Robin P. Zander

All Articles

Back

All Articles

What Jiu-Jitsu Has Taught Me About Success and Failure

When I started in the martial arts I went a bit extreme and tried more than a dozen...

Read Article

What Blues Dance Has Taught Me About Being A Sensitive Man

I will begin this conversation about blues dance with an introduction to the dance form. This NPR interview...

Read Article

What Makes Dance Go Viral? (I Will What I Want)

In the last 5 days more than 5 million people have viewed this video of American Ballet Theater...

Read Article

Fixation, Addiction and Pursuit of Perfection

When I find something I like – a new sport, person, company or restaurant – I fixate. Culturally...

Read Article

3 Reasons Why You Should Dance

Dance had been around for as long as humans have inhabited the Earth, and is common in cultures...

Read Article

“Florida Priming” and Simple Tools To Trigger Improved Performance

There’s a concept in cognitive psychology called priming. In its most abstract, this means that if we are...

Read Article

Always Be Cross-Training – How Multiple Disciplines Will Help You Succeed

I am always cross-training. I’ve just returned taking letters to the post-office, meaning that I ran there and...

Read Article

Ah-Ha Moments and Flash-Bulb Memories

Where were you when you first heard about the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks? What were you doing...

Read Article

What Works for Autism Can Work For You – Ignite San Francisco

In May I gave a presentation at Ignite to a packed theatre on the tools I use to...

Read Article

Pick Your Music Carefully: Your Performance Depends On It

Over the last 6 months of daily training I’ve changed a lot of little daily habits. This month...

Read Article

Attached to the Outcome? Doomed to Fail. Try These Shortcuts!

Anytime someone is completely fixated on a specific outcome, they are doomed to fail. I recently found this...

Read Article

Attached to the Outcome Means You’re Going to Fail

I’ve failed a lot in the last year. I have failed to: Remain calm in the face of...

Read Article