Leonardo on taking action
“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” Leonardo Da Vinci
Philip Collier
How to train your brain for peak sports performance
Sport psychologist Dr. Dana Blackmer of The Extra Gear (The Extra Gear YouTube Channel) talks about what a peak mental state is and how you can determine yours. This video will help you find the "zone" that will help you perform your best in your sport.
Chasing that state called “flow”
In sport psychology the state of flow is often called "being in the zone". Flow is that internal state where time almost stops, where we meet the challenge with ease. Everything just clicks in to gear
Points to ponder: success or meaning
"Don't aim at success - the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue...as the unintended side-effect of one's personal dedication to a course greater than oneself." Victor Frankl (Man's Search for Meaning)
Personal achievement through positive thinking
In my post “The power of the sub-conscious-fact or fiction” I mentioned how our “sub-conscious” attempts to ensure that our thoughts and actions are congruent with our self concept, and how positive affirmations are believed to “reprogramme” the sub-conscious. Claude…
Being “in the zone” – on the field and in the boardroom
In an interview with the American Psychological Association, sports psychologist Dr. Shane Murphy talks about what it takes to be an Olympic athlete. The last question asked by the APA was “What does it take to do your very best…
The power of the subconscious – fact or fiction
What role does the subconscious mind play in goal driven behaviour? SImply Google “subconscious” and you’ll find a host of self help sources promising to unleash the power of the subconscious, or as Anthony Robbins puts it “Awaken the Giant…
Holiday happiness
It seems to be human nature to compare everything. I see my two daughters doing it every day; "but she has more sweeties dad!". Heaven help me if I don't ensure that both girls have exactly the same size piece of cake. Adults are not immune and past studies of happiness have shown, rather cynically, we're happiest when we're doing better than our peers.
Are you rational?
I’ve just read one of Seth Godin’s recent posts (you can find it here – ). His view is summed up in the last line of his post; “There’s room for both rational and irrational decision making, and I think…
Confucius says…
How many of us wonder what it must be like to be the guy who has the world's best job? Usually, said person has found a way to earn a living doing something they love. And how many of us then think "lucky guy but that's not going to happen to me".