John Eliot

Professor of management & performance psychology

Dr. John Eliot helps leaders achieve extraordinary levels of performance with a combination of inspiration, education and scientific tools for performance enhancement. John’s newest book is Help the Helper: Building a Culture of Extreme Teamwork. His previous book, Overachievement: The New Science of Working Less to Accomplish More, combines the latest research in cognitive neuroscience with his own leading-edge work with high performance leaders, from executives at Merrill Lynch and top surgeons at the Texas Medical Center to artists at the nation’s leading Shepherd School of Music.
An award-winning athlete himself, Dr. John Eliot teaches performance psychology, sociology and ethics at several universities, including the University of Houston and Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business. Dr. Eliot is currently serving as a consultant for the Stanford Medical Center and the Stanford Athletic Department.

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Overachievement

The New Science of Working Less to Accomplish More

by John Eliot, Ph.D.

If you're looking to live an extraordinary life, this great book lays out the new model for rockin' it. In the Note, we'll explore some Big Ideas on how to get into your Trusting Mindset where you just let it rip as you eat stress like an energy bar and put yourself on super pilot. Remember that everyone who's ever made history was a nut… until they did what they said they'd do and then they were a genius.