Whenever I talk to racers and coaches, I ask them what aspect of ski racing seems to have the greatest impact on how they perform. Almost unanimously they say the mental part. I then ask how much time they devote to their mental preparation and their answer is almost always little or no time. Despite [...]
I've just uploaded my latest Prime Sport Alert! video newsletter, Prime Sport Profiling:
Have you read the article on wsj.com by Amy Chua, a Chinese-American mother (and law professor at Yale)? If not, you probably don't have children. It is a must-read! I was both mesmerized and appalled by the article; like driving past a horrific car accident and wondering whether anyone survived. I realize that her article [...]
I've just uploaded my latest Prime Family Alert! video newsletter, The Lost Art of Play:
Stress is a truly unpleasant, potentially harmful, and decidedly unavoidable part of life in the business world; it just comes with the territory of climbing the corporate ladder. Yet, whether stress interferes with or facilitates your efforts in that climb depends on how well you understand it, your attitude toward it, and the tools you [...]
I was interviewed yesterday by Bob Moon, the Senior Business Correspondent for NPR's Marketplace, for a segment about the psychology behind Bloomberg News coming out with another list of the world's richest people. You can listen to the segment here.
Frustration may be your most significant obstacle to achieving your athletic goals. We've all experienced the feeling of frustration when we’re not able to do something as we pursue our goals; we feel stuck, we get uptight, and we have difficulty focusing. The best way I can describe the feeling is: AAARRGGHH!! It is a [...]
I just uploaded my latest Prime Sport Alert! video newsletter, Prime Sport Pyramid:
Establishing reasonable expectations for your children in all aspects of their lives, including school, home, and family, is essential for raising children who are responsible, respectful, successful, and happy. But expectations without consequences are like a dog with a loud bark, but no bite; scary at first, but ultimately harmless. Consequences are what cause your [...]
In an earlier post, I defined Prime Ski Racing as “skiing at a consistently high level under the most challenging conditions.” Prime Ski Racing is a goal toward which every racer strives, the result of which is to maximize your ski racing efforts and enable you to achieve your racing goals. But few racers, coaches, [...]