Lessons from Egypt
You can do all the training in the world on bags, but this does not translate to being able to throw a punch when you need to, nor, more importantly, keep your cool when being rained down on with punches.
Lessons from Japan
One sport has continually come and gone as one of my favourite pastimes throughout the last thirty years. I started judo at 14 years old, encouraged by my good friend Jon Wood. Joining was a no brainer for me.
Lessons from America
Like all my sporting endeavours, bodybuilding taught many lessons. These lessons have application well beyond bodybuilding and have focussed my business life as a psychologist, coach, and business owner.
Studies You Should Know: Implicit Association Test
Meissner, F., Grigutsch, L.A., Koranyi, N., Müller, F., & Rothermund, K. (2019). Predicting behavior with implicit measures: Disillusioning findings, reasonable explanations, and
Studies You Should Know: Understanding Personality
Quirin, M., Robinson, M. D., Rauthmann, J. F., Kuhl, J., Read, S. J., Tops, M., & DeYoung, C. G. (2020). The dynamics
Studies You Should Know: Growth Mindset
In the discipline of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, there is a revolution going on. Critiques of old studies are as part of
Studies You Should Know: Publish Less and Read More
Phaf, R. H. (2020). Publish less, read more. Theory & Psychology, 30(2), 263-285. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959354319898250 Abstract A publication deluge has impeded rather than
Studies You Should Know: Social Priming
Chivers, T. (2019). What's next for psychology's embattled field of social priming. Nature, 576(7786), 200-202. "Three years ago, a team of psychologists
Studies You Should Know: Career Success and Luck
Janosov, M., Battiston, F., & Sinatra, R. (2019). Success and luck in creative careers. Physics and Society. arXiv:1909.07956 Lu, D. (2019, September
Studies You Should Know: Meditation
Van Dam, N. T., van Vugt, M. K., Vago, D. R., Schmalzl, L., Saron, C. D., Olendzki, A., ... & Meyer, D.