Dr. Jim Taylor’s Blog



Welcome to Dr. Jim Taylor’s blog! Its goal is to inspire, inform, and transform with ideas, perspectives, insights, and tools that can change your thinking, your performances, and your life.

1805, 2023

Triathlon is Complex, Complicated, and Simple

Have you ever thought about how incredibly difficult it is to be a triathlete? So many factors affect how well [...]

1705, 2023

Dr. Andrew Huberman Podcast on the Science of Mental Training

If you're not convinced of the value of mental training as a powerful tool to improve performance in sports and [...]

1605, 2023

Eight Ps for Positive (That’s the First P) Life Change

Positive life change is just plain hard. If anyone tells you otherwise, they are probably trying to sell you something. [...]

1105, 2023

I Practice What I Preach: Let Your Mind Guide Your Training

As I wrote about in a previous article, the most common means of assessing how your training is going is [...]

505, 2023

Set S.M.A.R.T.E.R. Goals for the 2023-24 Ski Race Season

Goal setting is a simple and practical mental tool you can use to maintain a high level of motivation in [...]

205, 2023

I Practice What I Preach: 2023 USAT Multisport National Championships

As I noted in my last “I Practice What I Preach” post, I was feeling a fair amount of anxiety [...]