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Think about a GPS device. What are its features? Here are a few: Real-time tracking: a GPS makes changes minute by minute based on where you are at present Trip history: the device keeps track of where you've gone previously Alerts: a good GPS will alert you when you're speeding, if there is a traffic accident ahead, or other elements to watch out for Route: oh yeah, a GPS will tell you the best route to take to get where you're going Re-Calculated Route: and, critically,

How do you show up daily? #sixwordsportpsych "80% of life is showing up," said Woody Allen. Supposedly. Wherever the quote came from, as a society we value the day in and day out actions of those that show up. This, to me, speaks to Jacob Riis and the value of the little successes en route to a greater goal: " Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will spli

Motivation. What is it and why, oh why, does it seem to come and go? In plain terms, motivation is the direction and intensity of effort....

Coaches, how are you serving your athletes during this time of COVID-19? Recognizing that we each have to take care of our families and...

Motivation isn’t about rah-rah speeches. It’s not fire and brimstone moments where you feel like you can run through a brick wall. Motivation is a spectrum, from amotivation to intrinsic motivation, with a stop at extrinsic motivation in between. So how do we harness the power of intrinsic motivation? First we need to have a strong sense for what it is! Intrinsic motivation is our desire to engage in an activity for reasons that are within our control, related to our sati