Business: Are You a Stress Victim or Stress Master?
Stress is a truly unpleasant, potentially harmful, and decidedly unavoidable part of life in the business world; it just comes with the territory of climbing the corporate ladder. Yet, whether stress interferes with or facilitates your efforts in that climb depends on how well you understand it, your attitude toward it, and the tools you […]
Read MoreLatest News: Taylor quoted on NPR’s Marketplace
I was interviewed yesterday by Bob Moon, the Senior Business Correspondent for NPR’s Marketplace, for a segment about the psychology behind Bloomberg News coming out with another list of the world’s richest people. You can listen to the segment here.
Read MoreSports: Overcoming Frustration
Frustration may be your most significant obstacle to achieving your athletic goals. We’ve all experienced the feeling of frustration when we’re not able to do something as we pursue our goals; we feel stuck, we get uptight, and we have difficulty focusing. The best way I can describe the feeling is: AAARRGGHH!! It is a […]
Read MoreYouTube Channel: Prime Sport Alert!: Prime Sport Pyramid
I just uploaded my latest Prime Sport Alert! video newsletter, Prime Sport Pyramid:
Read MoreParenting: Have Consequences with “Bite”
Establishing reasonable expectations for your children in all aspects of their lives, including school, home, and family, is essential for raising children who are responsible, respectful, successful, and happy. But expectations without consequences are like a dog with a loud bark, but no bite; scary at first, but ultimately harmless. Consequences are what cause your […]
Read MoreSki Racing: Prime Ski Racing Pyramid
In an earlier post, I defined Prime Ski Racing as “skiing at a consistently high level under the most challenging conditions.” Prime Ski Racing is a goal toward which every racer strives, the result of which is to maximize your ski racing efforts and enable you to achieve your racing goals. But few racers, coaches, […]
Read MoreEducation: Failing Kindergarteners?: You Cannot be Serious!
Some recent news out of the bizarro world of public education caused me to have a John McEnroe moment (for those of you who didn’t follow his illustrious and animated tennis career, the statement, “You cannot be serious!,” is one of his most famous tirades against the injustice of an allegedly bad line call). And […]
Read MoreYouTube Channel: Prime Business Alert!: Prime Business Credo
I just uploaded my latest Prime Business Alert! video newsletter, Prime Business Credo:
Read MoreYouTube Channel: Prime Family Alert!: Teach Your Children to Suck it Up!
I’ve just posted my latest Prime Family Alert! video newsletter, Teach Your Children to Suck it Up!:
Read MoreYouTube Channel: Interview on Careers in Sport Psychology
I’ve just uploaded an webcam interview with onlinepsychologydegrees.com on careers in sport psychology. You can also read a transcript of the interview below: Q: What is sports psychology and how is it different than other types of psychology? Sports psychology is a subgroup of the field of psychology that applies the theory, principles and strategies […]
Read More