One of Those Days I Wish I Could Get a Do Over

Today was one of those days.  Not a bad day, just one of those days. One of those days when I watched one of my favorite teams lose and watched one of my favorite high school wrestlers lose.  One of those days when I didn’t get my work out in and when I also ate […]

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Optimism over Pessimism – The #1 Reason to Think Positive

There are numerous reasons to practice optimism over pessimism.  According to a series of studies from across the U.S. and Europe, there are at least 5. Optimist have lower blood pressure that pessimist, which leads to lower case of cardiovascular disease (i.e. less heart attacks) In times of need, optimist have more social support than pessimist […]

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Harnessing The Positive Side of Fear is Critical for Success

Most of the time we don’t look at fear as a positive emotion.  More often than not, when you’re afraid it’s due to your fight or flight instincts.  That type of stress is often due to real danger that isn’t positive.  Let’s set this type of fear aside for the purposes of this short post […]

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