Changing the Paradigm on failure

by | February 1, 2015 | Exploring Breakthrough | 0 Comments

We have all heard how important it is to learn from failures, and that making mistakes is actually important. However saying that we encourage people to do and learn from mistakes is of course not the same as creating a safe environment for people to do so. In a study...
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Never give up!

by | October 1, 2014 | Sports | 0 Comments

We have just concluded the first professional men's tennis tournament in Shenzhen. A surprise late entry was former Wimbledon and US Open Champion, and Olympic winner, Andy Murray. And what a lesson he has taught us.. Murray seemed very motivated and eager to win this...
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Resolving Military Conflicts

by | August 5, 2014 | Exploring Breakthrough | 0 Comments

I key theme of my blog is that breakthroughs are caused through a shift in our thinking. This applies to international conflicts, in which warring parties often engage in a zero-sum conflict, while a win-win solution seems obvious to an outsider. For example, in the...
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Introducing the habit of “Time Out’s”

by | August 19, 2014 | Exploring Breakthrough | 0 Comments

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...
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Episode 1: How thinking influences our life and our relationships with Actor and Dating Expert, Luke Steele.

by | June 4, 2013 | Videos | 0 Comments

 Amongst other things, Luke shares: - What it takes to be an awesome actor. - Why thinking matters to be successful in life. - Why success doesn’t always equal happiness. - The habits and the thinking patterns that separate successful people from everyone else..
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How To Wake Up By 5 Am Easily And Effortlessly!

by | February 2, 2019 | Exploring Breakthrough, High-Performance, Mental Toughness | 0 Comments

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...
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How to stop messing up….

by | November 14, 2018 | Exploring Breakthrough, High-Performance, Mental Toughness, Sports | 0 Comments

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

by | June 25, 2014 | Exploring Breakthrough | 0 Comments

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...
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Do you love rats?

by | August 3, 2015 | Exploring Breakthrough, featured | 0 Comments

“Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.’’- Aristotle Even if your answer is not yes, you probably love the life of a rat-racer: Chasing one thing after the other, while not giving yourself a moment to enjoy something...
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Day 1: Your 24 hour News Diet

by | March 23, 2020 | Exploring Breakthrough, Mental Toughness, Popular | 0 Comments

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...
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Mastering The Art Of Positive Self-talk!

by | May 21, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Martin Seligman, a leader of positive psychology, wanted to find out what the key skill was that would determine successful insurance salespeople. This was a profession in which candidates had to expose themselves to a lot of rejection. Can you guess the outcome of...
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How to create weekly challenges and immediately level up your game

by | October 29, 2018 | Exploring Breakthrough, High-Performance, Mental Toughness | 0 Comments

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...
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Why Love matters!

by | December 15, 2014 | Exploring Breakthrough | 0 Comments

Research has shown on numerous occasions that married people live a healthier life physically and spiritually, recover better from diseases, and live a healthier lifestyle. According to an article from Harvard Health Publications, a survey of 127,545 men proved that...
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Day 14: Creating a lasting habit

by | April 1, 2020 | Exploring Breakthrough, High-Performance, Mental Toughness | 0 Comments

I used to struggle going to the gym unless I worked with a private coach. Then I discovered kickboxing and boxing classes. Initially, I would keep finding excuses to miss one class after each other. This continued until I made a commitment: I would go to classes at...
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Why you need to become an actor!

by | April 12, 2015 | Exploring Breakthrough | 0 Comments

One of the funniest moments as the former agent of world number, Novak Djokovic, was seeing him impersonate his fellow players, following the US Open final in 2007 (You can see it here: Djokovic imitates Sharapova and Nadal). At the time, I thought that my client was...
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Day 10: Thinking Time

by | March 28, 2020 | Exploring Breakthrough, High-Performance, Mental Toughness | 0 Comments

