I’m always looking for new insights into mental tools that help us to be more constructive in our approach to work and life. While reading an article about self-confidence, I was struck by the idea of reframing one’s “less successful” experiences, not judging such...
Can we learn to work with time, instead of struggling against it? Recently, I added a post about Parkinson’s Law, which seems to be too often true, although not inevitable. So how can we apportion the time we have on any given day, for any task, to be more...
If you’ve studied productivity, you’ll recognize the axiom above as Parkinson’s Law, the proposition of British naval historian Cyril Northcote Parkinson. The statement first appeared in a 1955 article in The Economist and later, as the basis of one of Parkinson’s...
My recent post quoting mental training coach Colleen Hacker inspired me to watch a handful of YouTube videos featuring Dr. Hacker (professor of kinesiology Pacific Lutheran University). I found her words inspiring and useful not only for those who train for a sport...
For top athletes, mental skills training is essential to dealing with the pressure of competition. Can the strategies Olympians use improve performance in any field? An August article in the New York Times features a handful of top “psychological consultants” who...
I’ve written previously about developing “mental armor” to handle the pressures and demands of life and work. The subject came up once again when I saw a Twitter post featuring Gordon Parker, AO (Officer of the Order in Australia), a prominent psychiatrist, who...
