Thinking Like an Athlete - 11 Things We Can Learn

In August, 2012, Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian in all of history. His journey to becoming an known athlete is very interesting. As a young boy, Phelps was diagnosed with ADHD – a disability which results in inability to focus, deep disorganization, and hyperactivity. His mother was an educator and she knew she had to channel his energy into something positive and involve him with an activity that would force him to develop focusing skills. She chose swimming, and it served him well.
Through those years of training, Phelps, like many athletes, developed a set of character traits that can translate to success in the non athletic “world,” and we would be wise to consider our own program of athletic activity, not just for fitness, but for the secondary benefits it will bring. Here are the character traits that are developed when we engage in sports.

Little Things To Do Today Instead Of Tomorrow To Really Make A Change

Do you want to change and improve your life? There’s good news. You don’t have to completely change your life to do it. With a few quick changes you can immediately change your life, making it happier and more productive.
It may be tempting to put off starting until tomorrow, but that could result in you never starting. Take control of your life and change today!
Check out these 10 little things that you can do today instead of tomorrow to make real changes in your life.

The Complete Guide To Increasing Your Focus In Life

We all know how important focus is.
Think about it, when was the last time you were so focused on your task that you weren’t distracted?
Focusing nowadays is harder than ever. You know what it’s like when you’re at your job and you think about “just checking” your Facebook feed. One thing leads to other and you’ve spent over an hour looking at what your friends are up to.
The traditional view of procrastination is as that “a stitch in time saves nine,” that in order to be efficient we should not procrastinate. But can you really stop procrastinating?
We have this one-sided belief that procrastination is bad, but if you look at well-known philosophers, they literally just sat around and spent time thinking. Now I know what you’re thinking: it’s because they did not have many distractions. Well, yes and no.
The lives of ancient philosophers like Descartes, Socrates, and Plato were filled with government roles and societal responsibilities, but they chose to think, simply think. Their “overthinking” led to many founding principles today, like Descartes’s mind and body principle.
Scientifically, procrastination is really just a battle between two parts of our brain — the limbic system and the prefrontal cortex. The limbic system fights for short-term pleasures while the prefrontal cortex for the long-term goal. However, given that the prefrontal cortex is the only thing that makes us different when compared to animals, there is nothing automatic about this part. Thus, we constantly need to give it a push to get stuff done. Our limbic system, on the other hand, takes over as soon as we stop pushing forward, leading to procrastination.
Procrastination is only natural and not always something to label as negative. Now that we have that out of the way, let us introduce 6 powerful methods to increase focus in your life.

What Is Success

How do we define success, and how do we measure it? Owning a fast expensive automobile, having a yacht, owning several vacation homes the measurement of success. Or, is it just having a job and bringing in a steady income. For sure, success is measured in degrees.