Becoming HeadStrong

This episode tells the parable of an old farmer and a mule. It will help you learn a strategy to overcome adversity.

In today's world, communication is instant. Both personal and professional, we can communicate very quickly with today's technology. However, we often neglect communicating with ourselves deliberately.

Research tells us that the human mind has thousands of thoughts per day. The Theory of Ironic Processes explains that our minds are not good at registering words like "don't". Learn how to spend more time in "do" thinking in this episode.

The grade of execution is a figure skating scale that ranges from -5 to +5. In this episode, you will learn how you can use the grade of execution in your life and performance.

There are 3 factors that almost always destroy our motivation: Perfectionism, Expectations, and Comparisons. Learn about them here. This episode is from the book, "Don't Leave Your Mind Behind" by Dr. Keith Henschen with Dr. Nicole Detling.

The book, "Why We Sleep" by Matthew Walker, MD is incredibly relevant and has powerful information. Sleep is vital to our existence. Learn the sleep stages and how they are helpful for your performance in this episode.

This podcast is the reading of a blog post written by Melissa Atkins Wardy on August 3, 2011. Great read to recognize that we are all full of awesome - and it's time to re-find that awesome.

Many people play the "what if" game. Although it's a natural game to play, it doesn't help you perform your best. Learn 2 strategies to win this game in this episode.

Putting energy into things that are out of your control is a waste of time! This episode walks you through typical performance concerns that are OUT of your control and discusses focusing on those that are IN your control.

We are all the sum total of 2 aspects: (1) the decisions and choices we have made and (2) the things that have happened to us in our lives. Yet, we have the respond-ability for both.