You win your “First Victory” before an important test, meeting, or competition when you are confident enough in your ability to stop telling yourself what to do and trust your training to carry you forward. Acquiring such confidence starts by building up your mental bank account. “Confidence is that feeling that you can do something …
The Sixth Extinction (2014) chronicles the history of species extinction and shows how humans have had more than a hand in the rapidly decreasing numbers of animal species on earth. Through industrialization and deforestation, not to mention climate change, humans have damaged the environment and disrupted habitats, leading to a massive reduction in biodiversity.
Endure (2018) takes an in-depth look at what enables certain boundary-pushing athletes to hit the wall of pain and effort – and still keep going. Alex Hutchinson examines the multiple and complex factors that allow marathon runners and cyclists to keep breaking records and reaching new heights in human endurance.
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