Comments on: Want to Win? Try Relaxing http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/28/want-to-win-try-relaxing/ Articles on game theory and personal finance Sun, 20 May 2012 23:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: How My Friend Outsmarted a Car Salesman - Mind Your Decisions http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/28/want-to-win-try-relaxing/comment-page-1/#comment-13516 How My Friend Outsmarted a Car Salesman - Mind Your Decisions Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:15:21 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/28/want-to-win-try-relaxing/#comment-13516 [...] Want to Win? Try Relaxing [...] [...] Want to Win? Try Relaxing [...]

]]> By: Money lessons from art class - Mind Your Decisions http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/28/want-to-win-try-relaxing/comment-page-1/#comment-9584 Money lessons from art class - Mind Your Decisions Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:39:34 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/28/want-to-win-try-relaxing/#comment-9584 [...] work, like good art, is the result of creativity. I have written before how relaxing can help productivity, and I have also explained why working overtime is often bad. It is important to work in peace and [...] [...] work, like good art, is the result of creativity. I have written before how relaxing can help productivity, and I have also explained why working overtime is often bad. It is important to work in peace and [...]

]]> By: Money tip number 189: stop trying so hard - Mind Your Decisions http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/28/want-to-win-try-relaxing/comment-page-1/#comment-9554 Money tip number 189: stop trying so hard - Mind Your Decisions Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:51:12 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/28/want-to-win-try-relaxing/#comment-9554 [...] –Want to win? Try relaxing. The easiest way to get a pendulum to swing to the other side is by pulling it back. Although some people can push their way to success, I think the majority of us would be better off by pulling back and relaxing. Then success will come swiftly like the force of gravity. This idea was my secret to being a good consultant. [...] [...] –Want to win? Try relaxing. The easiest way to get a pendulum to swing to the other side is by pulling it back. Although some people can push their way to success, I think the majority of us would be better off by pulling back and relaxing. Then success will come swiftly like the force of gravity. This idea was my secret to being a good consultant. [...]

]]> By: Why Rich isn’t Rich; Proposing an Alternate Definition - Mind Your Decisions http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/28/want-to-win-try-relaxing/comment-page-1/#comment-8990 Why Rich isn’t Rich; Proposing an Alternate Definition - Mind Your Decisions Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:36:19 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/28/want-to-win-try-relaxing/#comment-8990 [...] That thinking misses the tradeoff of it all. Higher paying jobs often require more work and more time at the office. You lose leisure time and family time. In short, you are acquiring the conventional money surplus at the expense of other surpluses. In this view, it becomes incrementally harder to be rich by forcing yourself since work has the potential to destroy the surplus. You break even or lose an average. If you want to try a different path to winning, consider relaxing. [...] [...] That thinking misses the tradeoff of it all. Higher paying jobs often require more work and more time at the office. You lose leisure time and family time. In short, you are acquiring the conventional money surplus at the expense of other surpluses. In this view, it becomes incrementally harder to be rich by forcing yourself since work has the potential to destroy the surplus. You break even or lose an average. If you want to try a different path to winning, consider relaxing. [...]

]]> By: Presh Talwalkar http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/28/want-to-win-try-relaxing/comment-page-1/#comment-3588 Presh Talwalkar Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:08:37 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/28/want-to-win-try-relaxing/#comment-3588 <b><em>Greyhound2</b></em>: I always viewed MJ and other greats as having fun and relaxing on the court, no? There was one great moment where Jordan took a free throw with his eyes. Classic. I think the idea is people can perform best when they are breathing well and relaxed--muscles are not tensing up. Greyhound2:
I always viewed MJ and other greats as having fun and relaxing on the court, no? There was one great moment where Jordan took a free throw with his eyes. Classic.

I think the idea is people can perform best when they are breathing well and relaxed–muscles are not tensing up.

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