By Cindy May — 2012
Innovation and creativity are greatest when we are not at our best, at least with respect to our circadian rhythms.
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The world is changing. Markets have crashed. Jobs have disappeared. Industries have been disrupted and are being remade before our eyes. Everything we aspired to for “security,” everything we thought was “safe,” no longer is: College. Employment. Retirement. Government.
In Mind Gym, noted sports psychology consultant Gary Mack explains how your mind influences your performance on the field or on the court as much as your physical skill does, if not more so.
Excessive use of external motivation can slow and even stop your journey to mastery.
What we call ‘mastery’ can be defined as that mysterious process through which what is at first difficult or even impossible becomes easy and pleasurable through diligent, patient, long-term practice.
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Resolve to do the things you find to be difficult. That’s what confident people do. They tackle those things that are scary and they get addicted to doing it.
In today’s episode: We talk about how divisive times are good breeding grounds for good art and how that art may be just what we need to form stronger connections between us. Art can save us. Brené has such a unique way of talking about valuing your work. Have a strong back and a soft front.
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Are you struggling with anxiety? If so, you’ve probably tried the usual options—distraction, repression, medication, exercise, or just trying to ignore it. But anxiety evolved to help us.