Ten Everyday Tips to Make Your Work Day Fly By (And Feel Healthier By 5pm)
The points below are excerpted from my new book, "The Forever An Athlete Program": 1. Preparation – Pack healthy snacks, such as apples and almonds, gym clothes, and sneakers, the night before the workday. Additionally, cook larger protein-rich meals on Sunday, so that you have extra pre-made lunches throughout the week. 2. Hydration – Upon waking, consume at least 8oz of water...
5 Creative Ways to Build a Cohesive Team
Program a day of physical challenges. For my clients, I have created relay events of different intensities. For instance, I will use a strength event, a power event, a steady state event, and a special skill event, in order to engage people of all skill levels. This will require the team to communicate and delegate who is needed for...
Flow: Why You Need to Understand this Principle from the 1990s
Recall the early nineties. Baggy jeans and flannels were worn during all four seasons. Grunge rock was pumping out hit after hit. Chris Farley was at his prime, smashing coffee tables at every turn. The Chicago Bulls and Braveheart were hits. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi wrote three books on the topic of “Flow”, including the book, “Flow – The Physchology of Optimal...
Pyramid of Success – Coach John Wooden
Coach John Wooden amassed a stellar record, and ten NCAA Championships, in his twenty seven years coaching basketball for the UCLA Bruins. His book, “Wooden on Leadership”, describes timeless leadership attributes and personality skills that everyone can develop in their quest to enhance personal mastery. At the heart of his Pyramid of Success is the following:Condition – mental, physical, moral ...
Can Sports and Fitness Training Build Entrepreneurial Leaders?
More people are turning towards entrepreneurship - possibly out of necessity due to a layoff and a stagnant job search, possibly due to the satisfaction that self-employment brings, and possibly due to the technology revolution that is occurring with mobile devices, social platforms, and cloud data storage. So I often wonder: is it possible to build habits and traits to...