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My latest article at Runner’s Tribe looks at doping through a framework called Marginal Thinking. Here’s the intro: The bombshell announcement of Shelby Houlihan’s four-year ban for doping has predictably taken over the news cycle. After watching it unfold for the past couple days, my baseline thoughts are: Most people just see confirmation bias. Whatever […]
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We’re excited to share that Podium Runner, one of the premier online running media platforms, has published an excerpt from Chapter 3 of Make the Leap. It’s the section dedicated to the Hidden Training Program: what you really need to do to be successful. “Every athlete actually carries out two training programs. The first is
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As we approach an election that is sending our stress and anxiety levels higher and higher, it’s time to adopt a proven strategy for making good decisions and creating good outcomes: Neutral Thinking. As we approach an election that is sending our stress and anxiety levels higher and higher, it’s time to adopt a proven
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It’s one thing to set goals. It’s another thing to have a plan for achieving them. Backcasting is a strategy you can use to identify obstacles and make achieving your goals more likely. I’ve never been good at goal setting. I’m not entirely sure what my problem is. No matter what I try to
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Studying is a negative feedback loop. Learning is a positive feedback loop. But they are obviously connected. So how does one generate the other? I had an enlightening exchange with my students earlier this semester. I asked them whether learning was a positive or a negative feedback loop. I argued learning is a positive
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I started the Just One Push-up Challenge on December 31, 2019. Prior to that, I hadn’t done push-ups consistently for a couple years. I’ve now done them for almost 200 days straight. Here’s why the Just One Challenge works. I used to be an elite athlete. When I was at my peak I ran
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Successful people maximize those activities that drive the most value, and minimize everything else. This post explains why the 80/20 rule is so powerful and gives five strategies to help you maximize…and minimize your life. In our last podcast we talk about the 80/20 Rule. You can listen below or subscribe to your favorite podcast
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No matter what skill or topic you are learning, progress happens in stages. Bryan walks through his Five Levels of Mastery, what it takes to get to each level, and offers some counter-intuitive ideas about how far you should take your skills. In our last post we covered the concept of developing a “Skills Network”
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You don’t have to be the best in the world if you can be the only person with your unique combination of skills. Building your unique “Skills Network”—with a focus on Multiplier Skills—is an effective strategy for future success. In my latest post on the Newman Design Squiggle and Finding Your Purpose, we discussed the
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The Newman Design Squiggle is a visual representation of the design process. It captures the process of going from chaos and uncertainty to clarity and focus. It can help to visualize our personal journeys as well. I recently came across this simple illustration called “The Process of Design Squiggle” by Daniel Newman. He is a
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