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In Elite Performance, Itamar pulls back the curtain and shares the personal failures and mental roadblocks he faced inside Israeli Special Operations, and the hard lessons he learned from the great leaders he served under and the direct mentorship under the Mossad's Chief Psychologist that transformed how he understood performance forever.

Think of the way you keep up quirky family traditions. How listening to a certain song before speaking in public can calm you down. Or why it feels so strange to sleep on the opposite side of the bed. These are rituals: practices that are imbued with symbolic meaning. And they have the power to turn black-and-white moments into technicolour. Harvard professor and world-leading rituals expert Michael Norton uses his cutting-edge research to show the impact that these everyday actions have on our lives -- and how transforming habits into rituals can give us purpose and pleasure.

The rewards of mindfulness practice are well proven: reduced stress, improved concentration, and an overall sense of well-being. But those benefits are just the beginning. Mindfulness in action - mindfulness applied throughout life - can help us work more effectively with life's challenges, expanding our appreciation and potential for creative engagement.

Stay defiant. Most people settle. They take the safe job, follow the accepted path, and silence the voice that says there's something more. One day, they realize they've been living someone else's life. Consistency, compliance, and complacency aren't virtues. They're traps that keep you stuck...

Read by the author with exclusive commentary. WALLSTREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Live lighter. Live freer. Live a bigger life with less. In Declutter Like a Mother, Allie Casazza comes alongside you to explore: Why decluttering calms anxiety in your heart and lessens tension in your relationships...