Category: Mental Training

  • Self-Imposed Handicaps

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    Things we do to ourselves that lower our capability. As opposed to being born with a handicap, these are things we do to ourselves to mess up our lives. Like lifestyle diseases, self-imposed handicaps are totally preventable. Why do we do it? Why do we impose limits on ourselves? It’s a disease–a disease of the…

  • Are you taking care of yourself?

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    “We know pretty well what we ought to do, we just don’t do it.” said William Muldoon who insisted that he didn’t do anything he know he shouldn’t. Muldoon was an interesting fellow who lived well—a role model. Someone to emulate. A lodestar. It’s easier to follow a mode of behavior if you have a…

  • Lost with age or lack of self care?

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    I was talking to a guy named Mike the other day. Typical guy. In his 40’s, a bit of a beer gut, talks about getting in shape and exercising but says it’s too hard, doesn’t have the time. That kind of thing. After a while I can size these people up pretty quickly. Mike, and…

  • Mental Focus – Think About What You’re Doing…or else!

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    Recently I gave Facebook the boot. I started catching myself too many times scrolling through the “news” feed. Lame. Kind of like watching a soap opera. Of course, there are other time wasters out there and I simply don’t have the option to cancel my account so to speak. So I’ve developed the habit of…

  • Death of Routine and other stuff that’s not serving me

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    Isn’t it enough that our jobs require a fairly regular schedule? Why do I have to create my own regular schedule around that? Get up, go to the bathroom, press the coffee button, do my baby crawling exercises, meditate, exercise, write/read, eat, shower, go to work – and then start the work routine? Routines are…

  • How to avoid getting sick using the advice of John Tilden

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    In the recent Success Magazine in Dr. Mehmet C. Oz and Dr. Michael F. Roizen’s column A Healthy You, a reader asked “how can I avoid getting sick?” Their response? Wishy-washy and mis-guided. There are no magic bullets, they say, but you should wash your hands and get a flu shot, and surround yourself with…

  • Change is Hard (if you approach it wrong)

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    Only a fraction of humans actually call themselves programmers, but in reality, every human is a programmer. In this article, I’m going to talk about the “change is hard” program that so many people like to run. Here’s how the program is executed: Whiner: “Well I’m trying to modify my diet and it’s been really…

  • People who say they don’t have time are liars

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    Let’s get right into this, shall we? Here are some lack-of-time lies you’ll hear: “I don’t have enough time to plant a garden.” “I don’t have enough time to exercise.” ++ Most popular “I don’t have enough time to cook home made meals.” “I don’t have enough time to learn Spanish.” The list goes on,…

  • Eating in A Whole, New Way

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    Eating plays a huge role in our culture. What we eat and how we eat is so habituated that trying to change is hard. But if you’re getting sick, getting fat, getting tired, etc. the first place to look is your diet. Distinguishing Appetite From Hunger I was eating on auto-pilot before. At 11 a.m.,…