The key to success in sport and business? High Performance Routines
“So how do you lift weights THAT heavy?!”
I asked incredulously to the coach of the weightlifting team I was working with, prior to the Tokyo Olympics.
Rob Archer
The most important principle in behaviour change can help you reset and recharge
When we’re busy and stressed out, it’s tough to know where to start in terms of resetting our routine.
So we’re usually looking to find some small leverage point which can have a big overall effect.
But how?
We are all suffering from an ‘evolutionary mismatch’
Kaavan the elephant was the star attraction of his zoo, in part because of his tendency to rock back and forth in his pen, which people used to think was dancing….
Stress isn’t new but the ‘flat line’ is new
Stress isn’t new – and anyone who thinks it is has clearly never been chased around their garden by a velociraptor.
Three ways to start 2025 with more intention
It’s a new year, and a brand new you!
But it’s the same old me, unfortunately.
Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation: Insights from Neurobiological, Psychological, and Clinical Studies
Functional MRI scans show that mindfulness meditation increases activity in brain regions associated with attention and emotional control, such as the prefrontal cortex.
Simultaneously, it decreases activity in areas linked to stress and anxiety, like the amygdala.
Perils of the nighttime: Impact of behavioral timing and preference on mental health in 73,888 community-dwelling adults
Going to bed early and rising early is associated with better mental health than going to bed late and rising late.
Daily Engagement and Productivity: The Importance of the Speed of Engagement
Simple preparation rituals help achieve a quicker work transition, which translates into better work engagement and performance.
The interaction of occupational stress and job burnout on depressive symptoms in railway workers in Fuzhou city
Occupational stress and job burnout are risk factors for depressive symptoms.
Cognitive Priming and Cognitive Training: Immediate and Far Transfer to Academic Skills in Children
Warming up, or ‘priming’ your brain for as little as 5 minutes before a task shows immediate performance improvement, and significant lasting improvement of overall performance following a 4 month course.