I've been in the sports world since I was six years old. The first 20 years, I was an athlete (a ski racer) learning the ups and downs of sports the hard way, mostly through trial and error, and sometimes painful failure. That, I can say with 20/20 hindsight and absolute certainty, is no way [...]
There is nothing more important to achieving your sports goals than what you do in training. It is during training that you ingrain the physical, technical, tactical, and mental habits that will come out in competitions. If you establish good habits, you'll have a good chance of having a good competitive performance. But if you [...]
In a recent post titled, My 5 Biggest Pet Peeves in Gate Training, I introduced you to the common training habits of young racers that really irritate me (and, more importantly, prevent them from getting the most out of their training!). There is nothing more important to achieving your ski racing goals than what you [...]
Episode #15: Lost to North Star of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast is the third of four in a series examining the impact of values on how you respond to a crisis. In this episode, I explore how the lack of clarity of what your values can leave you lost and without a clear direction [...]
The Saturday Evening Post published my latest column, Is the Self-help Industry a Fraud?. This column explores-somewhat cynically-how the self-help industry seems to be populated by hucksters, scam artists, and grifters who promise people the Holy Grail (e.g., success, happiness, love, self-esteem) with quickly and easily for just a small sum of money. This industry taps [...]
The Saturday Evening Post published my latest column, 5 Steps to Positive Life Change (and the Big Payoff!). This column is the last in a three-part series that explores how to effect positive changes in your life. In my previous two columns in the series, I introduced you to the 4 obstacles that may be blocking [...]
It is with great satisfaction and humility that I share the gratifying news that I recently surpassed 7,000,000 views of my blog posts on psychologytoday.com. It means so much to me that readers value my ideas enough to take the time to read my posts. This milestone, combined with my blogs that have appeared on [...]
Episode #14: Quality Training of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the first of six in a series that examines the ways in which you can maximize your training efforts and the benefits that you gain from those efforts. This episode will introduce you to the notion of quality training and why it [...]
I've been in the ski racing world since I was six years old. The first 20 years, I was a racer learning the ups and downs of ski racing the hard way, mostly through trial and error, and sometimes painful failure. That, I can say with 20/20 hindsight and absolute certainty, is no way to [...]
The Saturday Evening Post published my latest column, 4 Obstacles to Positive Life Change. This column is the first in a three-part series that explores how to effect positive changes in your life. It examines four barriers to personal transformation: baggage, habits, emotions, and environment. Before you can take steps to change your life for the [...]
