Congrats to Caeleb Dressel and the US National team. They had a dominating performance at the Short Course World Championships.
Source: Nbc sports
Caeleb Dressel and Kelsi Dahlia each earned nine medals, while Mallory Comerford and Olivia Smoliga racked up eight each as the U.S. easily topped the medal standings at the world short-course swimming championships that ended Sunday.
Getting up in the morning seem like an unbearable chore at time, but Mel Robbins has a brain hack that she claims is a successful remedy to sleeping in.
She calls this hack the 5 second rule and claims it helped her deal with severe anxiety and found out later in life that the method had scientific and biological merits. Since then she has written a best selling book by the same name (The 5 Second Rule) to spread her ideas to people who are stifled by anxiety.
The 5 second rule is simple: When you feel anxious simply count backwards from 5 to 1. A method she admits seems too simple to be true, but is adamant it works.
One simple thing everyone can use the 5 second rule for is getting out of bed when the alarm goes off in the morning. Simply count backwards 5-4-3-2-1 and then after finishing the countdown get out of bed. She says this works because we are wired to act when a countdown is complete. Think of a rocket launch. We all know when the countdown reaches 0 the rocket blasts off, and that’s what you’ll do in the morning after using this technique.
Additionally, the 5 second rule diverts our attention away form the thoughts that are causing our anxiety. She says that it only takes five seconds for our minds to sabotage previous agreements we made with ourselves, so the countdown sidesteps that problem as well.
She says this technique can be used for all sorts of things, especially when faced with uncomfortable situations when we would rather be quiet. Do you want to say something in a difficult negotiation? Simply say to yourself 5-4-3-2-1 and that should give you the courage to deal with the uncomfortable situation.
If it works for getting out of bed in the morning that seems like a win.
Check out her interview with Chase Jarvis.
How can you apply the 5 second rule? What anxiety will you be able to overcome by using it?
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This is a fun video of Teyna Taylor getting ready for the Versace fashion show.
Her passion exudes in this video. She wants to be “ten times” in everything she does. She also gives this sage advice, “If we want to be great we’ve got to read … if we don’t study the greats we ain’t going to get it.”
Do you strive to be 10x in everything you do? Are you studying the greats so you “get it”? Are you enthusiastic and passionate in what you do?
Motivational Speaker and Life Coach, Tony Robbins has a morning routine he calls ‘Priming’. He argues that we are both consciously and unconsciously affected by things in our environment. Recognizing this, he aims to be the biggest influence on his own mind by priming it each and every morning.
In the video below he shows how priming is done. It’s a three step process:
Robbins explains that we have two worlds to master: our internal world and the external world. He focuses on mastering his internal world first each morning. It makes sense because it’s something we can all change.
He hope priming helps him: live from gratitude, be a blessing to people, get stronger, and achieve what he’s committed to do. The Robbins priming routine takes a little less than 10 minutes each morning.
What do you do to set your expectations for each day? What type of routine is helpful for you to achieve your dreams and goals?
Find out more about Tony Robbins by visiting his website here: https://www.tonyrobbins.com
The stock market has been characterized as a bull market for nearly a decade. Investors have become comfortable with a steady, predictable rise in the stock market during this time. At least for now, the steady and predictable rise in the stock market has ended. As they say on Wall Street, “Volatility has returned” to the market.
In truth, these market fluctuations are more normal than abnormal. It just seems as though the market is behaving abnormally when juxtaposed with the past 9 or ten years of unusually steady growth.
Because investors have become accustom to a predictable and rising market, the volatility is wreaking havoc with their psyche. Many investors are now being whipsawed by the market–buying when they should be selling and selling when they should be buying.
Some, but not all investors have the jitters. Those with an investment plan and a solid understanding of why they are investing and what they intend to gain from their investments are likely taking the newfound volatility in stride.
This is how life is. Sometime life is a smooth ride. Sometimes it’s rocky.
Personal values and goals provide a strong anchor when life becomes stormy and people who have them tend to ride out the rocky parts of life better than those that don’t. The old phrase rings in my ears, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” But why? Is it determination and grit? Perhaps there is some element of truth to that. But a more likely explanation is that the tough understand this: The storm is temporary and their goals will outlast it.
I used to be an avid, competitive sailor and I’m reminded that everyone is a good sailor in calm weather. But when the weather gets stormy, whoa, watch out! As the wind increases, the effort required to sail and the danger of sailing rises exponentially. When the wind blows hard like this you quickly find out who has prepared and who hasn’t.
Is your life calm now or stormy? Are you preparing for a return of volatility in your life? Do you have a plan, clearly defined values? Are you training in calm weather so when the storm clouds roll in you’ll be ready?
These are good questions to ask every day. Be prepared!
When I think of vintage stores I think of dusty old St. Vincent DePaul, Value Village or Goodwill. Great deals can be found if you are courageous enough to risk the environmental hazards that lurk on every rack. It’s not the idealistic shopping experience that I’ve come to appreciate and enjoy.
Never in a million years would I have thought a vintage store could be a luxury buying experience, and certainly wouldn’t have ever imagined that it would be so exclusive you would need to be vetted and could only rent garments, not buy them.
Shannon Hoey, Founder and Owner of New York Vintage in Chelsea became so good at collecting vintage she was able to do just that. Yes, you need to be vetted to see her collection, and–wait for it–you can’t buy it.
Hoey was offered “6 figures” for Sarah Jessica Parker’s Sex in the City bridal headpiece from a Saudi Princess and turned it down. So it’s no joke, the garments really aren’t for sale.
Her so-called “showroom houses over 150 years important fashion” and she has catered to clients such as Michelle Obama who for one event dressed in vintage.
Hoey appreciates knowing that, “somehow (she’s) inspired somebody to take an idea and run with it.”
What is it that you do, and do you do it so well you inspire others? Hoey has forever changed my idea about vintage clothes. Can your ideas change minds like this?
No matter who you are, we share similar dreams. A better world for our children, more freedom, increased security and to be more connected. A powerful way we can achieve our own dreams is to help others achieve theirs.
One thing you can do today is to inspire somebody to be better. One of the best ways to inspire people is to listen to them. So commit yourself today and listen carefully to someone. Then encourage them.
This one person may be your child, your spouse, a family member, a colleague or acquaintance. Making a habit of being empathetic and encouraging will make you into a leader, at least with those who you care about. After all, isn’t making good habits the cornerstone of successful people?
We’re all in it together. We all have pain, fears and self-imposed limits. That is until someone comes along and listens.
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