The Power of Reflection

In sport, heck, in any kind of high performance pursuit, we talk a lot about goal setting and the mental toughness required to really put yourself out there and to maybe even fail (check out my blog on “Why Failure is Necessary” if you missed it). The path to our...

Acceptance Matters

I’m really starting to understand the power of acceptance, like the acceptance of whatever happens – that’s not saying that I don’t ever want it to be a different way, or that I won’t train myself to do something different the next time...

Teamwork by Hedgehogs – what?

Here’s an awesome story that I found when searching teamwork this evening.  It’s a great lesson: “It was the coldest winter ever. Many animals died because of the cold. The hedgehogs, realizing the situation, decided to group together to keep warm....

With Greater Discipline Comes Greater Success

It’s easy to get side-tracked by whatever comes across your path – There are many bright lights, and fun ideas, and opportunities in every given moment.  You can live life like a feather in the wind – just blowing where the wind takes you – or...

Research shows fear can be erased from the brain

Newly formed emotional memories can be erased from the human brain, research has shown. In 2013, researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden, demonstrated that it is possible to erase newly formed emotional memories. When a person learns something, a lasting,...

Key findings in mental toughness research

The body of research conducted in the field of mental toughness has significantly grown the last two decades. Here are some of the key findings: It is now recognized that physical talent is not the only component which leads to success (Gucciardi, Gordon &...