It’s well known that exercise can have a positive effective on your mood so how would you like to give that positive mood a boost? Well a new study has found a simple way to do just that. The trick is to use an enjoyable distraction. Distractions are quite commonly used to control focus and...
Many things have been written and said about the importance of being allowed to make mistakes. It is commonly believed that you learn more from your mistakes than you do from your successes. We’re all familiar with stories from notable high achievers like Thomas Edison, Michael Jordan and Steve Jobs about how their mistakes led...
Many people want to increase their self-control so that they can achieve more success, complete more goals or avoid certain bad habits. The good news for th0se people is that recent research from neuroscience suggests that boosting self-control could be as simple as looking at a picture of yourself or your reflection in a mirror....
US downhill skier, Steven Nyman was struggling to make it to the top of his sport until he embraced evidence based methods that represent the forefront of sports science. He’s now about to compete at the Sochi Olympic Games and is a genuine medal contender. “If you ignore a lot of that stuff and just...
I think it’s fair to say that most people go through phases where they struggle to get things done. Increasing demands, insufficient resources, poor communication and bad organisation can all lead to problems with our productivity and leave us wanting another day in the week. If you do struggle with your productivity you may want...
Between 1942 and 1945, the Austrian psychiatrist Vicktor Frankl spent time in four different Nazi concentration camps. The experience was every bit as horrible as you’d imagine. His family was killed, he suffered terribly, and he spent years watching everyone around him suffering and dying. But he survived and out of his experience came the...