Sports: Find Your Prime Intensity
Prime intensity is the ideal amount of physiological activity necessary for you to perform your best. It is also the level of intensity that you perceive as most positive and beneficial to your sports performances. Unfortunately, there is no one ideal level of intensity for every athlete. Prime intensity is individual; it’s different for everyone. […]
Read MoreParenting: Conditional Love is Good!
Note: In my November, 2009 newsletter, Unconditional Love is Bad!, I provoked some strong responses from readers. The main beef that they had was with my notion that parents withdraw their love from their children. Let me clarify this point. I’m not talking about what we as parents feel (of course, we always love our […]
Read MoreBusiness: Self-knowledge for Success
Now that you have an understanding of Prime Business (performing at a consistently high level under the challenging conditions) from my Prime Business posts (if you missed them, read here), you can begin the process of achieving it. The first step involves gaining a better understanding of yourself in essential areas that impact your work. This […]
Read MoreTechnology: Off Line, On Life
The title of this post refers to an epiphany I had over the New Year’s weekend. The realization was about my relationship with technology, namely, I was exhibiting some of the symptoms of technology addiction. And I wasn’t the only one in my family with email and Internet issues. My wife, who doesn’t own a […]
Read MoreTechnology: Less Input and More “Innerput”
The Web, the Internet, and all of the new computer and communication technology that has sprung from them, have been a boon to the information age, making information available at our fingertips instantaneously. The sheer volume of information now accessible on line is staggering. As of a few weeks ago, there were more than 21 […]
Read MorePersonal Growth: New Year’s Resolutions: Why They Don’t Stick
Ah, a new year, a new chance to start fresh, another opportunity to make to New Year’s resolutions, and, sadly, another year of likely failed New Year’s resolutions. We want those resolutions to last, we ?really do, but we ?just can’t make them stick. Well, we’re not alone. Research has shown that, after six months, […]
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