Taylor Interviewed by WGN about Chicago Teams and Fans
I was interviewed recently by WGN Radio Chicago about the city's pro sports teams and its fans. Address topics including leadership, injury, and the diehard nature of Cubs fans. Here's the link.
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11, 2014
Testers Needed for New Stress-Reduction iPhone App
I’m the co-founder of Beyond, a tech start-up that is using wearable technology (e.g., smartwatches) and biometric data (e.g., heart rate) to recognize and reduce stress in real-time (meaning in the moment when you experience the stress). We’re in the Alpha testing phase of product development (meaning early stage) and are looking for people who [...]
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11, 2014
6 Steps for Making Tough Business Decisions
Is there anything more important to the success of a company than decision making? And is there any other process that occurs so often in a company that is accomplished so haphazardly? The decisions that are made, from the boardroom and the corner office on down, dictate the direction that the company goes. Yet, decision [...]
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11, 2014
Mindset is an Essential Piece of the “Fast Skiing” Puzzle
As I have noted in past articles, Mikaela is a veritable fount of lessons on how to succeed as a ski racer (regardless of how you define success). In my last post, which I actually began writing before Mikaela’s Soelden victory (her first World Cup GS win), she demonstrated so beautifully what can happen when [...]
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11, 2014
5 Words of Kindness to Teach Your Children Gratitude
In my last post, I described five messages that parents can send to their children to instill the value and practice of gratitude. In this post, I’ll discuss how kind words can be another means through which you can convey the importance of gratitude to your children. My family’s ‘catchphrase’ for gratitude is “Mo’ Grat,” [...]
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11, 2014
Positive Thinking + Reality = Success
An interesting New York Times article debunks the power of positive thinking, to a point. The article describes research which found that people who simply think positively feel less energy, have less motivation, and accomplish less than those who don't think positively (or negatively). The research indicates that a combination of positive thinking and thinking [...]
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10, 2014
How to Be a Great Sports Parent
I was recently interviewed by Today's Parent for an article titled "How to Raise the Next Sidney Crosby" (it's a Canadian magazine). It's a good read for sports parents with some great perspectives from elite athletes, parents, coaches, and, yes, yours truly.
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10, 2014
Do You Spend Too Much Time on Your Smartphone?
A slightly unsettling, article about new apps to help people track and monitor their smartphone use. Isn't it ironic to spend time on your smartphone to learn how much time you spend on your smartphone. But I digress. Knowing how much time you spend on your smartphone, particularly for personal as opposed to work use, [...]
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10, 2014
From Good Skiing to Fast Skiing
I saw a very different Mikaela Shiffrin win (in a tie with Anna Fenninger) the first World Cup race of the 2014-15 season and claim her first World Cup GS victory. What I saw in Mikaela’s skiing was not good. “What?,” you say, “She just won a World Cup race and you’re saying that it [...]
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10, 2014
Taylor Interview with Cycling Website
Cyclists might be interested in this interview I did for a cycling website on the psychology of cycling (both road and mountain).