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The Ultimate Guide to Motivation—How to Achieve Any Goal

By Leo Babauta — 2016

One of the biggest challenges in meeting any goal, whether it be related to productivity, waking early, changing a habit, exercising, or just becoming happier, is finding the motivation to stick with it.

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Have You Listened to Your Self-Talk Lately?

At a retreat in the late 1990s, Buddhist teacher, Mary Orr, told us an eye-opening tale. She was in the middle of a harried day in which she had too much to do and too little time in which to do it.

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Anger and Performance: Sport Psychology Techniques for dealing with extreme emotions

An essential element of sport psychology is dealing with the emotions that come with competitive athletics. Whether you are an athlete, a coach, a referee, a parent, or a fan, the higher the level of competition, the higher the emotional level can become.

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Six Habits of the Athlete Mindset

What’s the X factor that makes the world’s greatest athletes great? Find out —and learn how to discover it within yourself.

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A Conversation with don Jose Ruiz

Getting to know don Juan Ruiz who has dedicated his life to sharing the wisdom of the ancient Toltec through his books, lectures, and journeys to sacred sites around the world.

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The Story of You

If you use your awareness, you will see everything you believe, and this is how you live your life. Your life is totally dominated by the system of beliefs that you learned.

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Positive Self Talk in Athletes Improves Performance

One of the simplest concepts of sports psychology is developing positive self-talk. It’s also one of the hardest sports psychology skills to master.

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How to Craft and Use Affirmations for Anxiety

An affirmation describes a specific type of positive statement usually directed toward yourself with the intent of promoting change and self-love while squashing worry and fear.

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Reduce Stress and Improve Your Life with Positive Self Talk

You may not realize it, but your self-talk may be sabotaging your stress levels! Self-talk—the way your inner voice makes sense of the world around you and the way you communicate with your inner self—can greatly affect your stress levels in multiple ways.

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How to Talk to Yourself

“You can change your behavior by talking to yourself,” says Judy L. Van Raalte, a professor of psychology and director of the athletic-counseling program at Springfield College, in Massachusetts.

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‘Self Talk’: When Talking to Yourself, the Way You Do It Makes a Difference

There are two ways to “self talk” to yourself, and each one can have a positive or negative effect.

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