As a tai chi teacher and movement coach, I get to meet a lot of people who want to relax, slow down and have more energy for the things they love to do in life. But there’s a very common misconception that I encounter and I think it leads people to spend too much time chasing the wrong things when it comes to a relaxation practice. Hopefully, this series will begin to clarify what the best way to start a relaxation practice is and how to most efficiently get the results you want.
I care just as much about “how you practice” as “what you practice”. At a certain point, you should be paying attention to both equally. For your own practice, I think Dr. Cobb sums it up nicely here, where he describes the delicate balance between putting your head down and working hard and sitting back to reflect on your hard work. When you think about crafting a training experience for a student or client, you need to think about how you can, in the words of Dr.
Here’s a long post from one of my favorite authors, Ramit Sethi. He often writes about putting ideas into action and I think this post is another great example, BUT, that’s not what I want to highlight here. First of all, I think this is my new favorite concept: Skepticism is not a strategy. I spoke to one of my top Earn1k students last week — she earned over $80,000 in 8 weeks –
Writing for Inc. Magazines Great Entrepreneur’s series, Leigh Buchanan breaks down a fascinating study that pits successful entrepreneurs against career corporate managers in a thought experiment. The study strikes a big chord with me because so many of the things I think are necessary running a small, customer-focused service business are exactly the kinds of things the entrepreneurs describe doing – but here’s the catch, by “successful entrepreneurs”, the author means: 15+ years of experience starting successful and unsuccessful ventures and at the time the study was done, the entrepreneurs were running companies with revenue between $200 million and $65 billion a year.
I’m coming to another big teaching cycle in Trainerfly and I think this short clip of David Heinemeier Hansson speaking at Stanford’s Entrepreneurship Corner is really useful to frame the mindset:
I know the point in the clip above is more about a strategy to take when you look at the “big guys”, but I really feel like the alternating cycles of “spending” and “teaching” are relevant here. We just went through a “
I don’t know if I’m more excited about the video series, the fact that we’re inches away from the private beta launch, or that I can embed all the videos in one of Viddler’s “vidgets”. Check them out:
This one is for the Energy Arts Certified Instructors. The new EA website allows you to change the details of your instructor profile when you have a registered account. I think having accurate and updated information is helpful, especially if you decide to become an active contributor on the forum.
I’ve been reading/watching a lot of BJ Fogg’s work lately. He studies the persuasive power of technology for positive behavior change. You’ll recognize my interest here if you read some of my recent posts on game design mechanics and the potential to integrate technology into real world learning. (Check out his Youtube channel for some shorter videos that explain facets of his work “in 60 seconds”) Here’s Dr. Fogg on simplicity:
