About Dr. Jim Taylor
Professional & Athletic Summary
Professional life:
- Ph.D. in Psychology who specializes in sport/performance psychology.
- Author of 18 books (translated into 10 languages) and the editor of five textbooks.
- Author of more than 20 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles.
- Has worked for decades with athletes, coaches, and teams in skiing, cycling, triathlon, track and field, swimming, football, golf, baseball, fencing, and many other sports, from junior-elites to Olympians and professionals.
- His blog posts have been read by more than ten million of people.
- Frequent podcast appearances.
- Speaker to sport, parenting, business groups all over the U.S. and around the world.
Athletic life:
- World-ranked alpine ski racer in my youth.
- Second-degree black belt and tournament fighter in karate.
- Sub-3-hour marathoner.
- 2002-08: Two Ironmans, many 70.3, and other shorter races.
- 2023-24: 2x National Champion, 3x World Championship medalist in triathlon.
About Dr. Jim Taylor
Jim Taylor, Ph.D., Psychology, is an internationally recognized authority on the psychology of performance, sport, parenting, and personal growth.
Dr. Taylor received his Bachelor’s degree from Middlebury College and earned his Master’s degree and Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Colorado. He is a former associate professor in the School of Psychology at Nova University in Ft. Lauderdale and a former clinical associate professor in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of Denver. He has also been an adjunct faculty at the University of San Francisco and the Wright Institute.
Dr. Taylor has been a consultant for the United States and Japanese Ski Teams, the United States Tennis Association, and USA Triathlon, and has worked with professional and world-class athletes in tennis, skiing, cycling, triathlon, track and field, swimming, football, golf, baseball, fencing, and many other sports. He has been invited to lecture by the Olympic Committees of Spain, France, Poland, and the U.S., and has consulted with the Athletic Departments at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. Taylor speaks regularly to elementary and secondary schools, parent and education associations, and youth-sports programs around the country.
He has worked with the Miami City Ballet, the Hartford Ballet Company, and the DanceAspen Summer School, and performing artists in many disciplines.
Dr. Taylor has also worked extensively in the corporate world providing individual and group training to executives and businesses throughout the North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. He has been a frequent speaker at Young Presidents’ Organization events internationally and for Natixis Global Associates, the 14th largest asset management company in the world.
He has published more than 1000 articles in scholarly and popular publications, and has given more than 1000 workshops and presentations throughout North and South America, Europe, and the Middle East.
Dr. Taylor is the author of 18 books (translated into 10 languages) and the co-editor of five textbooks.
Dr. Taylor blogs on sports, personal development, psychology, parenting, education, technology, and popular culture on this web site, as well as on huffingtonpost.com, and psychologytoday.com. His posts are aggregated by dozens of web sites worldwide and have been read by more than ten million of people.
Dr. Taylor has appeared on NBC’s Today Show, Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends, ABC’s World News This Weekend, and the major television network affiliates around the U.S.. Dr. Taylor has been a columnist for The Denver Post, Saturday Evening Post, and Triathlete. He has been interviewed for articles that have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The London Times, The Chicago Tribune, U.S. News & World Report, The Christian Science Monitor, The London Telegraph, The Miami Herald, The Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, The Baltimore Sun, The Denver Post, Skiing, Outside, and many other newspapers and magazines. Dr. Taylor is a frequent guest on podcasts.
A former world-ranked alpine ski racer, Dr. Taylor is also a 2nd degree black belt, certified instructor, and tournament fighter in karate, marathon runner, Ironman triathlete, and 2x national triathlon champion and 3x World Championships medalist in triathlon.
Dr. Taylor is a past member of the Board of Trustees of the San Francisco Foundation, Burke Mountain Academy, and Sugar Bowl Ski Team & Academy.
Dr. Taylor lives north of San Francisco and in the Sierra-Nevada mountains of Northern California.
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