January 4th, 2007
Bowling.
A beautiful sport. The epitome of man vs. himself.
Especially when you bowl a 102
If you’re a novice bowler, anything over 100 is the Holy Grail of scores. I should know, before I became just a pretty good bowler, I was also a novice.
So, how can a self-described “pretty good bowler” consider a 102 (that’s 34 percent of the maximum score) [more…]
Posted in: Overcoming Mental Barriers
December 31st, 2006
It’s New Year’s Resolution time again, isn’t it?
Forgive me for being less-than-enthused about our annual tradition of resolving to improve our lives because the calendar reads “January 1.” If that’s your only motivation for change it’s not surprising that many resolutions are broken by “January 2.”
But, I’m into traditions and I truly want you to succeed in whatever endeavors you [more…]
Posted in: Goals/Goal Setting
December 27th, 2006
Every day, 48,960 babies are born into the world as non-smokers. Want to know how they do it? Rather than asking you to start walking up to random infants and berating them with questions, I’ll just give you the answer: “mind-set.” Babies don’t smoke because being a non-smoker is the default state of mind.
I started smoking in high [more…]
Posted in: Health | 14 Comments
December 25th, 2006
The adaptation period for my polyphasic sleep experiment lasted seven days. While I won’t spoil the surprise as to whether or not I succeeded, rest assured, I am either writing this as a successful polynapper or an over indulged monophasic sleeper.
The seven days were not all that bad; the biggest issue was a severe inability to write coherent sentences. It [more…]
Posted in: Polyphasic Sleep
December 23rd, 2006
I should have forced myself to work out from day one, this sort of physical exertion could well have sped the adaptation process. Two naps after yesterday’s dumbbell-treadmill biathlon and I’m still very tired.
In search for the ultimate sleep solution I developed a new Paraliminal “recipe.”
One part Deep Relaxation track 3 (19:16)
One part 10-Minute Super Charger track 2 (2:28)
Three parts [more…]
Posted in: Polyphasic Sleep
