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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 February 10, 2015

6 Catchphrases to Connect Your Children to Nature

In my last post exploring children’s relationship with nature, I described 8 ways that parents can nurture their children’s love of nature. Because words send powerful messages to children, you can further help your children connect to nature by associated their wonderful experiences in nature with meaningful catchphrases related to nature. Our catchphrase for sending […]

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 February 10, 2015

Inside the Mind of a Pro Cyclist

Here is a great article about Tour de France winner and multiple Olympic cycling champion, Sir Bradley Wiggins, and his approach to the mental side of cycling.

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 February 3, 2015

Psychology of Ski Racing TV interview

I was recently interviewed by fellow Burke Mtn. Academy alum Brenda Buglione for her Vail-based TV show SnowMotion.

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 February 3, 2015

“Be Different” for Increased Performance, Productivity, and Profitability

I’m asked regularly by companies to help them find ways to increase their individual and organizational performance, productivity, and profitability. In these situations, two old adages come to mind: “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” “If all you ever do is all you’ve ever done, then all you’ll ever […]

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 February 2, 2015

In a Slump? Don’t Press the Panic Button

I just returned from the men’s Eastern Cups at Stowe last week. I have to say how impressed I was by the quality of skiing. From bib 1 to 117, there was not a bad skier there. I spoke to a number of the racers during the two days and I sensed one emotion quite […]

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 January 27, 2015

The Burden of Expectation: Another Lesson from Mikaela

Mikaela has certainly put herself between a rock and a hard place. Let’s start with the rock, which is the expectations she has created from her remarkable successes she has had during her short, though illustrious, career. Mikaela has, over the years, built a veritable Mt. Everest of expectations for herself by so dominating slalom […]

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