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April 30, 2015
The Preshot Routine: How Golfers Reframe Stressful Situations (and How You Can Too)
Source: Flickr/Tord Sollie. In golf, many seasoned professionals have what’s called a preshot routine. The purpose of a preshot routine is to increase players’ shot consistency and help them detach their emotions from situations that cause anxiety. This helps reframe a stressful situation, “I need to hit a good shot here or I’ll lose the […]
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April 27, 2015
How “Food Porn” Can Help You Curb Overeating
Source: PicJumbo What do you do when you feel overwhelmed? If you’re like most people, you use comfort food to de-stress yourself. The problem is many of us find it difficult to discern between eating out of hunger and eating out of habit. And while overeating can often bring comfort in the short term, it […]
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April 23, 2015
April Reading List: 3 Books You Should Read This Month
Source: Flickr/Curtis Perry. Welcome to the first edition of my monthly reading list. Every month, I’m going to recommend to you my three favourite books from the month, why I think you should read them and my Kindle highlights. With that said, here’s what I read this month. Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections […]
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April 20, 2015
How to Build Self-Confidence in 5 Minutes a Day (Backed by Science)
Source: PicJumbo. We’re told that the key to success in life and work is self-confidence. If you believe in yourself, the world is yours. But, as we know, building self-confidence can be a challenging task. You have to overcome your fear, do the right thing and lean into resistance. Building self-confidence isn’t always easy. But […]
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April 16, 2015
The Daily Questions: How to Fully Engage Yourself in Life and Work
Source: PicJumbo. Asking active questions changes everything. Simple, yet misunderstood, active questions can change our behaviour because they reveal (1) where we are succeeding and (2) where we need further improvement. And in doing so, they rivet our attention on what we can actually change. The Daily Questions In his book, Triggers: Sparking Positive Change […]
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April 13, 2015
The Easy Thing Versus The Right Thing: Which Do You Choose?
Source: PicJumbo. One of the most common, yet highly unrecognised sticking points in behaviour change is isolating incidents. In his book, The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM), Hal Elrod writes, We mistakenly assume that each choice we make, and each individual action we make, is only affecting that particular […]
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April 9, 2015
How to Change Unwanted Behaviours Using Feedback Loops
Source: PicJumbo. Speeding is the greatest cause of death and injuries on our roads. For years, drivers in San Diego ignored the speed signs that told them to slow down. As they transitioned from 65 mph on the San Diego Freeway to 45 mph on the main commercial streets and 30 mph in school zones […]
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April 6, 2015
“If You Don’t Have Time, It’s Because You’re Afraid”
Source: PicJumbo. One of the most common excuses for not improving a habit is arguing, “I don’t have time”. This is a lie. You do have time. But you say you don’t because you’re afraid. Afraid to ship your art, say, “This might not work”, press publish, strength-train, make time for yourself, etc. If you […]
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April 2, 2015
Louis Zamperini: The Wisdom, Values and Lessons of a Remarkable Man
Image Source: History.com Louis Zamperini is one of the most courageous and resilient men you’ll ever read about. In 2014, the American prisoner of war survivor, Olympic track star, and subject of Lauren Hillenbrand’s New York Time’s bestselling book, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption, ran his most important race […]
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March 30, 2015
Don’t Set out To Build a Wall. Do This Instead.
Source: Flickr. Summer, 1980. A 12 year-old Willard Carroll Smith Jr. and his brother Harry stare incredulously at what stands before them… A gaping hole – approximately 30 feet wide and 16 feet high – where the front of their father’s bakery used to be. For one reason or another, their father had torn it […]
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