Last time I talked about healthy boundaries in sport. Today, I want to talk about setting boundaries in personal life. Boundaries are incredibly important in life because they allow us to create and maintain space for ourselves and our needs. When we don’t create space for our needs, we end up in an extremely […]
Here’s the challenge: our brain is wired to seek out pleasure & avoid pain. So in the moment, if left to its own devices, our brain will often choose the immediate “gain.” It’s not until the next day, month, year or decade that we see the cost associated with that decision and eventually regret it. […]
We often feel like things need to be perfect before we get started on our next venture or take that leap of faith into the unknown. We say, “Once I have this, then I’ll be ready”. But when that next thing arrives, we find some other reason why we can’t start. I felt this […]
“We’ve always done it this way” Many people call this the most dangerous phrase and yet, I’ve heard it from high-level executives in my career. It’s a way to maintain status quo, destroy any chances at psychological safety, trust and innovation, lose your best employees and, ultimately, lose any chance of being the best. […]
As we gear up for the holiday season this is a great opportunity to remember to give back to yourself and take some inspiration from the master of human needs—Abraham Maslow. Maslow, a psychologist best known for creating the motivational theory for human needs, predicted way back in 1946 that we needed to develop […]
As an elite athlete, I lived a lot of my life in a gym, on the ice, on a field, on a track, on a court…you name the sport court (or venue)… I was there at some point of my life putting in hours of work. I played a lot of sports but hockey was […]
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