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	Podcast:		Humankind on Public Radio
	Episode:		Power of Concentration with George Mumford
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:30:28
	Publish Date:		2021-11-04 07:01:07
	Description:		George Mumford has trained superstar athletes, including basketball greats Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal, in how mental focus can enhance athletic performance. In this conversation for Humankind, he describes the experience of being in “the zone,” a state of relaxed receptivity. Mumford also discusses how paying conscious attention can help us overcome the tendency to “overreact” to conditions and instead to insert a “space between stimulus and response.” And he relates how he has taught these principles to prison inmates, who —while incarcerated—have an opportunity to work on their inner life, and try to accept and be the best person they could be, given their circumstances. Mumford is author of “The Mindful Athlete”.
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