You Can’t Stop Your Brain from Predicting.
Human brains predict. In fact, we constantly anticipate in order to perceive anything.
Leaning into Desire
Ignore those who say you shouldn’t have desire. You should, you can, and you can use desire to achieve what you want. Take the desire and ask yourself “What would I need to do IF I were going to actually achieve this?”
THE Y#PS: Superimposing the Past Over the Present
Issues like these happen when something from the past gets superimposed over the present.
Only 9 Home Runs: Breaking Through Self-Imposed Ceilings to Realize Our Full Potential
Sometimes, we limit our own potential. So how do we overcome these self-imposed ceilings? First, we need to create awareness around self-limiting beliefs.
Owning Your Negative Emotions
Fears, frustrations and regrets can illuminate things we need to know. Itemizing feelings actually dissipates their unpleasant energy and in turn opens up pathways otherwise hidden. Admitting to shades of these "negative feelings" REDUCES the chance that the feeling gets in your way.
You Never Know When Your Shot Will Drop
Saturday night, a horse and a jockey with 80-1 odds stunned the horse racing world by coming from behind to win the prestigious Kentucky Derby. The only other horse to win with longer odds was Donerail in 1913, at 91-1-- more than a century earlier. If this isn't an object lesson in how we never know when our chance will strike, then nothing is.
Need Cleveland Despair? Yes, (Temporarily).
Temporarily despairing could be the clue for the Brown to prevail in Pittsburgh
Using “Negative” Feelings to Get You What You Want
Here’s an example of how leaning into all of your feelings - even the so-called "negative feelings" - works. This morning I went to my usual, fairly challenging, workout class at Equinox. Between my own suspected concussion (surf board to head) + my dog’s trip to the emergency room, I’d…
Trading Emotions Echo the Past
A trader I coach predicted this as the best positioning for Brexit : Short the pound, short the S&Ps, long gold and short oil. This is John B. - a guy with 20+ years of very successful experience and a recent history of working on separating instinct from impulse through…