REWIRING YOUR BRAIN FOR GRATITUDE
Friday, November 15, 2019
by Alex Wood
If you didn’t join us for our most recent webinar, we discussed the concept of gratitude and how it can help jumpstart your journey of self-discovery— our theme for this month here at Compete to Create. Before we get into unpacking gratitude, let’s talk about being present. One of the main concepts of our mindset
- Published in Gratitude, Self-Discovery
REFLECTION, GRATITUDE AND BEGINNING A JOURNEY OF SELF DISCOVERY
Friday, November 08, 2019
by Alex Wood
It’s a process we’re all going through all the time - through setbacks and trauma or awareness and introspection - what are you working towards and how are you showing up daily?
- Published in High Performance, Philosophy, Think Well, Vision
PROJECT RECONNECT: CATALINA CHANNEL, EPISODE 3
Thursday, December 20, 2018
by Alex Wood
Project Reconnect was designed to reconnect to the purpose-driven and nature-connected life that many of our ancestors exceptionally lived. So I set out to stand-up paddle across the Catalina Channel (~30 nautical miles) to reconnect to mother nature, and to raise money for a non-profit that is working on ridding the ocean of plastics. I knew it would be hard –
- Published in Calm, Confidence, Focus, High Performance, Mindfulness
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MAXIMIZING YOUR INVESTMENT IN MINDSET TRAINING
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
by Alex Wood
By taking the Finding Your Best course, you’ve made a decision to live a life of deep meaning and purpose. It’s not the path for everyone. By definition, you are an outlier by investing in yourself and pushing the edges of your comfort zone to pursue what’s possible. There is a commitment you need to
- Published in Calm, Coaching, High Performance, Think Well
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findingyourbest
OLYMPIAN INSIGHTS: STRATEGIES FOR HANDLING UNCERTAINTY AND CHANGE
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
by Alex Wood
At the 2012 London Olympics we fell short of our goal of winning gold. It was a painful experience. I didn’t know what was going to happen next for me. I needed to make changes moving forward so that I could be a better version of myself in moments of test. However, with change comes
- Published in Character, Coaching, Control, Mindfulness, Optimism
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PROJECT RECONNECT: CATALINA CHANNEL, EPISODE 2
Sunday, December 09, 2018
by Alex Wood
STEPPING INTO THE UNKNOWN The day was finally here for me to attempt to cross the Catalina channel (a 26+ mile stretch of open water from Catalina Island to Redondo Beach, California). Depending on currents and ocean conditions, I was anticipating it to take 6-8 hours of paddling for me to successfully cross the channel. The
- Published in Calm, Confidence, Focus, High Performance, Mindfulness
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PROJECT RECONNECT: CATALINA CHANNEL, EPISODE 1
Friday, December 07, 2018
by Alex Wood
WHAT IS PROJECT RECONNECT? Most of us have a deep desire to live a life of purpose and meaning, and to understand what we are capable of. Each of which is incredibly challenging and at times so overwhelming that we find ourselves slipping into the daily rut of to-dos rather than designing a life to explore
- Published in Calm, Confidence, Focus, High Performance, Mindfulness
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CONFIDENCE: KNOWING YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO “GO FOR IT”
Friday, December 07, 2018
by Alex Wood
Do you have the confidence to live in the arena? Most of us are familiar with the infamous words of President Theodore Roosevelt’s (1910) Man in the Arena speech at the Sorbonne in Paris, France: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer
- Published in Inspiration