Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
8 hours agoHow to Power Through Your Power-Through Mindset
A power-through mindset can lead to success but may also result in significant personal costs like pain and burnout.
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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoNobody talks about why self improvement quietly works for some people and turns into a treadmill for everyone else, and it isn't discipline or the right system, it's that the ones it works for stopped trying to become someone new, and started removing the things blocking the person who was already there - Silicon Canals
Self-improvement fails when it feels like a performance; true change comes from uncovering your existing self rather than building a new identity.
Productivity
fromSilicon Canals
14 hours agoI thought tracking every meal, workout, and hour made me disciplined. Looking back, it was punishment dressed up as self-control - Silicon Canals
Extreme self-monitoring can lead to self-punishment rather than self-discipline, replacing internal motivation with external rules.
fromSnowBrains
2 days agoWhy "On the Edge" is the Perfect Cure for the Ski Racing Off-Season - SnowBrains
What makes it shine are the behind-the-scenes moments throughout this five-part series. Without getting lost in technical detail or overselling the sport, it leans into what ski racing actually is: long travel days, fragile confidence, and moments where everything - a season, a career - comes down to a few seconds between gates.
Snowboarding
Manchester City
fromwww.fourfourtwo.com
1 day agoGordon Strachan interview with Henry Winter: 'I never really enjoyed the World Cups, three weeks in a room which was basically a prison cell, Sir Alex was next door coming to visit every now and then to see if I was still alive'
Gordon Strachan reflects on his managerial journey and the emotional significance of Coventry City's Championship trophy presentation.
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Careers
fromFast Company
3 days agoNo, you can't upskill your culture. But you can upskill your leaders
Unconscious communication habits significantly impact organizational culture and employee engagement.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoThe people who say I don't really get angry aren't more even-tempered, they've just routed their anger into productivity, cleaning, and overcommitment so reliably that they no longer recognize it when it's happening - Silicon Canals
Calmness can mask underlying anger, which is redirected into socially acceptable behaviors rather than being expressed.
Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoPsychology says the people who come across as genuinely disciplined aren't grinding through willpower or running on motivation, they're the ones who quietly removed the decisions from their day a long time ago, and what looks like iron self-control from the outside is just a life designed so the hard choice rarely shows up - Silicon Canals
Building a disciplined life relies on well-designed systems rather than sheer willpower or grit.
fromPsychology Today
5 days agoHow Mistakes Springboard Conscientious People's Growth
Many mistakes move us forward more than backward. Conscientious people often experience a springboard effect following mistakes, whereby fixing the mistakes accelerates growth faster than if they'd never made any missteps.
Productivity
#resilience
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoPsychology says the most resilient people aren't the ones who never fell apart - they're the ones who fell apart quietly, rebuilt themselves with no audience, and never mentioned it - Silicon Canals
Strength comes from overcoming breakdowns, not from avoiding them.
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Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoIf you've been trying to change your life and keep ending up in the same patterns, the problem probably isn't the plan, it's that the part of you making the plan is the same part of you that built the life you're trying to change - Silicon Canals
Current mindset limits the ability to create meaningful change; the same self cannot solve the problems it created.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoResearch suggests the habit of deferring happiness - 'I'll enjoy life when the kids leave, when I retire, when things calm down' - isn't patience, it's a pattern that simply moves the horizon forward no matter how much you achieve - Silicon Canals
Delaying happiness for future rewards leads to increased misery in the present without guaranteeing future satisfaction.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoThe cruelest myth about self-discipline is that you have to feel ready - you don't, you never will, and the people who figured that out earlier simply have more years of evidence that the feeling eventually follows the action - Silicon Canals
Self-discipline begins with action, not feelings of readiness or motivation.
fromiRunFar
1 month agoThe Virtues of Intrinsic Rewards Revisited
For my sons, those experiences proved incredibly valuable. Both of them learned to value their athletic experiences not so much for the awards they won or accolades they received but for what participating in those events did for them on the inside. In comparing their childhood experiences to my long-distance running, I realized that many of my own fondest running memories did not come from the buckles or plaques I received but rather from the internal gratification I enjoyed in completing something really difficult.
Running
fromPsychology Today
2 months agoFour Strategies That Improve Pain and Athletic Performance
You feel an unpleasant sensation - like a sinking feeling of anxiety in your stomach as the game begins, and you think, "I'm anxious. Here we go again. I'm about to blow it." You feel your pain increasing, and the thoughts churn: "Great. I'll probably miss a whole week of work." Imagined catastrophes fill your mind. Manage these thoughts with the 3 C's: Catch it, Check it, and Change it.
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