We all know they put in hours of grueling physical practice to get to the next level, but what separates the "great hopefuls" from the "great achievers" is not so much the physical preparation, but the mental. ... When an athlete imagines themselves performing an action in the absence of physical practice, they are using mental imagery. ... These are the same neutral patterns created as if you had actually performed the physical action (Plessingher 2). ... This blueprint is capable of putting body chemistry more in tune with muscle movement. ...

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A global study was done years ago by the New Economics Foundation to find out the long pondered question, which country is the, "happiest". Costa Rica, surprisingly, is ranked first as the world's happiest country. Costa Rica ranks 71 in the World's richest countries so how can they be so, "happ...

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It has been criticized for low ecological validity, not recognizing mental processes and of simplifying the density of physical systems and communication with surroundings (Fitzgerald, et al., 2010). ... With this approach, there is no recognition of environmental and physical factors contributing to human behaviour (Gross, 2010). ...

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