If you’re a regular card player, then you’ve likely run across the idea of an “ante.” But, if you’re not, no worries, it’s a simple idea with some powerful consequences.
An ante is simply a forced bet at the beginning of the hand – it makes you put a little bit of skin in the game so that you’ll actually put some effort into playing out your hand. You’ve no doubt heard the phrase “up the ante” and it’s the same thing – it’s basically raising the stakes.
Most goal-setting works on the idea that you are rewarded for doing what you say you are going to, but what happens if you’re someone where a reward system simply doesn’t work? For many of my friends and clients, we have our basic creature comforts covered, so a reward for doing what you say you are going to simply doesn’t work. [Read more...]
When most people think of balance training, they think of learning how to stand on a Bosu or something similar. Which kinda makes sense in some weird way — the thought process likely is that if you get good at balancing on an unstable surface, then clearly you’ll also be better at balancing on a stable surface because a stable surface is easier. Except that it doesn’t actually work that way.
Do you struggle with balance on uneven surfaces or hiking outdoors? Maybe you are a mountain biker that falls the same way a lot? Do you get vertigo or dizziness for “no good reason”? Or maybe you get dizzy when you turn your head in certain directions?
About two years ago I reluctantly started running again as part of my training for my Kilimanjaro climb. I thought I had hung up my running shoes for good over a decade earlier, but needed some sort of higher cardio activity to put me into oxygen debt to help this sea-level living girl prepare for a high-altitude trip.
Working towards a goal always seems to be a two-steps-forward, one-step-back proposition. And for as simple and straightforward as it can be to plan out the tasks from A to Z, there is always something that gets in the way.
The “tried and true” health formula is: eat right + exercise = perfect health.
