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Posts Tagged ‘psychology’

Patterns of Performance: What We All Can Learn From the Practices of Elite Athletes

By stevemagness

The further along I go in this coaching thing, the more cross-domain connecting becomes. When we start out, the fundamentals and basics are necessary to give us a base of support, not unlike a base in running. It’s why learning about the X’s and O’s of coaching, the science behind it, and the history of…

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“People remember the last interval”-Why you should go out on a high note

By stevemagness

Human psychology is a strange thing. We’re full of bias, fallacies, and weird quirks. Philosophers, scientists, and all around intelligent people have been trying to make sense of the world for centuries with varying degrees of success. It’s a side interest of mine because, in the end, we are coaching people, not hunks of muscle…

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Resetting your set point- Changing perspectives to get to the next level

By stevemagness

That  ‘barely keeping it together’ feeling that we normally expect to come and go as our life becomes a little chaotic, doesn’t really go away in life. At first this was a bit concerning, as I think we have this idealized image in our head of having everything go according to plan and for us…

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