Lions, Zebras and Michael Jordan
Dean Smith was Michael Jordan’s basketball coach at the University of North Carolina. Not only was he was a legendary coach…he was also very quotable. One of my favorites is, “If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.” Coach Smith was probably referring to the stress […]
Lions, Guts and Stress
In nature, the flight-or-fight response is all too common. A zebra being chased by a lion uses this response to run for its life. It needs all of its energy to outrun the lion. In fight-or-flight mode, the zebra’s body down-regulates certain other systemic functions, such as wound healing and digestion. However, this is a […]
