Close the Gap Archives

17 Jun Stay Active

Posted at 16:38h in Close the Gap, Finding What Works for You, Mindset, Nutrition, Nutrition Science by Juan Acevedo

No matter what. I could drop the mic there and leave. But I will not. Get this. Your brain does not function as well when you are inactive. You are not as productive and your thinking is not as sharp. I am not talking about being super...

20 Apr Discernment vs. Judgement

Posted at 16:59h in Close the Gap, Close the Gap, Growth Mindset, Mindset by Juan Acevedo

I know I go against all the best SEO/marketing practices. My blog posts are long, I don't have a lot of popular keywords, I don't give a nice summary in the form of three to four bullet points at the beginning, and I don't create...

06 Apr Walking Naked and Other Uncomfortable Things

Posted at 12:46h in Close the Gap, Growth Mindset, Life is your Mindset Gym, Mindset by Juan Acevedo

Borges is one of those writers that is highly appreciated yet poorly understood. You might have heard of him, but probably you haven’t read his writings. His work reminds me of David Bowie. There is this aura of bizarreness that covers it. It makes it...

01 Jan Your own personal culture

Posted at 14:04h in Close the Gap, Close the Gap, Mindset by Juan Acevedo

I remember the day I spent a full hour talking to an advertiser about creating my own personal brand. It was like if your uncle Phil who just started jogging spent an hour talking to your friend Jody the ultramarathoner about the importance of having...

20 Nov Compassion, Autonomic Nervous Systems, HRV, Stress, Breathing and How to Win in Life

Posted at 12:43h in Close the Gap, Mindset, Science by Juan Acevedo

This week's video is very useful. It is about all those things on the title and more. The main goal is to give you a framework and some tools on how to analyze your own behaviors. Understanding compassion as a physiological state and how to...

20 Nov Building Confidence

Posted at 09:00h in Close the Gap, Close the Gap, Life is your Mindset Gym, Mindset by Juan Acevedo

Confidence is not an end-point. Confidence is based on habit -the folks at Harvard Business Review have it right. You see, the main thing is that confidence is the trust you have in yourself. It is not how much you weigh, or your marathon time....

18 Sep Close the gap!

Posted at 17:54h in Close the Gap, Close the gap, Close the Gap, Fitness, Mindset by Juan Acevedo

What matters is that staying true to your own self is hard. It takes work, and it does not come easy. Quite the opposite, what comes naturally is often not who you want to be. Recording all those videos is easy. Polishing and sharing them...

16 Apr What are you getting out of your training?

Posted at 10:44h in Close the gap, Close the Gap, Fitness, Mindset by Juan Acevedo

I love coaching, I love training. I have spent several years of my life in higher education institutions earning various degrees. However it’s in the gym that I have learned the most. Watching people sweat, talking about food, feelings, and the biomechanics of the squat,...

16 Jan Just Chill, Commit to Mastery

Posted at 15:23h in Close the gap, Close the Gap, Coaching, Fitness, How to be a learner?, Mindset by Juan Acevedo

No matter what skill you choose, you can visualize mastery. You can see it. Now imagine what it would take to get there...