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Visualization is an often-taught mental rehearsal technique in sports. It is an extremely powerful tool and numerous studies have been done to test this. You may have heard of this basketball study or a different one with similar results.

A study conducted by Dr. Biasiotto at the University of Chicago was done where he split people into three groups and tested each group on how many free throws they could make.

He had the first group practice free throws every day for an hour.

The second group just visualized themselves making free throws.

The third group did nothing.

 

After 30 days, he tested them again.

The first group improved by 30%.

The third group did not improve which was expected.

The second group improved by a MASSIIVE 22% without touching a basketball!!!!

 

that’s only an 8% difference between mentally rehearsing or visualisation and actual one doing it in real life

What this shows is that your brain doesn’t actual know the difference between the experience you actually have and the one you vividly remember

 

imagine what you could do if you implemented both practice and the mental rehearsal technique of visualization.
The sky is the limit.

You can apply this to Sports or any goal in any aspects of your life.

 

For step by step ways to start visualizing and level up your mental game
checkout some great videos Youtube Here

What do you think?
Do you think Visualisation is a game changer
or just 'Woo Woo' B.S?

let us know below!

 

Here is a great Metaphor for life we heard while listening a  Fearless Motivation  Track on spotify!
Give them a listen on if you want to kick start your day for success!
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Did you know when a baby giraffe is born

The mother giraffe gives birth standing up, so the first thing that happens to a new-born baby giraffe is a huge fall of about two metres.
What a way to enter the world – no loving cuddle, no smiles, just a giant drop… 
It get’s worse…
When the poor little baby giraffe shakes off the initial shock, and tries to stand up on its four legs, you would think the mother would try and help her little baby…
No – not this time.
The mother then proceeds to kick the legs out from this little baby, sending it sprawling back to the ground.
Baby tries again, and again the mother kicks the baby’s legs out, knocking it to the ground again.
This process is repeated over and over until the new-born giraffe is so exhausted it can’t even stand.
At that point, the mother will kick it again, forcing it to get to its feet.
Now you’re probably thinking this mother is awful or an exception, no this happens with all newborn baby giraffes… and WHY?:

BECAUSE THE MOTHER IS PREPARING THE CHILD TO SURVIVE PREDATORS IN THE WILD.
THIS BABY’S FIRST LESSON WITHIN SECONDS OF ENTERING THIS WORLD IS:
GET BACK ON YOUR FEET!
BE PREPARED!

Now i’m telling you that in order to reach any level of success in your life, sometimes your going to have to GET TO YOUR FEET after suffering setbacks
And ALL THE TIME you are going to have to BE PREPARED.

Now i wish i could get a mother giraffe out here to kick some of you into gear and teach you a lesson or two in preparation and survival
But i can’t

… But what i can do is get someone with more power.
YOU
I can leave it up to you.

PREPARE YOURSELF for success.
PREPARE TO WIN.
If you get knocked down, don’t just get up.
GET UP STRONGER THAN BEFORE.
GET UP MORE DETERMINED THAN BEFORE.

Have the DESIRE and HEART to follow EVERYTHING through in your life!
 EVERYTHING!
Leave NO stone unturned and complete NOTHING half hearted.
You don’t have half a heart!
GIVE IT ALL YOUR HEART
100% of your strength, courage and application.
Outwork EVERYONE
Anyone says you can’t do it: PROVE THEM WRONG

What do Ed Mylett, Tom Bilyeu, Tony Robbins, world-class athletes, and other top performers All have in common?

They all use the benefits of cold showers to take their lives to the next level.

Taking a cold shower every day has so many benefits. It’s the reason so many athletes and top performers use ice baths, cryo chambers, and cold plunges.

Outside of being able to calm your breathing and force your mind to accept the cold, there are nearly endless benefits of taking cold showers. Here are some of the biggest reasons to start applying cold therapy to your daily routine.

1. Improves Immunity

Want to take less sick days at the office? If your immunity is struggling, cold showers might be the answer.

An English study showed that regular cold showers trigger an increase in the metabolic speed rate and the number of white blood cells in the body. The two combined will help your body naturally fight diseases.

Your immune system will release virus-fighting white blood cells that will help you get sick less frequently. Cold showers can also increase your overall blood circulation throughout your body.

As Liam Neeson said about cold showers, “Standing under freezing cold showers every morning, — I did that. I got up to seven minutes most mornings and it actually works. It immunizes your body and your body starts getting used to the cold. It really works.”  

2. Promotes Fat Loss

Another huge cold shower benefit is that they actually promote fat loss.

There are two kinds of fat in your body: white fat and brown fat. White fat is the bad one and brown fat is the good one.

When you take cold showers, brown fat is activated due to extreme cold and starts to burn calories to keep you warm.  The increased activity of the “good fat” actually burns calories to keep the body warm.

Research has shown that cold temperatures can actually boost brown fat by 15 times higher than the normal amount! If you’re trying to lose a few pounds or need to jolt your system, cold showers might be more powerful than an energy drink or fat burner pill.

