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The Prerequisite for Progress

May 28, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Whether you’re trying to build strength, learn a new skill, or get things done, it’s tempting to want to “get right into it.” But there’s an important pre-requisite that sets you up for success in any endeavor.

Filed Under: Fitness, Productivity Tagged With: growth, healing, holistic productivity, improvement, nervous system, productivity

The Best Weightlifting Advice I’ve Received

February 9, 2025 | Renée Fishman

The belief that progress is linear sets us up to fail — in and out of the gym. This advice helped me remember that the mind doesn’t have the last word on the experience.

Filed Under: CrossFit, Fitness, Productivity Tagged With: advice, body, improvement, mind, progress, stimulus, time, weightlifting

5 Keys to Sustainable Improvement

January 22, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Not seeing results despite showing up consistently? These 5 keys reveal what’s missing between showing up and sustainable progress.

Filed Under: Learning, Productivity Tagged With: coaching, consistency, feedback, implementation, improvement, learning, practice, productivity, progress, skills, training

What if You Don’t Have to “Work On” It?

December 8, 2024 | Renée Fishman

In a culture that teaches us that there’s always something to improve, sometimes the biggest challenge is in accepting that we don’t need to “work on” what we want to cultivate.

Filed Under: Productivity, Yoga Tagged With: allowing, improvement, lessons, mindfulness, mindset, non-doing, personal development, personal growth, presence, productivity, receiving, yin yoga

5 Ways to Work With Mercury in Virgo

July 25, 2024 | Renée Fishman

As Mercury moves into Virgo, it brings our focus to the details of our daily routines, rituals, schedules, and plans, that can support us in accomplishing our big goals. Here are 5 ways to work with this transit.

Filed Under: Astrology, Productivity Tagged With: astrology, blueprint, details, improvement, plans, productivity, refine, rituals, routines, schedules, timing

How to Improve Your Outcome Without Improving Your Skills

March 30, 2024 | Renée Fishman

When you’re feeling stuck in achieving an outcome, stop trying to do it better. Instead, change how you handle the situation and do it differently.

Filed Under: Coaching, CrossFit Tagged With: coaching, CrossFit, CrossFit Open, improvement, Katonah Yoga, lessons, metaphor, results, skills, strength, yoga

3 Things I Did to Improve My Performance in Every CrossFit Open Workout

March 23, 2024 | Renée Fishman

I did every workout of the 2024 CrossFit Open twice. Here are the 3 things I did that helped me significantly improve my performance in just 2 days.

Filed Under: Coaching, CrossFit Tagged With: coaching, CrossFit, CrossFit Open, fitness, improvement, productivity, reflection, rest, review, success

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