I have subscribed to your substack for a while now and as a formed auto technician the title initially caught my eye. As a masters athlete the content kept me interested and as an Army veteran the initial chapters now have me intrigued. In particular the high performer traits and low neuroticism as a key marker are fascinating and make total sense. Though I suspect that applies more to high performance among winners (in sports for example - being clutch) whereas one could still perform at a high level even with high-ish neuroticism though much more difficult. As a critique on your draft, I would suggest you are introducing that nugget too early - to me it should be Chapter 1 post intro and a discussion about what are warning signs and how ignoring them catches up to us all eventually. At the same time you really need to introduce the check engine light theme and build the car vs human relationship as most readers won’t intuitively get the metaphor as our body’s warning signs. Also by the massage assessment example, I assume you plan for many of the chapters to be about recognizing and identifying warning signs and “fixing” issues in the way a check engine lamp leads to fault code > diagnosis then repair? An owners manual for good health and best in class fitness? I look forward to reading more!
Neil- Thanks very much for reading and for the suggestions! Yes, how to "fix" fault codes to some degree...but in a hopefully refreshing way. Stay tuned!
Preordered! I’m excited for the full book and to do the workbook that comes with it! Thanks for sharing this preview listening to body cues helped me so much throughout this year can’t wait to learn more about it from a trusted source.
I have subscribed to your substack for a while now and as a formed auto technician the title initially caught my eye. As a masters athlete the content kept me interested and as an Army veteran the initial chapters now have me intrigued. In particular the high performer traits and low neuroticism as a key marker are fascinating and make total sense. Though I suspect that applies more to high performance among winners (in sports for example - being clutch) whereas one could still perform at a high level even with high-ish neuroticism though much more difficult. As a critique on your draft, I would suggest you are introducing that nugget too early - to me it should be Chapter 1 post intro and a discussion about what are warning signs and how ignoring them catches up to us all eventually. At the same time you really need to introduce the check engine light theme and build the car vs human relationship as most readers won’t intuitively get the metaphor as our body’s warning signs. Also by the massage assessment example, I assume you plan for many of the chapters to be about recognizing and identifying warning signs and “fixing” issues in the way a check engine lamp leads to fault code > diagnosis then repair? An owners manual for good health and best in class fitness? I look forward to reading more!
Neil- Thanks very much for reading and for the suggestions! Yes, how to "fix" fault codes to some degree...but in a hopefully refreshing way. Stay tuned!
Preordered! I’m excited for the full book and to do the workbook that comes with it! Thanks for sharing this preview listening to body cues helped me so much throughout this year can’t wait to learn more about it from a trusted source.
Thanks Laurence!