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...that interruptions at the beginning and the end of a task are the most detrimental to performance. An interruption when work has just got under way "blows away the goals you've established," says Czerwinski, while a ping or a knock at the end of the process "breaks the train of thought as people are reflecting and preparing for what they'll do next...
Athletes in the throes of a slump will swear that it came all of a sudden, out of nowhere. But psychologists say the episodes are less mysterious than they seem. They usually stem from a failure to prepare mentally for the pressure of athletic competition. "Training is about strengthening the mind-body connection," says Kirsten Peterson, sports psychologist for the U.S. Olympic Committee. "Athletes need to train their mind with the same discipline that they train their bodies...
...strengthen its women's tennis team and started to allow athletes to spend more time on the WTA tour. Still, China's top women?currently required to hand over up to 65% of their earnings to the state?were obliged to skip Wimbledon last year in order to train for the National Games, a domestic version of the Olympics. "We believe that winning the National Games is the greatest joy," says Yan, who won the national doubles title with Zheng in October. "Foreigners are more individualistic and care about their WTA ranking, but we feel proudest when we do something...
...Peng's teammates, though, her previous stint in America is a source of envy. "I wish I could train with the world's best, but I'm too old now," says Yan, 21. "Maybe the next generation of Chinese tennis players can do that." Teammate Zheng, who jokes that she prefers singles tennis to doubles competition because it's more lucrative, is more practical. "In the U.S. you can buy so many nice clothes," she says. "There's just a lot more choice there." Even after all these years, sometimes it's still about the clothes...
...John Hillman (get it?) who is having an affair with a married political journalist, Cox making waves in the same mainstream media that she saucily disses. This week, she sold her second book to Riverhead with typical Wonkette fanfare. We caught up with Ana Marie by phone on a train to D.C., returning from a publicity trip to New York, with her husband, Chris Lehmann, an editor at Congressional Quarterly Weekly...