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     In 1954, the sports world was shocked when Great Britain’s Roger Bannister broke the four minute-mile barrier by six tenths of a second.  For years, track and field experts and enthusiasts claimed that breaking 4 minutes was impossible.  However, less than six weeks later, the Australian John Landy bested the new record time by …

There is no Nobel Prize awarded in the field of Psychology.  But Psychologist Daniel Kahneman of Princeton University received the 2002 Nobel Prize … in Economics, making him the only Psychologist ever to receive a Nobel Prize.  Kahneman received the Prize for integrating psychological insights into economics, especially about how people make judgments and decisions.  It turns …

I began to write this piece right after talking to one of my clients, who has taken countless risks since we started working together last fall, from launching her own photography business in her forties to getting involved in the martial arts and earning her yellow belt.  When we first started, she was about to turn forty and was filled with …

Welcome to February.  Has your life changed since the New Year?  Do you want it to? What is the #1 habit you want to create right now?  Do you want to eat healthier?  Become more organized?  Remember where you put your keys? Give up alcohol? Here are some new results from Positive Psychology that could …

Making New Year’s Resolutions is an expression of faith in our own ability to change habits for the better, a perfectly justified faith. However, changing a habit is not easy and we often go about it in ways that almost guarantee failure. No wonder New Year Resolutions are such a source of comedy! With insights …

Stop!  The New Year is here!  What are your resolutions?  What are you going to do this year?!  Many of you are thinking about what you want to achieve in 2007.  And you are being slammed by TV infomercials, print articles, and email spam telling you what you should be doing!  Last week I was …