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		<title>Playfulness Is a Spiritual Practice &#124; Psychology Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 18:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Words of wisdom. Play is without purpose. It is how we engage with our bodies, minds, each other, the world — for the fun in it, the joy of it. Even if we were playing with money, truly playing, it is not &#8230; <a href="http://christovaughan.com/wordpress/?p=730">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Feeling in control and taking the lead &#124; Psychology Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2015 19:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Little changes in the way we think can enable big behavioral changes. Researchers tested this with women and initiating dating contacts. What’s so surprising about the results is that the manipulation of personal control was ever so slight. For a &#8230; <a href="http://christovaughan.com/wordpress/?p=729">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Is Fatigue? &#8211; The New Yorker</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fascinating article recaps research indicating that fatigue is primarily in the head. Obviously there are mechanical limitations to performance at some point, but at least one scientist says that in practical terms &#8220;we never reach them.&#8221; What Is Fatigue? &#8230; <a href="http://christovaughan.com/wordpress/?p=726">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Navy SEAL Explains 8 Secrets To Grit And Resilience</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Navy SEAL Explains 8 Secrets To Grit And Resilience. This is a really great collection of tips on resilience. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>The #1 Secret Astronauts, Samurai, Navy SEALs, and Psychopaths Can Teach You About Good Decision Making &#124; TIME</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2014 17:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is from Eric Barker, who does the fantastic Barking Up the Wrong Tree blog. There are a lot of excellent tips here for improving performance. The most important tip? Arousal control through mental preparation: This is why Musashi and most martial &#8230; <a href="http://christovaughan.com/wordpress/?p=719">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Novak Djokovic Uses Self-Talk to Help Win Wimbledon Title</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2014 17:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Novak Djokovic Defeats Roger Federer for Wimbledon Title &#8211; NYTimes.com. Novak Djokovic after winning Wimbledon: I went the restroom after dropping the fourth set and I had a chat to myself&#8211;I was loud to myself, saying &#8216;believe in yourself.&#8217; &#8230; <a href="http://christovaughan.com/wordpress/?p=712">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stress is good&#8211;we love it!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2014 18:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, a researcher profile I have wanted to write for a while. Stanford scientist Firdaus Dhabhar has shown that short term burst of stress are actually good for us. Which is why we are programmed to love stress and embrace &#8230; <a href="http://christovaughan.com/wordpress/?p=711">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Talk Increases Success If You Use This One Trick</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2014 21:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;He shoots, he scores!&#8221; Self-talk is a primary strategy for improving performance&#8211;in effect you are coaching yourself. This blogger talks about a study that reveals a trick to make self-talk even more effective. Instead of saying, &#8220;I&#8217;m going to do &#8230; <a href="http://christovaughan.com/wordpress/?p=708">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Be lucky &#8211; it&#8217;s an easy skill to learn</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2014 22:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article is a decade old but gets to the mechanisms behind a lot of successful brain hacking and life hacking. It can be thought of as the secret behind &#8220;The Secret.&#8221; In effect, people can create the reality they &#8230; <a href="http://christovaughan.com/wordpress/?p=707">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mice Run for Fun, Not Just Work, Research Shows</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2014 21:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exercise is naturally fun and playful. That&#8217;s the result of this interesting study. Build a running wheel in the wild and mice will come to play. Mice Run for Fun, Not Just Work, Research Shows &#8211; NYTimes.com.]]></description>
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