WHO AM I REALLY? — LETTING GO OF ATHLETIC IDENTITY
For many athletes it starts off as a dream of playing professionally. Growing up and watching their favourite players inspires them to...
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Marek Komar
Aug 8, 20217 min read
CAREER FLOW: ARE YOU ENGAGED ENOUGH AT WORK?
You wake up to the monotonous sounds of an alarm. It shines its light on you: 6:30 AM. It’s Monday morning. What sort of feelings or...
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Marek Komar
Jul 23, 20216 min read
CRAFT VS CONTEXT
Consider the life of a blacksmith hundreds of years ago. They would work on their craft of casting iron and molding metal into a sword,...
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Marek Komar
Feb 26, 20216 min read
WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
When we were younger, we were often asked: what do you want to be when you grow up? At first, as bright-eyed children we would relish the...
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Marek Komar
Apr 20, 20206 min read
THE 5 HINDRANCES TO SELF MASTERY
Pursuing a life of mastery, whatever the craft, is a long and tedious journey. I’ve discussed this previously in describing the various...
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Marek Komar
Mar 31, 20205 min read
WHAT ARE MENTAL SKILLS, EXACTLY?
How much of your success in performance would you attribute to mental skills such as confidence, anxiety management, focus, etc.? Most of...
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Marek Komar
Mar 3, 20205 min read
NAVIGATING THE WATERS BETWEEN HUMILITY & ARROGANCE
Can you achieve greatness without isolating yourself? On the one hand we can isolate ourselves by conformity; not taking risks, and...
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Marek Komar
Jan 25, 20206 min read
MENTAL RECOVERY: ACTIVE VS. PASSIVE STRATEGIES TO AVOID BURNOUT
Mihayli Csikszentmihalyi, considered the godfather of flow research, wrote that the best moments in our lives are not the passive,...
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Marek Komar
Sep 2, 20193 min read
SOCIAL MEDIA: THE EXTERNAL MOTIVATOR
Today I ran a personal best during my yearly 5K “fitness test”. Funny thing is I wasn’t even planning on doing the test today. I...
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Marek Komar
Jun 12, 20195 min read
THE FOUR STAGES OF COMPETENCE ON THE PATH TO MASTERY
The process of mastering any skill is a long and tedious journey. It involves many hours and a whole lot of trial and error. You may have...
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Marek Komar
Apr 24, 20194 min read
THE PROBLEM WITH SELF-IMPROVEMENT
You may have come across articles, videos, or for that matter, people who actively promote the idea of self-improvement. It is quite...
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Marek Komar
Nov 5, 20184 min read
HOW TO REDUCE THE "NOISE" IN YOUR LIFE AND PERFORMANCE
“A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention” -Herbert A. Simon Performance in any domain can be a daunting task in today’s...
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Marek Komar
Sep 30, 20185 min read
QUESTIONING YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH SOCIAL MEDIA
We’ve all been there, mindlessly scrolling through our feeds looking at the highlights of other peoples curated lives which leaves us...
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Marek Komar
Jun 1, 20184 min read
DEVELOPING A PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY
We all love to strive for success in one way or another. However, most of us differ in what success actually means to us personally. Some...
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