The Week After the Clocks Change
Dark evenings are a test. Build the routine before the mood dips.
Tag: preparation
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How Pressure Reveals Preparation
Under pressure, you do not rise to the occasion. You fall to your training. What that means for how you practice. Read more
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What Pit Crews Teach About Handling Predictable Problems
The Indianapolis 500 is traditionally run on Memorial Day weekend. The crews in the pits offer a useful lesson for any comeback: rehearse your response to the problems you know are coming. Read more
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Rainy Day Reserves: Building Resilience Before You Need It
The quiet work of resilience happens before the storm. How to make deposits into four reserves, relationships, habits, margin and meaning, while the weather is calm. Read more
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Spring Training: What Baseball’s Preseason Teaches About Preparation
Every March, some of the best athletes in the world practice fundamentals in small stadiums where the games do not count. Their ramp-up has lessons for anyone preparing for a season of their own. Read more
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What Underdog Teams Teach About Believing Before the Evidence
Every March, a lower seed knocks out a favorite and the country talks about it for days. The lessons from those upsets apply to anyone attempting a comeback against the odds. Read more
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The Night Before: How Elite Performers Handle the Hours Before It Counts
Surgeons, pilots, athletes and speakers all face the same long evening before a high-stakes day. What they do with it, and what the rest of us can borrow. Read more
