A mile is a mile is a mile, right? Technically yes – it’s an objectively measurable distance. However, based on research from Dr. Dennis Proffitt and others, a mile appears shorter (and hills less notable) to female college soccer players than Instagram-focused couch potatoes of the same age. Please note, the research says nothing about …
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With fall winding into focus, almost half a million high school students will lace up their running shoes for the cross-country season. Another 3 million adults in the US will participate in at least one 5K this year. If you haven’t yet considered joining them, allow me to provide some additional encouragement, reasoning and resources: …
There are dozens (hundreds) of self-assessments available to help individuals consider whether their current career, position or role is the right fit. No doubt many of them bring valuable insights to the process. However, there’s one available to anyone, anywhere. No paywall, filling out a bunch of forms or even the need to provide contact …
This is the time of year when students step into the transition of the new school year and the range of new challenges, anxieties, opportunities and experiences such a transition brings. What better time than now to join them in considering our own potential transitions? We’ll cover a range of angles and considerations in future …
“Imagination must propel a person to something higher than the murky atmosphere of probability and teach them to hope.” It’s not difficult to picture legendary Apple visionary Steve Jobs as the source of such stirring words. He was the master of what those around him referred to as a reality distortion field. His charismatic belief …
The balanced life gets plenty of lip service. While the origin can be traced back much further, the modern visual representation of this concept is credited to Dr. William Hettler in 1976. He identified seven “dimensions” of wellness which could be utilized to attain a balanced life. Those included physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, environmental, social …
Yes – I made up that word. It’s a nod to an intriguing concept initially identified by Dr. Conrad Waddington (1905-1975): Epigenetics. The word brings together “epigenesis” (the formation of a complex organism from a single unit) and “genetics” (study of inherited characteristics) to represent the influence of the genetic background on our broader development. …
What if we asked ourselves better questions? The life we live – and the courage available for traversing life’s journey – is directly correlated with the quality of the questions we ask ourselves (and thus the answers upon which we land). When we realize life is a multiple-choice test AND WE ARE THE ONES WRITING …
“I just don’t have enough discipline.” Nope. Sorry. That’s not the problem. This default statement is a bit like the popular “humblebrag” (feigning humility to highlight an accomplishment). We appear to take responsibility but – knowingly or otherwise – we instead blameshift to this mystical D force we call discipline. It is subtly, and repeatedly, …