3. Promotes Faster Muscle Recovery & Better Circulation

Athletes have known about the benefits of cold showers and ice baths for years. It’s not uncommon to see football, soccer and basketball stars taking painstakingly cold ice baths following rigorous practice and games.

In fact, a 2009 study showed that an ice bath after intense training improves circulation and helps remove some lactic acid in the body. This can help you speed up the body’s recovery and heal faster than ever before.

It’s the same reason that ice brings down inflammation when you bruise or tear a muscle. By bringing the temperature of an area of the body down, you naturally speed up recovery.

Not to mention, along with faster recovery, cold water therapy helps improve circulation. Improved circulation means better overall cardiovascular health which helps if you’re training for endurance events.   

4. Promotes Resilience

Another scientific study showed that cold showers can help develop a nervous system that is resilient to stress. Who doesn’t want that?

The effort of taking a cold shower alone serves as a small form of oxidative stress. Remember, life gets stressful so it’s a good idea to train your body to prepare for stress in advance.

Not to mention, by getting yourself to take a cold shower or jump in a cold plunge, you’re getting out of your comfort zone. By breaking your routine and forcing yourself to do something you don’t like, even if it’s a couple of minutes, will help make things easier.

If you want to reach new levels of success in business, life or health, it’s not going to be easy. But cold showers can help train your mind and body to cope with new challenges and become resilient when things get tough.

. Enhances Skin and Hair

As you can tell, there are so many benefits to cold showers but they might also make you look better as well. Cold showers are shown to have positive benefits to both your hair and skin.

If you’re struggling with acne or other skin issues, cold showers might help. While hot water dries out your skin, cold water actually tightens it. This prevents your skin from getting clogged.

Lastly, cold showers can also help your scalp and hair as well.  

6. Lowers Chances of Depression

Want to battle depression naturally? Besides intermittent fasting and constant exercise, cold showers can also be added into the equation.

Your heart rate will also increase, resulting in a rush of blood through your body that will help you get energized for the day. World class entrepreneur Ed Mylett said that he either takes a cold shower, goes for a walk in the cold or splashes cold water in his face daily to help energize him each day.

7. More Health Benefits

Here are three other benefits that show the power of cold showers.

Increases Testosterone Levels

Want to increase testosterone naturally? Besides eating low-carb with high fats and using interval training, cold showers can also help!

Improves Fertility

Cold showers have also been found to boost sperm count and increase fertility in healthy males. Researchers said that it could also reverse the effects of hot baths as they have been considered to lower sperm count.

Helps You Sleep Better at Night

Tim Ferris best-seller, The Four Hour Body said, “A 10-minute ice bath could help people get incredible sleep at night.” The book states that “Taking a cold shower gives elephant tranquilizer-like effect that will put you straight to bed.”

HOW TO START TAKING THE PLUNGE

So how should you get started with cold showers to take advantage of all these health benefits? Slow and steady!

The brain doesn’t like drastic changes in your life as it views them as a threat. Instead of trying to do 10-minute ice cold showers, take your normal shower first. Then, in the end, finish with a 1 or 2-minute cold shower.

As you get more adjusted to it, increase your time or take an entirely cold shower. It’s a great way to start the day, revitalize your body, and set yourself up for success.

TLDR (too long Didn't Read)

Why you should take COLD SHOWERS

1. They suck. And doing things that suck everyday will help build your resilience.

2. Cold exposure has multiple health benefits

3. They allow you to practice getting control of your mind.


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Did you see any of the Benefits listed?
Let us know below!

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The new study, conducted by psychological scientist Daniel Farrelly of the University of Sunderland and colleagues, demonstrated that males who chose red as their color in a competitive task had higher testosterone levels than other males who chose blue.

"The research shows that there is something special about the color red in competition, and that it is associated with our underlying biological systems," says Farrelly.

The researchers believe that the link may explain why many sports stars wear red clothing -- Tiger Woods, for example, famously chooses to wear a red shirt on the last day of a major competition.

Choosing to wear red "may, unconsciously, signal something about their competitive nature, and it may well be something that affects how their opponents respond," Farrelly explains.

Farrelly and colleagues recruited 73 men to participate in the study, and they were unaware of the study's aims. The men were told that they would be performing a competitive task and that their performances would be placed on a leaderboard. The participants then chose either a red or blue symbol to represent them in the table and completed the competitive tasks. They also answered questionnaires aimed at gauging whether various personal reasons may have affected their color choice.

To determine participants' testosterone levels, the researchers took saliva samples at the start of the study, before the participants knew about the competitive task, and again at the end.

The data revealed that men who chose red had higher baseline testosterone levels, and they rated their color as having higher levels of characteristics such as dominance and aggression, than men who chose blue.

Color choice did not, however, seem to be related to actual performance in the competitive task. The researchers believe that direct competition, in which opponents can be seen wearing red or appearing red, may be necessary for the red advantage to occur. Along these lines, previous research has shown that wearing red can be advantageous through its influence on opponents' perceptions, leading them to view red competitors as being "high quality" competitors.

The more you know!

