Summary: ASPIREKEN was launched a couple of months ago (early April 2023) as a scientific methodology for goal achievement, to be used by individuals, teams and organizations. Since then we have published a blog article every week to complement our small website, to inform you of our approach, methodology and philosophy. In this 10th blog […]
Summary: When we are building a skill, either as individuals or as a team, it may appear that our approach should be the same while training, as while actually performing in real life situations. However, in reality, there is a huge difference between the two. In training, we try to challenge ourselves to the maximum,
Summary We often hear that we must have self-belief to achieve our most challenging goals. But does that really work? And how does it work? Is it just something that leaders and winners say AFTER achieving success? What else is required besides self-belief and how do we put it all together? What are the correct
Have you ever found it difficult to motivate or inspire people, and get them to do the things you want them to do? It could be your children or other people you are responsible for, like members of a team you lead, students that you teach, youngsters that you are tasked with mentoring; Or it
When life sucks, or our situation sucks (i.e. it is painful, horrible, ugly, irritating, annoying etc), we must embrace (i.e. accept and willingly dive into) it, and continue to perform with a strong sense of purpose and duty. This is roughly the meaning of the term “Embrace the Suck”, believed to have originated in war
The secret method for long term growth and success presented in this article is hardly noticed, talked about or written about. Yet, it is widely pervasive and easy to observe in pretty much every field of human endeavor, especially the more competitive ones (so, in fact, it is no secret at all)! We have named
In this article, we discuss how two fundamental principles of capacity growth, widely applied to many areas of physical fitness training, can be applied to many other kinds of goal pursuit as well. The two principles, known respectively as Progressive Overload (abbreviated here to PO) and Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demand (SAID) are integral to
In our previous blog post, we spoke of how to identify and validate the greatest goals we can challenge ourselves with. As mentioned there, this process of visioning is often pleasant, liberating and energizing, as we look at the blue skies and blue oceans, by mentally elevating ourselves to several thousand meters above the ground
Consider the most successful people you know: either personal contacts, or world famous figures; Consider the most successful organizations, and even nations that come to mind, who have achieved success far beyond their peers. If we go back sufficiently in the histories or life cycles of these individuals, organizations or countries, we may reach a
A good friend called me the other day and said, “hey, I heard you are starting up again – what does your new venture do?” “It’s a scientific methodology to achieve challenging goals in pretty much any area”, I said. “Like what, give me some examples?” he asked. “You know, individual goals like cracking a
