Essays on Positive Psychology, talent development, and what it really takes to perform at your best.
The question was "How do people with jobs that require pessimism: lawyers, firemen, policemen, turn that switch off in the rest of...
Here are two stories about the same coach. In the first one, a hard-nosed, demanding and singularly focused man pulls some exciting...
Here are two stories about the same coach. In the first one, a hard-nosed, demanding and singularly focused man pulls some exciting...
Long ago, I was taught a very simple formula for delivering critical feedback to a swimmer. For the purposes of this blog...
purposes of this blog I'm calling it the poop sandwich, although it is usually described more colorfully. Here's how it goes: Positive...
Meditation. It's all the rage right now. Elite athletes are doing it. Schools are teaching it. Maybe your very clever swim coach is having your...
Meditation. It's all the rage right now. Elite athletes are doing it. Schools are teaching it. Maybe your very clever swim coach is having your...
Yesterday, I wrote about three common objections to Positive Psychology from swim coaches. Today I want to talk about a fourth, that...
Yesterday, I wrote about three common objections to Positive Psychology from swim coaches. Today I want to talk about a fourth, that...
Positive Psychology is some powerful stuff. So powerful that the US Military has been using it as part of their Master Resilience program since...
Positive Psychology is some powerful stuff. So powerful that the US Military has been using it as part of their Master Resilience program since...
In the past year of coaching, I learned something I never knew before. Vulnerability is a secret weapon. I'd always been told...
