Alden Mills

Whether you’re on a journey to lead SEALs into combat, sing on a world stage, or sail the seven seas, the sooner you understand how habits work, the[...]

Whatever you focus on looms larger in your mind’s eye, and that includes the conversation between your head and heart, the Whiner and the Whisperer.[...]

If you find yourself frequently thinking negative thoughts, or engaging in negative “what if” scenarios—I call them Negative Hypotheticals—it may be[...]

Beginning on day one of SEAL training, the importance of the swim buddy team is emphasized. Teams collaborate in every phase of training, from[...]

The most important part of goal-setting is figuring out what you want to achieve. Once you know your goal, you can begin to develop a plan to make it[...]

There is a consistent dialog between two voices going on inside you that I call a conversation between the Whiner and the Whisperer, or the head and[...]

“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” —Albert Einstein Take a moment to process Einstein’s quotation,[...]

A positive mantra is a short, positive phrase that you can repeat to yourself to help you stay focused and motivated. Mantras can be anything from a[...]

In a physical fitness gym, a deadlift is a deep-squat exercise that recruits several major and minor muscles. I think of getting deeply curious in[...]

Did you ever have Opposite Day at your school? In some classrooms, kids get to enjoy the silliness of Opposite Day, the one school day a year where[...]