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Monday, March 23rd, 2009For thousands of years, Eastern cultures have used meditation in their quest to unite body and mind, and attain a higher level of contentment. Proponents say the practice’s origins predate even recorded history – evidence has been found of various meditation practices in primitive hunter/gatherer societies, Australia’s Aborigines, and Native American tribes. Given this cultural [...]
Michael Phelps
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009Through my involvement with the Edge Foundation, and my own personal experiences, I well understand how difficult the initial diagnosis of ADHD can be for parents and children alike. But amid the questions and concerns it should be noted that with ADHD, as in most challenges in life, there lies a tremendous opportunity for achievement [...]
Hitting the Slopes
Sunday, February 8th, 2009According to statistics posted on the “Grays On Trays: Snowboarding for Adults” Web site, only 3 percent of all snow sport participants who snowboard fall in the 55-64 age bracket. And I’m proud to be part of that tiny 3 percent. I took up snowboarding in 1995, at the young age of fifty-one. “Why?” you [...]
Uncommon Success in Sports – A Surprising Gift from ADHD
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008A diagnosis of ADHD does not have to be a negative when it comes to sports or any other endeavor for that matter. Research on ADHD has shown that there are many gifts that come with being ADHD, including: Creativity Adventurousness Seeing the big picture Thinking outside the box Being comfortable with change and even [...]
Extreme Perseverance
Friday, November 21st, 2008Sometimes, in the annals of history, accounts of persevering under difficult circumstances are so extraordinary that they cause us to redefine the concept. One such case is the story of Ernest Shackleton’s expedition to the Antarctic in 1914 on a ship presciently named Endurance. It is one of the most inspiring examples of survival against [...]
Seeing Clearly from One Eye – Loss is More
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008There is a teasing irony: we spend our lives evading our own redemption. And this is naturally so because something in us knows that to be fully human we must experience pain and loss. Therefore, we are at ceaseless effort to elude this high cost, whatever the price, until at last it overtakes us. And [...]
The Unglamorous and Hopeful Foundation of High Performance
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008Recently, Geoff Colvin, a senior editor for Fortune magazine, published Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers From Everybody Else. The book summarizes years of research that seeks to find the answers to several important questions about human performance. Why are some people – Tiger Woods, Warren Buffett, Yo-Yo Ma – so incredibly accomplished [...]
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