Only a third of American workers say they take a proper lunch break

I have these tools and these warmups that I can use to always be able to “show up.” Even if you’re competing against the best runner in the country, you can still do the same warmup for that race and show up in the same way.

people who are “chronic” multitaskers are worse at filtering out irrelevant information, slower at identifying patterns, and have worse long-term memories.

SYSTEMATICALLY GROW BY ALTERNATING BETWEEN STRESS AND REST Stress Yourself Seek out “just-manageable challenges” in areas of your life in which you want grow •Just-manageable challenges are those that barely exceed your current abilities. •If you feel fully in control, make the next challenge a bit harder. •If you feel anxious or so aroused that yo

If you are interested in really improving as a performer, I would suggest incorporating the rhythm of stress and recovery into all aspects of your life.

top performers actively seek out just-manageable challenges, setting goals for practice sessions that just barely exceed their current capabilities.

The more one forgets himself—by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love—the more human he is and the more he actualizes himself. What is called self-actualization is not an attainable aim at all, for the simple reason that the more one would strive for it, the more he would miss it. In other words, self-actualization is possibl

particular, The Upside of Stress by Kelly McGonigal, PhD, Give and Take by Adam Grant, The Sports Gene by David Epstein, Quiet by Susan Cain, Drive by Daniel Pink, and Presence by Amy Cuddy.

Across the board, when great performers are doing serious work their bodies and minds are 100 percent there. They are fully engaged in the moment.