In honor of the New Year I thought I'd bring back a series of weekly challenges to help improve your resiliency, performance and health.  As I'm finishing the last chapter of my book I'm assembling a large body of research around how to make successful change.

One of the most important...

HOW TO FAIL:

1.  Go on a diet.

2.  Vow to give up certain foods.

3.  Don't eat.

Not eating requires willpower and willpower requires eating.   Willpower is fueled by glucose from the foods we eat.  Low glucose means low willpower in addition to an increase in cravings for...

I was listening to a podcast this morning and was reminded of how important it is for us to focus on the process of how we live, not the desired outcomes that may or may not happen.

If we don't get our desired outcome, we're not happy.  If we tie happiness to external events or achievements...

To promote exercise and the 2014 Olympics, Olympic Changes installed a very unique ticket machine at the Moscow subway station.  It doesn't accept money - it gives a ticket in exchange for 30 squats.  I love how much fun everyone is having using the kiosk and kudos...

[one_fourth]Instead of running so hard in search of happiness, perhaps what we need to do is slow down so it can catch up to us.

Slow down today, look around, and see where it finds you.