By Dr. Russ
What’s on your menu? Is it food or optimism? We know that an individual cannot live by optimism alone. The spiritual benefits of a diet of optimism can on take you only so far before the food deficit begins to take o…
Tag Archive: Jackie’s Journey
Are You on a Diet of Optimism?
How Optimism Counters Roadblocks to Fitness and Life Goals
By Dr. Russ
Jackie is training to get into the best physical fitness shape of her life so that she can participate in a unique triathlon in June. She has been progressing well even ahead of schedule for 8 weeks, and now in week 9 (Episode 9…
Endurance: The Third Key to Optimistic Stamina for Fitness and Health
By Dr. Russ,
There are ten “Optimistic Staminas.” To develop stamina one must learn the basic skill, then practice speed and agility, and finally develop endurance.
This week is Episode 6 of “Attitude is Everything;” Jacki…
Goals and Feedback are Keys to Living Optimistically even when Down
By Dr. Russ
According to the Core Principles of Optimism, optimists set goals, continually gather data about goal progress and revise goals accordingly. After a month of Jackie’s journey toward elite level fitness, it was time for a data ch…
Where is the Attitude in Jackie’s Journey?
By Dr. Russ
Episode 3 of “Attitude is Everything”–the new webisode series about Jackie’s 12 week journey to get into the best shape of her life–is now out on OptimismToday.TV. This episode, like the first two, shows Jackie goi…
Mental and Physical Endurance for Fitness: Ongoing Analysis of Jackie’s Journey
By Dr. Russ
The Fitness Experiment
Is “attitude everything?” According to Jackie Monroe, it is! Jackie is demonstrating how the attitude thing works in her own real life project. She has made herself the guinea pig for wh…