When you are performing your best and feeling your best, there is a coherence in your nervous system. This coherence is between your sympathetic (fight, flight, or freeze) and parasympathetic (rest, digest) branches of your autonomic nervous system. It is in the...
Finding flow in a new skill or advancing in a current skill will always begin with facing a level of resistance. This resistance or pressure is a must, it's needed for flow. It is the thing that is hiding flow from you. Understanding that this veil is hiding the truth...
Usain Bolt walks up to the starter blocks for the 100m Olympic 2016 finals. Showboats to the spectators as a means of controlling his competitive mind. His chin lowers ever so slightly, as he eyes the end of the track like a hunter eyeballing his prey. The noise of...
Human beings are programmed to pursue pleasure and avoid pain. It's an instinct dating back to when we had to actively hunt for food, make our own clothes, find and build our shelter every day in order to survive. Unbeknown to us at the time, this state of pursuit for...
Deep down, you know what you need to do to get where you want to be. And you also know the things you need to avoid and cut out. But it’s so difficult to act on those things and stay disciplined. It’s hard to stay on the path without getting side-tracked. Resisting...
“490% Improvement in Learning! What!! Shut up man!” This is what I’ve heard of late. Actually the language is a little stronger, but let’s not go into that. Instead let’s focus on results found in soldiers who were induced into the flow state and improved learning...
