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Stress on! I’m reading an interesting book on how extreme athletes use their ability to ‘get in the zone’ to be able to do crazy feats. It is becoming clearer in the research that what actually happens is that part of your ‘thinking’ brain shuts down, or is co-opted by the ‘implicit’ brain during times …
Pile o’ Sticks On consistency in action. What if you did one small thing consistently? What would you have a pile of at the end of the season? Living in New England we like to have a wood fire in our houses in the winter. This year I haven’t been able to have a fire …
The 5 Practices of Effective Executives I’m reading (or re-reading) a small book by Peter Drucker called The Effective Executive. It was published in 1966. The edition I have is from 1987. It must have been deemed worthy of some further ink and paper when it was 11 years old, but how does it hold …
Quick tip – Batching up some ice tea in the office: When I’m in my office I drink a lot of tea. In the spring and summer, especially after a hot workout I don’t really like too much hot tea. I like it iced or at least refrigerated. My office has a supply of tea …
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7 Tips for making positive change in the New Year. Now is the time. As much as I dislike the cliché of New Year’s resolutions, something about the calendar break point between years enables people to sit down and think about what they can do to make improvements in their lives. In that sense it’s …
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