Personal Best: 10 lessons to help you achieve your true potential: Ten Lessons to Help You Achieve Your True Potential [Kindle Edition]

I like it...I like it a lot. If you read one self help book this year then I would highly recommend you give this one a go. From the moment I started reading it I was hooked, which in my experience is unusual for a self help book. I have read a couple of these type of books in the past and have never found them to be enticing enough to keep my attention long enough to help me! This however, is a different story...literally. The context of this book is built around a personal story and has links to business and self help, but it is the overall positivity and warmth that will keep you turning the page. What I was pleasently surprised to discover was that it also has some real gems in there too...in the form of little anecdotes that you'll want to repeat...sayings that you'll want to adopt and theories that seem so natural and poignant you won't be sure whether someone has read your mind and written them just for you! This book is honest and informative and although it doesn't push any subject too far I found this approach to be refreshingly different and exactly what I needed in terms of a gentle push in the right direction.

I don’t normally feel compelled to write reviews, but feel it necessary to spread the word on this superbly structured book.

There are so many facets that keep the reader entertained from start to finish. Whether it is Marc’s own fascinating, inspiring and thought provoking life story and the lessons he has learned on his way or the tips and tricks from a diverse range of people who have also achieved the extraordinary or the splattering of inspirational quotes from the likes of Albert Einstein and Charlotte Bronte.

I particularly found the science of stress section illuminating and the examples Marc gave of how effective team communication lead to gold medals and the breaking of world records, and how the lessons learnt can cross fertilise into any area of life.

Don’t ruminate for too long (one of lessons I have learnt from the book!). Go buy this motivating book and knock your life up a gear!

There's a lot of self-help books on the market so what makes this one any different? Firstly it's written from a British perspective and steers away from the 'hype' of many books in this genre. The author's honesty concerning his challenges and his overall approach to life is refreshing. Interspersed amongst the excellent narrative are various pieces of information, research and insights drawn from a wide range of sources which support the author's view on how to get the most from life. Most self-help books draw from similar material so I was pleasantly suprised to come across reseach and ideas that I have not previously come across. Without doubt though it is when Marc shares his own story from being diagnosed with cancer as a teenager to para olympic swimming champion that gives the book it's real edge. Reading it was a great way to start the new year