Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #4-Threat vs. Challenge
In Episode #4 of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast, Threat vs. Challenge, I explore how the way you perceive the crisis, as either a threat or a challenge, determines how you think, feel, and respond to it. If you react to a crisis as a threat, you trigger your primitive survival instinct which leads you […]
Read MoreSaturday Evening Post column: 4 Steps to Making Change an Opportunity, Not a Threat
The Saturday Evening Post just published my latest Change Your Mind column titled “Four Steps to making Change an Opportunity, not a Threat.” If you’re trying to make positive changes in your life, you might find the article interesting.
Read MoreTrain Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #3-Process Attitude
The third episode of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast focuses on the costs of having an outcome attitude and the benefits of a process attitude. An outcome attitude involves a preoccupation with results, competitive success and failure, rankings, and comparing yourself to others. Contrary to what most athletes, coaches, and parents think, an […]
Read MoreSaturday Evening Post column: What it Takes to Get the “F&%# it” Attitude
I forgot to post my last Saturday Evening Post column titled “What it Takes to Get the “F&%# it” Attitude.” A bit irreverent, to be sure, but it has real meaning in our lives.
Read MoreFinding Your Own Personal Greatness
I just read an interesting article about what it takes to be great. A different take on the notion of greatness and success and a worthwhile read. I agree with most of it: Being consistent, Doing the work that’s boring, Instant success isn’t the same as greatness, Success is never linear, Before you can be […]
Read MorePay Now with Effort or Pay Later with Poor Results
The summer, and this all-important prep period, is now officially under way. You should now be laying the foundation for your success next winter. making your final push of preparation before hitting the slopes in a few months. Though getting miles on snow is very important (if you’re that fortunate), a key focus of the […]
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