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Through the lens of Colonel John Boyd’s OODA loop, it dissects fear into mechanisms such as paralysis and faulty decision-making, then extends the model into a practical philosophy for athletes, fighter pilots, and leaders. The book outlines concepts, tools, and guided practice for achieving rapid, accurate decisions under stress with limited time.","“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.  \nNeurosurgeon 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 paralysis 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.  \n—Steven Pressfield, bestselling author of Gates of Fire and The War ofArt  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nALSO BY SHAWN COYNE  \nStory’s Golden Rule: The Necessity of Phere (2020) The Story Grid Universe: Leveling Up Your Craft (2020)  \nThe Story Grid: What Good Editors Know  \nThe Ones Who Hit the Hardest: The Steelers, the Cowboys, the ‘70s, and the Fight for America’s Soul with Chad Millman  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nBlack Irish Entertainment LLC  \n223 Egremont Plain Road Pmb 191 Egremont, MA 01230  \nCopyright (C) 2019 By Mark Mclaughlin and Shawn Coyne Cover Design by Magnus Rex Interior Design by Spring Hoteling Back Cover Art and all Interior Art by Lori Lynn Ayres Ebook Composition by Michael Lee  \nAll Rights Reserved  \nFirst Black Irish Entertainment Paperback Edition November 2019 For Information About Special Discounts or For Bulk Purchases, [Please Visit ](Please Visit www.blackirishbooks.com)[www.blackirishbooks.com](Please Visit www.blackirishbooks.com)  \nIsbn: 978-1-936891-62-7  \nEbook: 978-1-936891-84-9 Ebook version: us.1.0-112119  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n“The unexamined life is not worth living.”  \n–Socrates  \nTo Julie, Kaleigh, Alex, Patrick, Trevor, and AJ.  \nTo Bibb, Bleecker, Waverly, and Crosby.  \nFor inspiring us to examine our lives, to create this book, to birth this theory.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nPROLOGUE | Jesus and Anthony PART ONE | The Problem  \nCHAPTER ONE | The Fear Freak-Out Problem CHAPTER TWO | The Gripper  \nCHAPTER THREE | On the Origin of Fear CHAPTER FOUR | The Gradient of Fear CHAPTER FIVE | Oksanna  \nCHAPTER SIX | Fifty Thousand Hours CHAPTER SEVEN | What Is and What Should Be CHAPTER EIGHT | The Unexpected  \nCHAPTER NINE | The Primary Substance CHAPTER TEN | The Steeplechase Dream CHAPTER ELEVEN | The Trinity of Experience CHAPTER TWELVE | Combinatorial Explosiveness CHAPTER THIRTEEN | What Doesn’t Matter  \nPART TWO | The Road to Cognitive Dominance CHAPTER FOURTEEN | Angie  \nCHAPTER FIFTEEN | Inattentional Blindness CHAPTER SIXTEEN | Objects and Subjects CHAPTER SEVENTEEN | Knowns and Unknowns CHAPTER EIGHTEEN | Descartes and Langheinrich CHAPTER NINETEEN | Tools and Obstacles CHAPTER TWENTY | Facts and Truths  \nCHAPTER TWENTY-ONE | Taxonomy of Phere CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO | A Real-Life Phere  \nCHAPTER TWENTY-THREE | The Four Quadrants of Phere CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR | The Flow Quadrant  \nCHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE | The Calm Before the Storm Quadrant CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX | The All Is Lost Quadrant  \nCHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN | The Birth a New Skill Quadrant PART THREE | Practicing Cognitive Dominance  \nCHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT | What We Need  \nCHAPTER TWENTY-NINE | Proximal Control Leads to Micro Flow CHAPTER THIRTY | The PGC Rule  \nCHAPTER THIRTY-ONE | The “C” in the PGC Rule CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO | Cognitive Consonance CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE | IRISE  \nCHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR | The Fifth Quadrant—The Unknown Known EPILOGUE | After Anthony  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFREQUENTLY USED TERMS  \nCognitive Consonance : A state of h","cbCaip0qPZ5TsVLz","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaip0qPZ5TsVLz","pdf",12697452,3,1,317,"English","en",105,"# Prologue | Jesus and Anthony\n# Part One | The Problem\n## Chapter One | The Fear Freak-Out Problem\n## Chapter Two | The Gripper\n## Chapter Three | On the Origin of Fear\n## Chapter Four | The Gradient of Fear\n## Chapter Five | Oksanna\n## Chapter Six | Fifty Thousand Hours\n## Chapter Seven | What Is and What Should Be\n## Chapter Eight | The Unexpected\n## Chapter Nine | The Primary Substance\n## Chapter Ten | The Steeplechase Dream\n## Chapter Eleven | The Trinity of Experience\n## Chapter Twelve | Combinatorial Explosiveness\n## Chapter 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