Lessons from the pitch to hit your goals, in business and life.
Every fan knows that feeling when something magical happens: a goal in the last minute of extra time, the save that secures a huge win, the final whistle that seals the title. For Ciarán McArdle, these moments aren’t just entertainment, they’re a road map to experiencing that kind of success in our own lives. The same tools soccer players use to train, the same strategies employed by the big managers to perform in the big matches—they can apply to our own lives and lead us to some astounding results.
Whatever your business or life goals, you can use the same concepts that allow elite players to push themselves to incredible heights.
Constructed around the core cycle of success in soccer—plan, perform, and recover, McArdle breaks down the ways soccer players and teams continue to push the limits of the possible. Filled with dozens of great stories straight from the pitch, The Soccer of
Success lays out the path to your success, whether as a player, a parent, or an entrepreneur. For fans of all ages and all interests, whatever you want from life, it all starts with what we can learn from the beautiful game.
The Philosophy
Plan, perform, recover. It’s a simple formula, but it’s central to the
story of every elite soccer player and every great team. Plan for the season, perform in every game, and then review your progress while you recover.
Plan for the next game, perform across ninety minutes, and review while you recover at the start of the next week. It’s a self sustaining
cycle of success. Whether you use this formula as an individual or for
a team, when implemented right, any result becomes possible. that’s the central thesis of The Soccer of Success. Within, Ciarán McArdle walks you through the process by which players and teams create an environment in which success is the only possibility.
Across four parts, he breaks down all the tools of planning, performing, recovering, and extending these lessons to a team. By the end, you’ll be ready to achieve your own success—however you define it.