Category Archives: Magazine Article

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 →

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.

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 →

Dreams are the threshold portals of our creative unconscious mind. Some might even say they are the windows of our soul in its travels beyond a world of physical and mental limitations. In dreams we review our past, reflect our … Continue reading →

Mental fitness flows from a process that begins with taking a break. Relax, and regain perspective on what is important. Employ imagery to construct a future living your personal values. Work in synergy with others in activities that allow those … Continue reading →

This article is about building passion into every project, so that you are eager to begin it, and don’t get bogged down halfway through. It explores self-statements, denial, avoidance, perfectionism, fear of failure, fear of success, and other barriers to … Continue reading →

Because of how the brain processes language and images, we have ingrained programming to make a picture or concept of an instruction or command sequence, even if preceded by the word “don’t.” The mind remembers the positive image, and drops … Continue reading →