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Academic Success More Than ABCs

February 15th, 2011

By Dr. Jim Taylor Making sure children have the academic knowledge and skills necessary for educational and career success is a hot topic these days all along the education and child development food chains. At the bottom, reform efforts have included overhauling school curricula, increasing teacher quality, reducing class size, and providing laptop computers to […]

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Tags: children, confidence, emotions, focus, knowledge, school, skills, stress
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Be Focused, Be Happy

December 13th, 2010

By Dr. Jim Taylor Recent research that has been making the media rounds lately has reported that when people are focused on a task they indicate that they are happier than when their mind wanders. This research is obviously not breaking news for the tens of millions of Buddhists and uncounted others who have experienced […]

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Tags: distractions, focus, happiness, multitasking, social media, task, technology
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Ten Laws of Prime Preparation

September 4th, 2010

By Dr. Jim Taylor Success in the business world is not about who is the smartest; research shows that IQ is largely unrelated to status in the corporate food chain. Success is not about who has the best education; only 14% of Fortune 500 companies are led by Ivy Leaguers. And success is not about […]

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Tags: business, focus, habits, performance, persistence, preparation, skills
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Sports: Focus Control

September 3rd, 2010

By Dr. Jim Taylor Developing focus control is essential if you’re going to ensure that your focus style (as described in the July, 2010 issue of Prime Sport Alert!) helps rather than hurts your sports performance. There are several steps in the focus-control process. First, you have to identify your focus style and understand how […]

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Tags: behavior, confidence, emotions, focus, outcome, process, sports, thinking
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Sports: Understanding Focus

July 14th, 2010

By Dr. Jim Taylor Focus is the most misunderstood mental factor among athletes. Most athletes think of focus as concentrating on one thing for a long time. In fact, a number of years ago, former Australian Open tennis champion Hana Mandlikova said that she improved her game by staring at a tennis ball for ten […]

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Tags: athletics, focus, performance, sports, training
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