Did you know that nearly half of the athletes registered with USA Triathlon are professionals working 40+ hours a week? On average, someone training for an endurance event, like a triathlon, may work out 10-20 hours a week. Endurance is the ability to sustain a specific activity (endurance running, cycling, swimming, rowing, cross-country skiing etc)... Continue Reading →
Peloton
Leadership and teamwork are important because it increases the likelihood of a company to achieve its mission. Strong leadership will ensure that a team is moving in the same direction to achieve its goal. A peloton is a group of cyclists moving in the same direction to achieve a common goal. As a cyclist... Continue Reading →
Starting a New Business
Starting a business is a lot of work. Anyone who tells you it's not is either lying or has never actually started one themselves. The hours are long, sacrifices are great and you are assaulted with new problems and challenges every day with seemingly no end. If you don't have the constitution to weather these... Continue Reading →
Employee Wellbeing Take 3
The US Department of Labor reported a record 4 million people quit their jobs in April 2021 (reported by NPR). Usually, this would mean a great economy with plenty of jobs to choose from but that is not the case. So, what is the case? There is more than one explanation to the change of... Continue Reading →
Employee Wellbeing Take 2
Although most people didn’t like the isolation of 2020 there was a surge in workers who had a major paradigm shift on how they spent their time. They figured out that remote working contributed to their productivity and here’s why: no more 2-3 hour commutes, less distractions in the office, decrease in pointless meeting and... Continue Reading →
Employee Well Being
Work related stress is a major cause of occupational burn out, poor productivity, poor physical health and absenteeism. One study revealed that nearly 58% of work-related disabilities are related to mental-health and that 30-40% of the sickness absence is attributed to some form of mental illness. Stress is not a psychiatric diagnosis, but it is... Continue Reading →
The Lure of False Purposes
We talk about finding your purpose. Why? For a sense of direction and because we all begin to realize that our time here is short and what’s the meaning of life if not to discover our purpose. But it’s easy to follow the path of a “false purpose” which is the illusion of your purpose.... Continue Reading →
Resiliency
If you are breathing oxygen then you have experienced adversity. Death or loss of a loved one, mental illness, job loss, car accident, bankruptcy, divorce, physical illness among many others tough times life throws at you. Everyone faces adversity more than once in their lifespan. Research shows that people who engage in intentional resiliency strategies... Continue Reading →
Challenge the Thundering Herd
Bees do it. Birds do it. Even humans do it. One by one they gather in big groups - and think and act as one. This is what we call “herd mentality”. Like most animals on the planet, we humans come pre-programmed to notice the behavior of our species and copy it. Those who follow the... Continue Reading →
Why Does This Always Happen?
Have you ever wondered why certain events happen to you and not others? Have you ever wondered why you have a premonition about an event before it happens and it happens exactly as you thought? I’m constantly reminded of the statement we manifest what we believe to be true. I see examples of this statement on... Continue Reading →
