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SHORT-TERM INJURY: How you think may affect how you heal
Short-term injury is physical damage that inhibits or prevents full participation in an athletic activity for up to 3 months, typically, 6 weeks or less. This article covers mental factors that can impair or promote healing. Steps in recovery include … Continue reading
RETHINKING THE PEAK PERFORMANCE PARADIGM
This article compares the Peak Performance Paradigm with the Optimal Performance Paradigm. The former leads to burnout whereas the latter leads to sustained growth and enjoyment. Gradually over the past ten years in the fitness industry, this paradigm shift is … Continue reading
PLANNING TO PUT MORE LIFE INTO LONGEVITY
As we face the prospect of living longer, our perspective about what is important is bound to change also. Issues of quality of life, meaning, purpose, fulfillment, legacy, transitions, and spirituality are now more than mere intellectual topics. They now … Continue reading
NOTHING
This popular article was first published in 1993 in Impact magazine. It is even more relevant currently in an era when mindfulness and Zen concepts are more widely accepted as methods of stress management and paths of spirituality. It outlines … Continue reading
MARTIAL ARTS METAPHORS: LESSONS FOR LIVING
This article proposes that metaphors of personal integrity and systemic harmony derived from the Martial Arts can be utilized to promote personal growth, peace, and a philosophical basis for living a full life. sport
MANAGING THE EXPECTATION GRADIENT, PART 3: THE POWER OF SINCERE APOLOGY
This article examines how to apologize when you disappoint others to regain their regard. It also discusses abuses of apology, such as the apology lifestyle, and how to deal with people who refuse to apologize. It outlines the four elements … Continue reading
MANAGING THE EXPECTATION GRADIENT, PART 2: ARRANGEMENTS WE MAKE WITH OTHERS
In this article we examine how we manage others’ expectations about our commitments to them. These are principles of integrity, margin and boundary management, and ultimately, self-esteem based on a record of following through. Topics include benchmarking, regarding yourself as … Continue reading
MANAGING THE EXPECTATION GRADIENT, PART 1: ARRANGEMENTS WE MAKE WITH OURSELVES
Managing the expectation gradient is important in maintaining a spirit of enthusiasm, passion, and purpose in every project we undertake. From what we know from research about enjoyment and happiness, several crucial factors about expectations and goal setting and attainment … Continue reading
MAKING IT STICK: RESOLUTIONS THAT WORK
This article encourages passion and purpose to stick to a plan of self-improvement. Strategies include examining values, engaging the left brain, the right brain, imagery, positive emotions, self-rewards, group support, and a recovery plan for setbacks and plateaus.
LONG-TERM INJURY: Thinking your way through the adjustment process
A sport career-ending injury, whether by sudden or chronic cumulative physical damage, usually has strong effects on the athlete and his social network. Often retirement from a sport precipitates an identity crisis that requires major readjustment in lifestyle and family … Continue reading