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Why Mindfulness Is Your New Secret Weapon | Outside.com | “Exhaustion occurs during real-world endurance competition not when the body encounters a hard physical limit such as total glycogen depletion but rather when the athlete experiences the maximum level of perceived effort he is willing or able to tolerate.… The inexorable slowing is not mechanistic, like a car running out of gas, but voluntary.” - Matt Fitzgerald.  Read more of the article or add these to the book list: Matt Fitzgerald's, How Bad Do You Want It?: Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle. Jim  Afremow’s, The Champion’s Mind: How Great Athlete's Think, Train and Thrive. George Mumford’s, The Mindful Athlete: Secrets To Pure Performance.


An Effortless Way To Practice Gratitude | Dallas Hartwig |  Exploring the world around you is a rather effortless way to practice gratitude. It’s really difficult to truly look at the world around you and not feel something, to not feel blessed to see and feel that part of the world. We sometimes let ourselves wallow in the loneliness and despair by looking away from the world, and in turning away from its people.

GoPro Launching New Virtual Reality Camera, Online Platform | Mashable | The race to create both the hardware and the software that will drive the emerging virtual reality market is heating up, and now GoPro has unveiled its latest plans to support VR filmmakers and fans.



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