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How Athletes Can Cope With Getting Benched

By Patrick Cohn

When you are benched and forced to face adversity, you have a great opportunity to develop the skill of mental toughness.

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Bruce Lee’s Philosophy on Life: 6 Simple, Transformative Words.

“Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it.” ~ Bruce Lee The premise of his philosophy was efficiency—complete and utter efficiency of the soul.

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Samuel Kronen
2017
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The Perils of Giving Kids IQ Tests

According to the research of Stanford's Dr. Carol Dweck, both positive and negative labels, whether "gifted" or "seriously learning disabled," encourage a "fixed mindset," or the belief that nothing children do or think will change their intelligence.

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Jessica Lahey
2013
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How Alienation Became My Superpower

Feeling like an outsider can be painful. But it comes with secret gifts of perception.

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Elisa Gonzalez
2021
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Variation is the Stuff of Life. So Why Can it Make us Uncomfortable?

Embracing difference is vital for our success as a species, but it places extra demands on the brain. Here’s how to get better at it.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett
2021
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Your Brain Predicts (Almost) Everything You Do

Cutting-edge neuroscience shows that your brain isn’t built for thinking—it’s made to predict your reality, and you have more power over that perception than you might think.

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Lisa Feldman-Barrett
2021
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We Have More than Five Senses. A Neuroscientist Explains the Hidden Abilities We Often Overlook

Neuroscientist Dr Lisa Feldman Barrett delves into the different ways we’re able to perceive the world that go beyond sight, sound, touch, taste and smell.

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Lisa Feldman-Barrett
2021
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Brain games: how athletes' minds work

Elite athletes don't just jump higher and run faster—they think differently, too.

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Ben Rattray, Ross Cunnington, Damian Farrow
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Now You See It, Now You…

Seeing things that are hidden; failing to see things in plain sight. How magic exploits the everyday weirdness of perception.

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Vebjørn Ekroll
2017
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How the Stories We Tell Ourselves Control Our Lives

As human beings, our predominant agenda is to survive. The instinct is deep in our DNA. Of course we want to stay alive, but now this instinct has become more of an emotional response. It's less about a threat to our actual existence and more about the barrage of perceived threats to our ego.

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Peter Crone
2018
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Reality Is Not What It Seems—And Neither Are You!

The world we perceive comes as much from the inside-out, as from the outside-in.

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Anil Seth
2019
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