insensitive way. Honing your performance really comes down to being comfortable with being uncomfortable."--George Mumford...

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George Mumford currently works with coach Phil Jackson and has consulted on each of the NBA championship teams Jackson coached. He’s also consulted with high school, college, and Olympic athletes, inmates, and corporate executives, and he is a sought-after public speaker at both business and athletic conferences, nationally and internationally. He lives in Massachusetts.

A member of the basketball Hall of Fame, Phil Jackson is considered by many to be the greatest coach in the history of the NBA. He was head coach of the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers and holds the record for the most championship wins as a player and a coach. Jackson currently serves as President of the New York Knicks.

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**Special 10th Anniversary Edition - 100 thousand copies sold!

"George helped me understand the art of mindfulness. To be neither distracted or focused, rigid or flexible, passive or aggressive. I learned just to be." -- Kobe Bryant

In this new expanded 2nd Edition of a book now considered a classic in the fields of performance, sports psychology, and flow, George Mumford — the all-star advisor to legends like Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, and Connor McDavid — shares his pioneering mindfulness-based program for elevating your game in any area of life.

**It features forewords by legendary NBA coach Phil Jackson and Dan Harris from the 10% Happier podcast. The new Second Edition of The Mindful Athlete expands on the timeless wisdom within to give readers a more direct experience of the practices and techniques like The Five Superpowers that Mumford teaches, which can transform your life. Pure performance for everyone, athlete or not!

In The Mindful Athlete: Second Edition, George Mumford shares his own inspirational story from addict to champion, along with the timeless strategies and easy-to-apply practices— including The Five Superpowers—that help everyone he works with elevate their game in work, love, and play.

Michael Jordan credits George with transforming his on-court leadership of the Bulls, helping Jordan lead the team to multiple NBA championships alongside Scottie Pippen. Widely thought of as Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson's secret weapon, Mumford's roster of champion clients also includes Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, NFL, MLB, and NHL teams, Premier League soccer players, Olympic gold medalists, corporate executives, college athletes, entrepreneurs, and people from all walks of life.

In The Mindful Athlete, Mumford blends core concepts from Buddhist insight meditation, psychology, philosophy, and the recovery movement in a groundbreaking, yet down-to-earth way that's accessible to everyone.

Mumford's charismatic teaching style combines techniques of engaged mindfulness with lessons from popular culture icons such as Yoda, Indiana Jones, and Bruce Lee to tell illuminating stories about his larger than life clients.

Ultimately, The Mindful Athlete transcends athletics, into the realm of pure performance for everyone.