- From Black Lives Matter to the Australian Bush fires. Here is the Latest Dirty Marketing Tactic used by Businesses and Brands to profit from Tragedies and Causes.

“Hey look *INSERTS COMPANY NAME HERE* Have Done it again!
They Are Donating All of their Profits to help *INSERT CURRENT TRENDING CAUSE*
I get to spend my Money Buying from my Favourite Brand and I'm also helping the cause In believe in!”

Sound familiar?

On the surface it does seem like a note worthy cause. The Company or Brand is willing to donate all of their hard earned money from their sales from a particular period to get behind cause. But what is actually going on here?

Let talk about Profit
The wording used here is key.
Profit for a business comes after all business expenses have been paid.

What does that mean?

This is a veiled way of saying:
"Hey guys! Buy our products! All the money we raise goes to the cause you care about!"
We just have to cover the cost of things on our end like:"

The cost manufacturing of the product being sold 
The cost shipping of the said product to company
The cost of advertising
The cost of paying staff
The cost of rent
The cost of shipping the product once sold to customer. (Don't be fooled buy free shipping! It's covered in there too)
Restocking the items we sold during this sale

"After all these costs are covered, we are donating what ever money is remaining straight to that cause!" 

Profit can literally be distributed to any cost the business has to cover.

After your "Donation" Has been filtered through this "system", 
You don't need to be a math wizard to know there is only a small percentage remaining in the way of actual Profit.

Wait a Minute.. If they have literally covered the costs of their products and expenses what has this brand given or donated?

A little bit of your money is potentially donated (**cue tiny applause**)
but what has the company or brand themselves actually given?

I guess you could argue their time and effort?

Once the "donations" have been made, packing and shipping orders or the grueling task of sending an email off to reorder stock is a lot of work, you could give them that. 
The Company or Brand could argue something along the lines of  "We have a Big Platform, we are doing this raise Awareness to the cause".
Rock on! Thanks for the awareness!
But It's a little unnecessary as these topics are global news and trending on all social media platforms. Your awareness is a mere drop in the bucket.

In this scenario one could argue the company has actually taken away more then they have actually given, wouldn't you agree?

But wait! Why would a company bother?
The main thing all brands and companies are constantly fighting for is Your Attention!
Big Brands can spend millions of dollars a year on advertising, to get their ads and products in-front of their target consumers.
They also have teams of people working around the clock, thinking of new and Exciting ways and Tactics to keep these advertising budgets as low as possible, yet also reach the Highest amount of people.

What better way for some Extra brand Attention than promoting that fact you are giving or donating To the Hot Cause Burning in every bodies mind?

It's a long game
Scope out to after the donations from new customers and existing customers are made,
What has the company gained?
The company Builds trust and relatability with the new buyers and existing 
customer which is HUGE for a brand. This Keeps the consumers coming back for more purchases in future.
You are more likely buy from someone you trust rather someone you don't wouldn't you?
The company also has your Contact information and data.
Now they can and will target you with online advertising and emails from now until the end of time.

Companies and Brands that are actually helping
Don't Lose faith in the Human Race just yet, there are companies and Brands Helping these causes through direct donations or running promotions with our other key word for the day...

The key word here is Revenue.
Revenue is the total amount of income generated by the sale of goods or services related to the company's primary operations.

This means they are not taking a slice of the pie to cover Hidden Costs.
Yes they are running the same campaign as the other brand
asking for your money in exchange for products,
But they are actually Taking an actual Financial Hit, giving up something and actually donating .These are the Good guys.This is Nobel.

Want to know where your money has Actually gone?
We Would!
Call these companies out.
Ask them exactly how much they are donating after these "donation" campaign are all said and done with.
Ask to see the difference between there profit and there revenue.
Ask for receipts, Ask for invoices
Take in to consideration the size of company or Brand and use your own judgement whether that is an acceptable figure that they donating.
See for yourself how much they have actually helped the cause.
These numbers Don't lie.

To conclude,

If we were trusting someone who said they were "Donating" our Money to a cause we would want 100% transparency of where our money was being distributed.
Especially if the money in its entirety was not going directly to the Advertised Cause. 
Companies Finding loopholes in subtle wording to give off the perception that they are Charitable and Giving, attempting to gain higher ground by Virtue signaling  are arguably the lowest of low.
Praying on people's Heightened Emotions and Good Nature is Opportunistic and Un-Australian.

If you as an individual want to help or Donate to any Cause.
Do some quick research, find a organisation who is helping the cause directly and donate your money to them.
Be Aware of the actual meaning of the words Profit & Revenue.
This post is to help those who didn't know, be slightly more Aware before flushing their hard earned money away.
Don't give in to these Companies with an End Game in mind!


TLDR (Too Long Didn't Read)?

✅ GOOD = COMPANIES & BRANDS DONATING PROCEEDS / REVENUE - Are actually giving and donating to causes.

❌ BAD = COMPANIES & BRANDS DONATING PROFIT -Donating what Little Money is Remaining AFTER all expenses, costs, wages are paid and taxes are accounted for.

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