Paul Hardy

Mental Toughness: The Key to Success It's time to activate your potential and bring out the best version of yourself-on and off the field Tom Brady, former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League for 22 seasons highlighted the importance of mental toughness, "Football is so much about mental toughness, it's digging deep, it's doing whatever you need to do to help a team win." In sport, mental toughness is necessary in order to play at the elite level. Shift your mindset from scarcity to abundance, boost your confidence, build a strong character and achieve your goals. Learn how to cultivate it. Get your head in the game. Let go of mistakes quickly. Look for ways to elevate your game. Stay mentally tough Think for a moment-what do you admire about athletes? Is it their skill? Work ethic? Or sheer determination to win? When an athlete steps onto the field, what we often notice first is their talent. A world-class athlete has a way of making their footwork, agility, and strength seem effortless. However, what many of us overlook is the preparation that goes into developing that kind of talent. It takes more than simply being a good sprinter, bowler, or swimmer to make it to the sporting Hall of Fame. Beyond talent, athletes rely on something else to keep them competitive. If you are an athlete, coach, or devoted sports fan, this book will teach you about the best-kept secret in the sporting world-mental toughness. Mental toughness is the ability to push past your failures and remain resilient through challenging times. Sounds pretty easy, doesn't it? Well, in practice, maintaining a positive mindset in the face of criticism, rejection, and fear is one of the most challenging things you can do. Throughout this book, you will hear about the inspirational stories of the world's greatest sportsmen and women and how they were able to develop mental toughness and break world records. You will also receive practical tips and strategies on how to rewire your mind for success, create and visualize your goals, and handle failure and rejection. Ready to get started?

Praise for the previous edition: "The book brings together the work of Margaret Evans, Paul Hardy and Peter Coombs to help you to master the pastel medium. The three artists bring a good balance of work to the book, with Peter Coombs and Paul Hardy covering landscapes and townscapes, while Margaret Evans concentrates on flowers. Sections on using a limited palette, composition, colour mixing and colours for painting flowers, are interspersed with 13 demonstrations accompanied by good, clear step-by-step photographs." - Leisure Painter This is a practical and comprehensive guide for all soft pastel painting enthusiasts, from the beginner to the experienced artist. It uses material from the following titles in the Step-by-Step Leisure Arts series: Painting with Pastels by Peter Coombs, Landscapes in Pastel by Paul Hardy, Flowers in Pastel by Margaret Evans and Light in Pastel by Paul Hardy. Starting with advice on materials, it moves on to pastel basics such as blending, adding tone and using a limited palette. There are sections on landscape painting featuring advice on composition and painting trees and water, capturing light in pastels with tips on colour mixing, and finally flower painting, with additional information on adding water to pastels. Throughout the book, the art of painting in pastels is taught through 13 beautiful, easy to follow step-by-step projects, and each section is accompanied by a selection of inspirational paintings by the three featured artists, in a rich variety of styles. Previously published as 9781844488612.

Little Peter - A Christmas Morality for Children of Any Age is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1888. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.