The Science of Positive Thinking: How Positive Thoughts Build Your Skills, Boost Your Health

Positive thinking sounds useful on the surface. (Most of us would prefer to be positive rather than negative.) But "positive thinking" is also a soft and fluffy term that is easy to dismiss. In the real world, it rarely carries the same weight as words like "work...

Day 13: Daily Questions

I used to have a fetish for journals! You know, the ones with lots of questions, habits, and accountability tools. Every time I would find a new journal, I would order it and feel so excited. I was sure that now I would crack the code of productivity. When I would...

How To Wake Up By 5 Am Easily And Effortlessly!

Do you know this feeling of hearing the sound of your alarm go off, and you think the world is going to crash onto your head. You stretch your arm, somehow manage to get hold of your phone and switch the snooze button, before falling asleep again. And then you finally...

High Pressure Situations; The Secret of Winners

“You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand.”- Robert Louis Stevenson Many people love the game of tennis, as it is a game that reflects some of the physical and mental challenges...

The one trait you need for high performance!

In a study conducted in 1993 for the now famous paper, “The Role of Deliberate Practice”, three psychologists analyzed what distinguished ten of the best violin students from the Music Academy of West Berlin, who could become international soloists, from ten good...

How to become unstoppable without feeling overwhelmed and anxious

I hate failing! I fear rejection! And I hate embarrassing myself. These fears are probably one of the main reason that I occasionally procrastinate doing what I know I should be doing, both in business- and in my personal life. I settle for the status quo, my comfort...

Why do top performers love pain?

Last month I visited Odessa which really is an awesome city. And to sweeten the trip, my parents in law booked my wife and me a daily 90 minute Thai massage. These daily treatments were a true highlight for us. But at the same time,  I noticed something very strange:...

Exploring and Designing Breakthrough Models in Higher Education

With the release of an updated EDUCAUSE on Campus toolkit, Exploring and Designing Breakthrough Models in Higher Education, Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) completes a trio of publications intended to guide those of you who are interested in making the move...

The one daily practice that will make you more focused than ever before…

In a study published in 2010, which was conducted in Dunedin, New Zealand, researchers followed kids between the ages of four and eight and tested them thoroughly on cognitive control.  The researchers then tracked the participants down when they were in their 30’s...

Day 12: Powerblocks

This morning I woke up and realized I have been pretty distracted throughout the last two weeks: I have been sitting home obsessing with the news and everything that is going on in the world. My kids have been home demanding my attention. And my wife needed some...

The Three Steps To Effortlessly Building New Habits

 Successful people are simply those with successful habits. - Brian Tracy How many times did you start a new habit, only to realize a few weeks later that you were no longer following through with your good intentions? Maybe you planned to work out five times a week,...

Introducing the habit of “Time Out’s”

A research in New Zealand tested the ability of self control amongst over one thousand young kids, and then followed them throughout their lives. The result was clear. The better their self control during their childhood years, the better they did in their 30’s in all...

The Wealthy And The Rich

I know what’s your first question is. What’s the difference between being wealthy and being rich? Being wealthy and being rich synonymously involves with having a lot of money. But, the main difference between wealthy people and rich people is knowledge. Wealthy...

How to create weekly challenges and immediately level up your game

We all have big goals. And we all want to witness a real change in our lives. So we learn to build habits that move us towards the life we want to experience. However, keeping habits can often become extremely boring, which is why we often stop doing them. We have...

My first 2 weeks as a second-time dad!

Learning from past mistakes and overcoming three main challenges to stay productive and disciplined even while everything else at home seems to be falling upside down! How time flies! Two weeks ago, my wife started getting her first serious contractions. Every few...

My Wimbledon Hero

“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself”.- Andy Warhol There have been many exciting matches in Wimbledon, but to me, there is only one true fairy tale; It is the story of the 26 year old Swiss player Timea Bacsinszky. For...

Day 1: Your 24 hour News Diet

In a study by the School of Cognitive & Computing Science, University of Sussex, a group was shown 14-min TV clips showing clips of negative clips from the news.The researchers wanted to see how watching disturbing news would affect the viewers' mood.Guess what...

8 steps to building new habits

I want you to take a moment and think about your day. In all likelihood, you will probably notice that what you did today was very similar to what you did yesterday: You woke up at a similar time to a similar mood. You got out of your bed in a similar way, ate the...

Episode 2: How thinking works and what we can do to develop mental mastery (w/ Neil Sheffield)

Amongst other things, Neil shares: - Why do actors need to learn how to think? - How do you get into a performance state? - Why do people struggle to do simple practices? - One technique to master the art of thinking.

Anti-habits and the curse of compounding

Albert Einstein called “Compounding” the world’s 8th wonder because over time an asset can grow exponentially. For example, say you invest $ 1,000 today and generate a return of 10%.  In one year, you will have accumulated $ 1,100. In year two, you will have...

High Pressure Situations; The Secret of Winners

“You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand.”- Robert Louis Stevenson Many people love the game of tennis, as it is a game that reflects some of the physical and mental challenges...

How to create weekly challenges and immediately level up your game

We all have big goals. And we all want to witness a real change in our lives. So we learn to build habits that move us towards the life we want to experience. However, keeping habits can often become extremely boring, which is why we often stop doing them. We have...

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Taking on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Why we are addicted to our phones, and what we can do about it!

How often does it happen that you allow yourself to be distracted by your phone? If you are like most people, the answer is all the time. Whether you are browsing through Facebook pages, chatting with friends or playing games on your phone, most people I know are...

Never Single Again!

This was initially going to be the name of my first book which will be out in December. I am now working on a new name, but the topic of the book will remain the same, and reflects the subject I enjoy exploring most, namely: how do people achieve breakthrough's? For...

How to stop messing up….

I'm a huge sports fan, and especially a big tennis fan. Ever since I was a kid I admired players like Boris Becker and John McEnroe. Then I turned my passion into my profession and became one of the youngest sports agents who represented some of the best tennis...

What Einstein Got Wrong When Speaking About Insanity

Have you ever noticed that often people complain about their business, their relationship or their health but they simply don’t do anything about it? For example, friends or family might complain that: They don’t make enough money but they refuse to work harder, sell...

The mind blowing power of attention

In a famous experiment, Mike Merzenich taped the fingers of monkeys each day for 100 minutes to a sensor. At the same time they received headphones with music. He did this for 6 weeks. Some of the monkeys were taught to focus on the feelings resulting from the sensors...

The one secret you must know about love!

It is no secret that around half the marriages in the modern world fall apart after a few years. From the other half, we can also assume that many fail to really thrive in their relationships. This predicament is even scary to many singles, as they might sense that...

How to instantly gain confidence

As a child, I remember looking up towards the kids who expressed confidence. I quickly realized that confidence is one of the key recipes for success. I knew this was a trait I would have to have, in order to be successful. So I tried to imitate those confident guys,...

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