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Lehigh professor assists top-ranked Villanova men's basketball team

Lehigh professor assists top-ranked Villanova men's basketball team | The Psychogenyx News Feed | Scoop.it
Lehigh professor Jim Brennan also works as a sports psychologist for Villanova University's men's basketball team.
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Tom Brady has been reading the same self-help book for almost a decade - Boston.com

Tom Brady has been reading the same self-help book for almost a decade - Boston.com | The Psychogenyx News Feed | Scoop.it
To get through the trying times of Deflategate, Tom Brady read the spiritual self-help book same book he and his wife Gisele Bundchen have been reading for years.
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How to Set High Goals Without Burning Out, According to Science

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You can aim high without burning out, but perfectionists may have to squelch some of their ingrained self-criticism.
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What Every Athlete and Business Person Must Learn

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If you can't manage your emotions you can't manage anything. In some ways this is called the Aussie spirit. Recently we saw Mick Fanning attacked, harassed, engaged, interact, play with a great whi...
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Keep Your Competitive Edge at Work

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How to use personal motivation, communication skills, and more to keep pushing your career forward.
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Your Brain Peforms Better When It Slows Down, with Steven Kotler | Big Think

Your Brain Peforms Better When It Slows Down, with Steven Kotler | Big Think | The Psychogenyx News Feed | Scoop.it
Best-selling author Steven Kotler discusses hypofrontality -- literally the slowing of the brain's prefrontal cortex -- and how it allows one to enter an optimal state of consciousness, known as flow. As Kotler explains, flow refers to those moments of total absorption when we get so focused on the task at hand that everything else disappears
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5 Lessons I Learned About My Body From Being A Professional Dancer

5 Lessons I Learned About My Body From Being A Professional Dancer | The Psychogenyx News Feed | Scoop.it
Some would think that dancing professionally in a ballet company is an odd way to prepare for medical school, but that's exactly what I did. I started dancing when I was nine, eventually moving to
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Article to start your day.  

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Why Your Next Employee Should Be A Former Student Athlete

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Time management and teamwork skills could mean as much on a resume as a list of experience.
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What Rocky, Ali and Tyson Can Teach You About Leadership, Business, and Life

What Rocky, Ali and Tyson Can Teach You About Leadership, Business, and Life | The Psychogenyx News Feed | Scoop.it
One of my personal favorite sports is boxing. Many may look at this sport as nothing more than large thugs pounding each other in the ring until one of them is knocked out cold. In reality, it is a...
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The Mental Side of Fitness | Whole9

The Mental Side of Fitness | Whole9 | The Psychogenyx News Feed | Scoop.it
By using these 3 tested & proven mental strategies you’ll get more results out every single workout. Why leave results on the table? Get your mental game on-point and snag all the results you’re after.
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Clear Mind, Full Performance: Applying Sport Psychology to Business

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Clear Mind, Full Performance: Applying Sport Psychology to Business http://t.co/dCGRG2fTt2
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This Week in History: Lorena Ochoa, leading LPGA golfer, was born in 1981

This Week in History: Lorena Ochoa, leading LPGA golfer, was born in 1981 | The Psychogenyx News Feed | Scoop.it
Lorena Ochoa is a Mexican golfer who became one of the leading players on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tour. Ochoa was named the Player of the Year in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009....
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automaticity: the x-factor in habit formation | irunurun

automaticity: the x-factor in habit formation | irunurun | The Psychogenyx News Feed | Scoop.it
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Why Psychology is the Key to Growing Your Business

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Much in the same way that sports men and women are seeking the services of sports psychologists to develop ways to achieve peak performance, so now are businesses turning to psychology to look for ways to gain an advantage over their competitors...

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Julian Edelman’s ‘Give me liberty’ video will get you hyped for 2015 season

Julian Edelman’s ‘Give me liberty’ video will get you hyped for 2015 season | The Psychogenyx News Feed | Scoop.it
If you’re not yet hyped for opening night, well, that’s where Julian Edelman comes in.
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Mental Discipline for Athletes

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Mental Discipline by: Lloyd Irvin We have all heard the adage "practice makes perfect." This applies to mental skills training too. But the unique thing about training the mind is that, over a peri...
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How Long Before I'm the One Attacking My Son's Coach With a Kettlebell?

How Long Before I'm the One Attacking My Son's Coach With a Kettlebell? | The Psychogenyx News Feed | Scoop.it
Parents these days not only want the best for their kids, they want their kids to be the best. Immediately.
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Excellent article on sports parenting.  

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N.B.A. Plays Its Final Note, but What a Symphony It Was

N.B.A. Plays Its Final Note, but What a Symphony It Was | The Psychogenyx News Feed | Scoop.it
America’s beautiful game, embodied in the Warriors, is changing at light speed, with its emphasis on artful, selfless passing and spectacular marksmanship.
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Patterns of Performance: What We All Can Learn From the Practices of Elite Athletes

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Performance is performance, whether it is a ballerina perfecting a pirouette, a pitcher throwing a flawless curve-ball, or an author devising the perfect prose. While narrowing focus within a particular field is required to gain expertise, looking across domains -- in this case, from intellect to athletics -- is useful to unlock novel performance insights.
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How Sports Can Help You Pass Your Exams | Oxbridge Applications

How Sports Can Help You Pass Your Exams | Oxbridge Applications | The Psychogenyx News Feed | Scoop.it
Winner of the Education Initiative of the Year award, the Tougher Minds programme takes the insights of sports Psychology and applies them to the classroom, and more specifically, to revision.
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Five things HR can learn from sports psychology - HRM Online New Zealand

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Five things HR can learn from sports psychology
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Sports psychologist Nicola Glaros has extensive experience helping athletes overcome obstacles and she says it's fundamentally similar to the world of work.
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Tennis Central | Improve Tennis Fast - Best Android Tennis App & Best iPhone Tennis App

Tennis Central | Improve Tennis Fast - Best Android Tennis App & Best iPhone Tennis App | The Psychogenyx News Feed | Scoop.it
Tennis Central is the best iPhone and Android tennis app to improve your tennis fast. Find courts, search and connect with other tennis players and watch video tennis lessons to improve your game.
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Can sports psychology help surgeons score better outcomes?

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Pete Carroll makes learning interesting with the Seahawks - USA TODAY

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Pete Carroll makes learning interesting with the Seahawks
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Fitness tracking focuses on stress management, mental health

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PALO ALTO, Nov 11 — Fitness tracking fever has trickled into stress management and an unabashed focus on mental health as more and more apps tumble in. Many offer mood tracking; even more offer gamified psychological care. They have a range of
Olivia Perez's curator insight, November 13, 2014 11:53 PM
To some extinct I believe that, why would you need a mood tracker? But also, as reading I can understand how it can help some people. In some ways like being able your own personal therapist, to help you understand what mood you are in that day. Also, that it tracks your moods to see how you are progressing since you started the app.