“The only things that are going to change you from where you are today and where you are going to be five years from now are the people you meet and the books you read.”
– Lou Holtz, 2-Time National Coach of the Year
If you’re looking for gift ideas this holiday season, I encourage you to consider giving Sports for the Soul books to any friends, family, or team members who may be looking for some renewed motivation to start the new year.
I believe motivational books make the best gifts because they can have such a lasting impact.
The right books can truly change a person’s outlook on life.
As I mention often, what you fill your mind with today determines the person you become tomorrow.
If you fill your mind with positive and motivational material, you’ll become a more positive and motivated person. On the other hand, if you fill your mind with negative and cynical material, that’s the type of person you will become.
Like everything else in life, it comes down to a choice. YOU get to choose what you fill your mind with.
The most effective way to choose a more positive mindset is by choosing the right books to read.
Sports for the Soul books are inspirational stories of faith, family, courage, and character.
Each book is meant to fill your mind with positivity and motivation while also offering practical, real-world techniques for achieving your biggest goals.
Below is a quick breakdown of all eight motivational books in the Sports for the Soul series.
Please consider these books for your family, your friends, and your team members this holiday season.
(If YOU could use some inspirational reading over the holidays, consider giving yourself one of these books as well—these books are the perfect motivators as we head into the new year!)
THINK LIKE A WARRIOR:
The Five Inner Beliefs That Make You Unstoppable
This is the book that started it all. It’s an inspirational fable about a college football coach who receives mysterious visits from five of history’s greatest coaches. In the process, he learns the five inner beliefs shared by the world’s greatest achievers. These five beliefs have an instant impact on this coach’s life and they will have an instant impact on yours as well.
OLD SCHOOL GRIT:
Times May Change, But the Rules for Success Never Do
As an old-school basketball coach marches through the NCAA tournament for the final time in his career, he decides to write a series of letters to his loved ones revealing his 15 rules for a happy and successful life. This book has been used by teams and organizations all over the nation to hammer home the powerful rules of GRIT.
RELENTLESS OPTIMISM:
How a Commitment to Positive Thinking Changes Everything
If you want to change your results, you must first change your attitude. Set in the world of professional baseball, this book shows just how powerful a positive attitude can be in changing one’s results. It explains, with practical techniques and examples, how to use positive thinking to make your biggest dreams come true.
LIFE TO THE FULLEST:
A Story About Finding Your Purpose and Following Your Heart
This book is my personal favorite and it’s the perfect read for this time of year. It’s a story about doing what you know in your heart is the right thing to do. It’s a story about faith, family, and community. But most of all, it’s a story about having the courage to follow your passion and live out your true purpose in life. This book pays tribute to the sacrifices great coaches make on a daily basis.
VICTORY FAVORS THE FEARLESS:
How to Defeat the 7 Fears That Hold You Back
This is a book about conquering the fears and uncertainties that hold you back from the life you want to live. You will never achieve any important goal until you first defeat the fears that stand between you and that goal. This book will show you how to use a fighter’s mentality to defeat the fears that stand in your way.
* Click here to see what Saquon Barkley said about this book.
THE TURNAROUND:
How to Build Life-Changing Confidence
An insecure fourth-string QB on one of the worst college football teams in America sees his life change when a new coach is hired and begins showing him and his teammates how to build the confidence needed to turn around their losing ways. As this story plays out, you will learn the practical, real-world methods used by some of the greatest coaches of all time for instantly generating self-confidence.
THE MENTAL GAME:
Winning the War Within Your Mind
Jack McKee is a professional golfer ready to quit on his dream after years of struggle and an embarrassing public meltdown. In an attempt to figure out why his career has ended up the way it has, Jack reaches out to one of the game’s greatest former players for advice. This legendary golfer teaches Jack that the problem is not in his swing, but in his mind. This book is about winning the mental game we all must play on a daily basis.
JUST RELEASED!
THINK BIG TO WIN BIG:
The Bigger You Believe, The Bigger You Achieve
A struggling sportswriter gets the opportunity to spend two weeks interviewing one of the NFL’s most unique head coaches as he prepares his team for the Super Bowl. What this writer learns during those two weeks ends up changing his outlook on life as he discovers the awesome power of THINKING BIG. He learns that when you start thinking bigger, something amazing happens. Life starts meeting you at your new level of thinking. When you have a bigger, more positive vision of your future, you start experiencing a bigger, more positive life.
As we approach the end of the year, I want to wish you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season!
I also want to say THANK YOU for reading my books. I love what I do and words can’t express how grateful I am to have you as a reader and a supporter!
