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The Waiter Without a Notepad

How confident would you be to take a table's orders without a notepad to write things down? • Photo by Jessie McCall on Unsplash Eight...

Peak Performance

Brandon Love

Aug 283 min read

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Mastering the Middle: The Secret to Accomplishing Big Goals

Accomplishing big projects can be intimidating - it's helpful to break the journey into pieces. Photo by Matt Foxx on Unsplash I'm...

Flow

Brandon Love

Aug 144 min read

A neon sign that says "this is the sign you've been looking for"

The Right Idea at the Right Time

Epiphanies change the way we see ourselves and the world, creating a powerful shift and opening the door to possibilities. Photo by...

Peak Performance

Brandon Love

Aug 74 min read

A copy of a book, Brainsprouting: How to Become Fearlessly Creative & Have Better Ideas More Often

Create More to Consume Less

My pal and colleague, Joel Hilchey, and I wrote a book about having better ideas more often. It's been useful to revisit. I've been...

Peak Performance

Brandon Love

Jul 104 min read

What Procrastination Teaches Us About Peak Performance

Leaving work to the last-minute became a strategy of mine - turns out there's good reason. This summer marks my 12th year facilitating...

Flow

Brandon Love

Jun 124 min read

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Energy Is Earned: What I Learned From Two Weeks of Running

Most people are burnt out because they're not recovering properly. This article explores how to do it better.

Flow

Brandon Love

May 294 min read

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Negative Capability: The Overlooked Skill of Adaptable Leaders

The experience of magic stretches our minds - this can help us be better leaders as change happens faster. I love performing magic. Not...

Mindset

Brandon Love

May 143 min read

Why Reaction Videos Might Be the Key to Better Engagement

Reaction videos - watching people watch other people - are commonplace for YouTubers The other day I watched a beautiful magic performance...

Mindset

Brandon Love

May 82 min read

Two images: on the top, four red backed playing cards are face down on a smooth dark table. A magician is pointing at one of the cards, on the bottom, a white Toyota SUV parked on a street corner

Adaptability Is More Than Reacting Well - It’s About Anticipating Possibilities

What do magicians and Toyota have in common? As a magician, I get a lot of questions when I perform: “How did you do that?” “Where did...

Peak Performance

Brandon Love

Mar 203 min read

The Stories We Tell Ourselves

We are shaped by the stories we tell ourselves, which means by telling better stories we can create better results.

Mindset

Brandon Love

Nov 14, 20242 min read

From Habit to Mastery: The Hidden Skill Every Magician Knows

There's a difference between practices and habits, and it will change how you direct your own progress.

Mindset

Brandon Love

Oct 31, 20243 min read

Are You Overconfident in Your Willpower?

Here are some proven techniques to enhance your focus and productivity, and steer away from distractions.

Peak Performance

Brandon Love

Oct 10, 20243 min read

Missing the Gorilla in the Room

This article explores inattentional blindness and offers some strategies to pay better attention.

Thinking Better

Brandon Love

Oct 3, 20244 min read

The Peak Performance Power of a Pack of Playing Cards

A story about how to create joy even when things are challenging.

Peak Performance

Brandon Love

Sep 20, 20244 min read

The Flow Triggers of Furniture Assembly

There are things we can do to trigger our minds into flow state - here we learn a few of those triggers from building furniture.

Flow

Brandon Love

Sep 6, 20243 min read

Why Creativity Needs a Box (to get out of)

Learn how to increase your creativity by adding restrictions to your thinking

Innovation

Brandon Love

Sep 2, 20244 min read