We know so little about it, but we do it all the time. You’re probably doing it right now. Talking to yourself silently under your breath, voicing an internal monologue with an audience of only one.

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Dr. Jared Ross is a shower fanatic. The temperature where he lives in Charleston, S.C., recently reached the steamy triple-digits—and he coped by hopping under a nice, cool deluge of water four times ...

If you’ve always wanted to finish a race with a negative split or you’re looking for a way to increase your overall speed, progression runs might be the missing link in your training. This type of run ...

Are there things that you do in certain settings, at particular times, that evoke a feeling and remind you of what is important? When I step up to bat in softball, I tap the bat twice just past the ...

The alarm clock blares, and you reach for your running shoes without thinking about it. Next thing you know, you’re jogging through your neighborhood on the same route as every other morning. You are ...

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When manager Brian Epstein secured a record deal for The Beatles with E.M.I. Records, the group wasn’t even in England. They were performing in Hamburg, Germany. Epstein sent two telegrams: one to ...

Bobby sat at his desk, rewriting the same email to his manager over and over. His boss had just announced a major reorganization without acknowledging how it would impact several critical projects ...