All my life, I have lived my dream job: I represented some of the world’s best tennis players. I ran professional tournaments. And Iwas fortunate to travel to most of the major tournaments and watch world class tennis from the best seats. However, with the birth of my...
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New Year Resolutions

by | December 31, 2014 | Personal | 0 Comments

If you are like me, you are probably planning your New Year resolutions as you read this. You may also know that most people struggle to follow through with their goals. Therefore I would like to share the key steps that have helped me define and follow through with...
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Thinking in ‘’3-D Goals’’

by | March 8, 2024 | Exploring Breakthrough, featured, High-Performance, Mental Toughness, Personal, Popular | 0 Comments

Every ambitious person I know faces the following dilemma: “Should I choose big goals that excite me, even if they feel scary and unrealistic? Or do I settle for small, easily achievable, boring outcomes that will help me build some momentum?” In his book Feel Good...
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How good are your intuitions: Part 2

by | March 15, 2015 | Exploring Breakthrough | 0 Comments

Last week we spoke about two different brain functions, which we metaphorically called System 1 (makes intuitive choices) and System 2 (responsible for effort and conscious decision making). We discussed how one of the main functions of the often lazy System 2 is to...
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Mental Toughness: Do You Have It?

by | May 17, 2015 | Exploring Breakthrough, Popular | 0 Comments

''If I have to be bribed into doing this, then it must not be worth doing for its own sake.'' (David G. Myers, 2005) How tough are you? What a tough question, right? I know, I am asking myself that question as well. My topic for this week is about Mental Toughness....
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How good are your intuitions?

by | March 8, 2015 | Exploring Breakthrough | 0 Comments

We have all heard that we have conscious and unconscious thoughts. Nobel Prize winner uses the metaphor of two systems he calls System 1 and System 2, whereby System 1 is responsible for the more automated and intuitive thought processes (invisible thoughts), and...
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Day 7: Strengthen your most important relationships

by | March 25, 2020 | Exploring Breakthrough, High-Performance, Mental Toughness | 0 Comments

It’s remarkable how creative people get when locked up in their homes! During the last few days, I have received so many hilarious clips on my phone that made me almost die from laughter. From all of them, I hate to admit it, but this is my favorite.Don’t get me...
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The one biggest killer to peak performance

by | September 17, 2014 | Personal | 0 Comments

This week I am in Odessa, visiting the family of my wife. Odessa is a beautiful city, and a pleasant mix of sunshine with a light breeze give the perfect whether conditions. The other day we went to play bowling, a game I haven't played since I was maybe 10. In the...
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The Three Steps To Effortlessly Building New Habits

by | March 21, 2016 | featured, Popular | 0 Comments

 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,...
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How to stop messing up under pressure

by | February 8, 2018 | Exploring Breakthrough, Sports | 0 Comments

I just got back from Australia a few days ago and wanted to share with one huge insight from this trip! Everyone is still talking about the unbelievable Roger Federer, who at the age of 36 looks fresher than ever. He is the perfect role model and demonstrates true...
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Toxic praise?

by | September 10, 2014 | Exploring Breakthrough | 0 Comments

Having just married, I naturally think about how I would raise my kids. I also ask myself whether success for kids is determined by effort or talent. What I didn't think was that something a simple as the manner we praise our kids could have dramatic consequences:...
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Would you like to live longer?

by | January 25, 2015 | Exploring Breakthrough | 0 Comments

In an amazing study, Danner, Snowdon and Friesen wanted to investigate the criteria’s that prolong our lives. They took the samples of 678 nuns, from the years between 1930-1940, who were on average 22 years old, and evaluated autobiographies they had written when...
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Changing the Paradigm on failure

by | February 1, 2015 | Exploring Breakthrough | 0 Comments

We have all heard how important it is to learn from failures, and that making mistakes is actually important. However saying that we encourage people to do and learn from mistakes is of course not the same as creating a safe environment for people to do so. In a study...
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How to instantly gain confidence

by | April 6, 2015 | Personal | 0 Comments

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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The truth about being a fool

by | November 7, 2018 | Exploring Breakthrough, High-Performance, Mental Toughness | 0 Comments

I love talking about Powerblocks because I believe they are the secret spice to success. They might be different for each one of us: For an athlete, Powerblocks might be blocks of time in which they train extremely intensively. For an entrepreneur or a business owner,...
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