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Visualize the Low Points

October 10, 2018 Matt Sparks Leave a comment

I learned from Olympic swimmer, Garrett Weber-Gale, to visualize the make or break moment of our activities. In running or…

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Improve Technique to Never Plateau

October 9, 2018 Matt Sparks Leave a comment

Olympian Garrett Weber-Gale said that if we improve technique, we won’t plateau. This is especially true in speed sports like…

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What Coaches and Mentors Are for

October 8, 2018 Matt Sparks Leave a comment

Coaches and mentors can’t make us work. They’re primarily there to expand our beliefs in what we’re capable of. –…

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Celebrate Small Wins to Build Momentum

October 7, 2018 Matt Sparks Leave a comment

Successful people have a ball of energy, a momentum, a confidence that rolls over obstacles, hard training days, and competition.…

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Lessons Learned Are Lessons Rememebered

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Lessons learned are actually lessons remembered. We already know everything we need to know. We just need to become quiet,…

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What Kind of Deck Should We Build?

October 6, 2018 Matt Sparks Leave a comment

In the deck-building card game Dominion, there comes a point where you stop focusing on improving your hand and start…

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Four Elements Needed to Become a Great Athlete

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Paul Carrozza, the founder of RunTex, said we need four elements to become great in any sport: A good coach…

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Entrepreneurship Can Never Be Formulaic

October 5, 2018 Matt Sparks Leave a comment

Dominion is a deck-building card game that is about figuring out the value of each card, acquiring the best card…

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Ask Loved Ones About Our Blind Spots

October 4, 2018 Matt Sparks Leave a comment

We rarely listen to the advice and perspectives of those closest to us. Our partner can tell us until the…

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Ask What We’ve Learned

October 3, 2018 Matt Sparks Leave a comment

We learn more by regularly and actively asking ourselves what we’re learning. We can pull insight out of anything we’re…

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Courting New Friends

October 2, 2018 Matt Sparks Leave a comment

We can court new friends just like we court romantic partners. It’s not easy to make good friends as adults,…

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Nuanced Wisdom in a Cacophony of Bad Advice

October 1, 2018 Matt Sparks Leave a comment

Everywhere we look, there’s a surplus of trite, cliched advice that doesn’t work or doesn’t really apply anymore, even though…

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Stretch While Watching

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It’s easy to stretch while watching a TV show or movie at home, converting the experience from time spent into…

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Literally Building a Platform

September 27, 2018 Matt Sparks Leave a comment

When Seth Godin, Ryan Holiday, Kevin Kelly, and others say artists, entrepreneurs, and pretty much everyone else need to build…

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Meditate on Water

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Meditate on water, especially moving water. Water is hypnotic to watch, allowing our minds to relax and open. Water can…

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Game Engines Are Becoming Important

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Game development engines like Unity, Unreal Engine, A-Frame, and others are unexpectedly becoming some of the most important software of…

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Normalizing the Future

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Reading and watching lots of sci-fi stories; reading books by futurists like Amy Webb, Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Kevin Kelley,…

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The Benefits of Extreme Hardship

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When we’ve experienced extreme hardships or life challenges, lighter hardships come to feel comfortable. Chad, a former Navy Seal, said…

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Bringing Websites Back

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Websites were largely replaced by social media and other platforms. When this happened, we lost control over our messaging, audience,…

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The Hardest Phase of a Learning Curve

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The hardest phase of any learning curve is the beginning. While there will always be new challenges as we master…

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