I’ve been wanting and trying to lose weight. My regimen includes daily exercise including the very difficult ‘pushing my plate away’ and weighing myself every morning. I admit to a competitive mentality so I like to get the score on my weight each morning to see if I’m winning. More importantly weighing in each day [...]
Stress happens. We regularly face events and situations that stimulate hormonal reactions in our bodies. Our reactions are survival mechanisms that we don’t control but if we understand what’s happening we can adjust our behaviour to succeed. To be competent ‘adjusters’ we have to be conscious of what’s going on.
So, for example, say you [...]
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I think there are three levels of performance among marathon runners. The professionals who do the very best are elite athletes. They train both mind and body to work optimally and consciously. They succeed via conscious competence. The very best amateurs probably compete adding some degree of ‘flow’ to their very good conscious competence but [...]
I’ve learned in the past few years that we get addicted to things that provide random rewards. For example with golf and learning a musical instrument you don’t know what’s going to happen each time you try because there are so many variables. Randomly you’re successful and get addicted. It’s similar with gambling and young [...]
My friend Aaron Milrad introduced me to this piece of advice which has a bit of history in a variety of places, like music, financial acumen and religion. The idea is to focus, whether in business, your family life or your personal world. Do a few things well and you’ll be a lot happier and [...]
March 31, 2009 – 11:50 am
I’ve recently heard Reset used in two contexts and I think we can learn from both.
The first was in the inspiring story of a war veteran returning without his legs. Asked what was next for him he essentially said “I’m going to Reset my goals and continue to do the best I can everyday, just [...]
As coaches we often will help a client script what they want to say in an upcoming discussion. It’s a lot better to know in advance what you want to say then it is to have an ‘ahah’ moment when it’s too late.
The way to work on a script is to work backwards from success. [...]
If you’re have a plan to reach a goal in the future make a list of what will be different when you reach that goal. Then create separate plans to achieve each of the differences.
This Chunking Down of your goals will make them easier to work on achieve.
For example if you’re self employed and want [...]
