List: Self-Improvement | Curated by Krista Stryker

Dec 13, 2022
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Self-ImprovementScience-backed articles to help you become the person you want to be
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Seven Things I’ve Learned After Seven Months Training Jiu-JitsuI attended my first Brazilian jiu-jitsu class a little over seven months ago. If you don’t know much about it, jiu-jitsu is a martial art…
Dec 12, 2022
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Dec 12, 2022
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Better Humans
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How to Shorten Your Learning Curve in Any CraftLearn skills faster without taking shortcuts
Sep 2, 2022
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Sep 2, 2022
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The Surprising Truth About Reaching Your Goals (it’s Not About Big Gains)Why you should aim to be one percent better every day
Aug 23, 2022
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Aug 23, 2022
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5 Universal Life Lessons from Jiu-JitsuThe lessons we learn on the mat can translate to our lives
Jun 17, 2022
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Jun 17, 2022
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The Five Stages of Learning and How to Apply Them to Any SkillNo matter what you’re trying to learn, knowing the stages of learning can help you persevere.
May 27, 2022
May 27, 2022
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How to Build Unshakeable GritGrit is something you can learn. Here’s how to start
Apr 11, 2022
Apr 11, 2022
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Why Goal Setting is Important and How to Do it WellA four-step process to pursuing goals that works
Jan 10, 2022
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Jan 10, 2022
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Try This Athlete-Approved Method for Overcoming Life’s ObstaclesIf-then planning can help you respond to life’s most challenging circumstances
Dec 15, 2021
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Reframing Struggle as Part of the Growth Process — 12 Minute AthleteWe’re told to dream big and shoot for the stars, but nobody ever mentions that going after our dreams is going to be hard.
May 26, 2020
May 26, 2020
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How Small Wins Can Help You Achieve Big Goals — 12 Minute Athlete“The problem human beings face is not that we aim too high and fail, but that we aim too low and succeed.” — Michelangelo
Jul 14, 2020
Jul 14, 2020
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Plateaus are Part of the Process — 12 Minute AthleteWe’ve all experienced it: that initial burst of progress any time we’re starting something new, then, what seems like a lifetime of being…
Oct 27, 2020
Oct 27, 2020
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Stop Your All-Or-Nothing Thinking and Aim for Pretty Good, Most of the TimeThis has been a constant theme of my life. I either want to be the best, or I don’t even want to try. I want to give my full-on effort in a…
Mar 18, 2021
Mar 18, 2021
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The Awkward Beginner Phase of Anything, and Why It’s Worth It“If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.” — Epictetus
Jun 10, 2021
Jun 10, 2021
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The Fastest Way to Make Progress in Any Skill — 12 Minute Athlete“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” — Tony Robbins
Jul 8, 2021
Jul 8, 2021
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Don’t Try To Get Better at Everything at OnceThe other day, I went to do a few sets of pull-ups and was disappointed to realize I could no longer do as many as I once could.
Aug 5, 2021
Aug 5, 2021
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Working Harder Isn’t Always the AnswerI once almost got a tattoo that said “hustle.”
Aug 19, 2021
Aug 19, 2021
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Why Mental Fitness MattersMental fitness is a term that gets thrown a lot these days, especially now during the COVID pandemic. It seems like everyone is struggling…
Sep 2, 2021
Sep 2, 2021
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Mastery: The Art of Sticking With Things for the Long HaulWe can all aim for mastery
Sep 16, 2021
Sep 16, 2021
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How to Turn Your Goals into Reality“The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.” — Bill Phillips
Sep 30, 2021
Sep 30, 2021
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Start Where You Are, Not Where You Think You Should BeI started boxing four years ago. Growing up with teenage angst and emotions that controlled me rather than the other way around, I punched…
Oct 28, 2021
Oct 28, 2021