Who is Stig Brammer?
I work as an author and a performance coach. This means I help people achieve the results they desire. This could be in relation to exams, presentations, difficult meetings, finding a new job, or similar situations.
On the website www.mental-strategies.com, you can find two books on mental strategies – one for middle managers on leadership and one for golfers on self-leadership. The books, which are available in both Danish and English, can be read for free on the website. I am currently in the process of writing my third book on excellent entrepreneurship.
Selected contributions:
- Instructor: I teach at Acuity World in Holte.
- Author: I have written two books and am working on a third.
- Coach: I offer performance coaching to golfers and business professionals.
- Salesperson: I currently work for Pareto Asset Management, where I am the Head of Denmark.
Previously, I worked as a Sales Manager, Project Manager & Problem Solver in Asset Management at Danske Bank Asset Management. There, I greatly benefited from using tools from Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) in my job. The NLP tools helped me countless times when I had to handle difficult projects, challenging management meetings, presentations, etc. This made me want to learn more about NLP and dive deeper into the tools. The deeper I dive, the more joy I get, especially when working with the tools as a coach and author.
This is the reason I wrote the first two books, “Mental Strategies for Golfers” and “Mental Strategies for Excellent Middle Managers”. It is also the reason I am working on the next book, which is about the excellent entrepreneur. All books and articles are available in both English and Danish on www.mental-strategies.com.
I started with the golf book because it is a very special game with so much pressure and so much anxiety. It is truly about managing your personal leadership. It is the perfect place to see the effect of NLP tools. Furthermore, it provides a great entry point to help people with leadership, presentations, exams, difficult conversations, etc.
Why I wrote the book “Mental Strategies for Middle Managers”
Leadership and sales management have always been an interest of mine. It is precisely in connection with leadership and sales management that there are many difficult conversations, where it is important to find the right approach to the meeting. This is where NLP helps.
NLP provides the answer on how you and the salesperson can get the motivation to set up new meetings with clients to maintain momentum.
In the old days, we found fault with the clients, which gave them little desire to meet again. Today, and in NLP, we find the clients’ successes, which makes them want to meet again.
The same applies, for example, to performance reviews, where it is both better and more fun if the employee and the manager look forward to a good meeting, rather than fearing what will be said.
In problem-solving, there are often misunderstandings between different involved teams. This makes it difficult to solve the problems, but NLP techniques offer a fantastic way to get people to understand each other.
Why I wrote about Mental Strategies for Golfers
Attitudes and their effect have a great influence on golf results. This book is driven by my desire to help people. In this case, it is my desire to help people have more fun when they play golf. Furthermore, I want to help golfers achieve the results they deserve.
The mental part of golf is often very visible on the golf course. Playing golf also shows how golfers at all levels react when they hit the ball well and when they make a bad shot.
“What’s in it for me?” might be your question now. There are many reasons why I am writing this book. Working with Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) since 2007 has given me a deep interest in performance coaching. People who succeed in changing a specific mental approach and then get control of their mood and their game are of particular interest to me.
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It is particularly good to observe people who talk themselves up and create a good atmosphere when they play. It has a very special function. See more about it here:
After I had written my own book, I saw that Laura King has written a very good book that is similar to mine, but it is not online. However, you can see her website here: https://www.laurakinghypnosis.com/laura-king/
Enjoy the books and discuss mental strategies with your friends, colleagues, and playing partners.
This is the reason I want to gain a deeper understanding of the underlying mental patterns that help people perform. I also want to discuss mental performance strategies, and that is probably the most important part of writing these books. I hope the books will lead to a lot of feedback and discussion, which will lead to a deeper understanding of mental performance strategies for many different people and for myself.
Learning from writing, feedback, and discussion will be a great source for future updates of the books and the website on Mental Strategies.
Stig Brammer