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people don’t pay attention to boring things (Brain Rule #4). You’ve got seconds to grab someone’s attention and only 10 minutes to keep it. At 9 minutes and 59 seconds, something must be done to regain attention and restart the clock—something emotional and relevant.

Brain Rules

John Medina

Start a journal to build your awareness about how you are feeling at different points during the day. Choose one or two specific times during the day to check in with yourself. Observing our emotions allows us to be more intentional about our behaviors and more effective with others. How are you feeling right now? Can you identify why?

The Way We're Working Isn't Working

Tony Schwartz and Jean Gomes

Whilst you should pursue excellence in technique and strive to continuously improve an athletes skills, it is ridiculous to try to coach every athlete you coach to achieve the myth of technical perfection. “Textbook” perfect is just that – perfect for still images in textbooks.

The 7 Sports Skills Steps You Must Master in Every Sport Wayne Goldsmith

Gregory Rubendall

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