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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 May 8, 2020

Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #21-Victim to Master

Episode #21: Victim to Master of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast is the first of four in which I explore the importance of attitude in how you respond to a crisis. This episode examines how attitudes act as the filter through which you look at, understand, interpret, feel about, evaluate, decide on, and respond to a […]

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 May 5, 2020

Train Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #20-What is Motivation?

Episode #20: What is Motivation? of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the first of three episodes that examines the impact of motivation on your training efforts and your competitive success. This episode will introduce you to what motivation is, why it is the foundation of all aspects of sports performance, and […]

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 May 4, 2020

10 Questions to Ask Yourself at the End of the Race Season

Due to COVID-19, the race season ended with a whimper, not a bang. After what was still a long and demanding winter, you’ve had some down time to do remote school and hopefully begin to look toward next winter. But before you file the 2019-20 race season away, you want to act on a famous […]

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 May 1, 2020

Summer Mental Training Series Begins Monday!

Is the COVID-19 crisis and Shelter-in-Place getting you down and/or driving you crazy? Are you feeling like you’re spinning your wheels with your ski racing progress (in other words, not making any!)? Well, join the crowd; it’s frustrating for everyone, to be sure. What is crazy is that the last races of the 2019-20 season […]

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 April 30, 2020

Raising Young Athletes Podcast: Episode #20-Children Become the Messages They Get the Most

Episode #20-Children Become the Messages They Get the Most of my Raising Young Athletes podcast is the first of five episodes in which I’ll explore the importance of messages in raising healthy young athletes and people. This episode will introduce you to the power of messages, where messages come from, and the types of messages that […]

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 April 28, 2020

Please Stop Calling it “Social Distancing”

I’m a word guy. My career is grounded in the spoken and written word. As such, I believe in the power of words and that it’s important that the words we use are highly descriptive of what we’re trying to communicate. Words are so powerful because they have meaning. And that meaning acts as the […]

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