Cognitive Dominance

"There's a reason why Alexander the Great used to sacrifice all night to the god Phobos. Elite performers in all fields--military, corporate, political, academic, creative--know the demon they must face before all others is FEAR.

Neurosurgeon Mark McLaughlin faced his own terror in life-and- death crises under the OR's hot, pitiless lights. His answer is this brilliant, paradigm-blasting book, Cognitive Dominance, and the even deeper, more profound philosophy it defines and espouses. Cognitive Dominance takes Colonel John Boyd's OODA loop to the next level. This book is wonky. It unapologetically dissects (and even diagrams) fear and the types of paraly- sis and faulty decision-making it can engender. Cognitive Dominance is for fighter pilots and CEOs, for SEAL team members, Olympic athletes, and every other aspirant to the highest levels of performance and achievement.

--Steven Pressfield, bestselling author of Gates of Fire and The War of Art