What my 90 year old patients thought me about performance…
In community pharmacy, we are always in awe of the 90 something year old patients, that are independent, witty and most importantly on little or no medication. We always lament how great they are doing and hope we will be in similar positions to them. When someone makes it to an age like my patients…
I peek at my messages so I don’t get burned
I peek at my messages so I don’t get burned My coach always tells me that bad feedback is ten times more valuable than good feedback from users of my journal. He often said if we could pay testers to give us the negative instead of positive feedback we would be laughing as we would…
“They can’t kill you, they can’t eat you”
As this stage of the Tús Maith Journal journey we are trying to develop the idea and system by getting feedback from experts and people that really know what they are talking about. After some time trying to figure out which platform would be best to use we decided Instagram is the home of the…
The pubs have reopened….
After months of consistent performance during lockdown, the world is returning to normal. We all have serious catching up to do in our social lives, that means for me anyway, no free weekends for a while and lots of alcohol. Aside from the effect alcohol consumption has has on my recovery metrics, see the images…
My Journal’s first test
I had been using my journal for a few months and I knew I had to test it with others if I was going to do something with it. I selected five of my friends and asked them to take part, initially I was nervous to ask them but they are all great people and…
The Champions League of wasting time
I waste so much time, some would say I was in the Champions League of wasting time, but I changing that. In university whilst preparing for a cardiology exam I wasted about half my preparation time learning the coagulation cascade, it’s a lot of arrows and letters and doesn’t make for easy learning. In my…
Journaling and fitness?
When I see these two activities grouped together like this at first glance it looks like they shouldn’t be together, however after some thought they actually have many common truths. The following statements are true for journaling and fitness: There are no quick gains, real change or results take time Results compound over time Practice…
Why athletes track their workouts
In the last few weeks I have been talking to many world class athletes and coaches about tracking and journaling. Often the athlete or coach would say to me “Nah I don’t journal but I track all my workouts”. I found this curious as to me tracking and journaling are the same not disperate. I…
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