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Using Your Brain for a Change: The Inner Game of Martial Arts

As martial arts grow in popularity, more and more students are learning the hard way that the game played inside their heads can dramatically effect their performance during gradings or in the ring.
 
Tim Galway's books "The Inner Game of Tennis" and "The Inner Game of Golf" describe the fundamentals of "peak performance enhancement," which have since been applied to the worlds of business, health, and education, as well as in sports.
 

The Pursuit of Happiness

Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar’s 2007 book called Happier, describes how we can become happier.  
 
I’ve used his ideas to good effect with clients who report drifting through life without any sense of purpose and I’d like to share them here with you:

How to Stop Smoking in 7-14 Days

New Year is coming up fast, folks, and those of you who smoke may want to make 2010 THE YEAR you do something really good for yourself and STOP SMOKING!
 
Help is at hand with these very useful tips:
 
Tip 1   Motivation to change is the best predictor we of success. If you want to increase your motivation, write down the pro's and con's for remaining a smoker and for becoming a non-smoker. Read this list often. Take the Motivation Test at this website.

You Can Lose Weight

Many of us want to lose weight. In fact, about 60% of the country is obese and as we get closer to the New Year, there will be many folk who will promise themselves to trim down in ’10. I’ve got some useful tips for doing so: 
 
 

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