Showing posts with label Harvard Business Review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harvard Business Review. Show all posts

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Train for Success...In Your Career & In Life

An excellent article from Harvard Business Review suggests that "endurance, strength, flexibility, self-control, and focus" are just as important as strong cognitive skills in achieving an "ideal performance state" at work. While the article is from 2001, there is nothing outdated about the theory.

Rituals and healthy habits (working out, eating a healthy diet and getting enough sleep) allow us to oscillate between sharp focus and periods of recovery, which is necessary to avoid burnout and to provide room for inspiration and creativity.

Positive thinking, music, meditation, visualization and having a strong spiritual foundation are all part of the strategy.