Tara Bradford
Life & Mindset Coach
Tara Bradford is a Brand Strategist, Life and Mindset Coach, and the Founder of The Bradford Institute, a life and leadership coaching company in New York City. She is also a guest lecturer at Fordham's Gabelli School of Business in the MS Media Management program. With over five years of experience, Tara specializes in personal branding, executive presence, and thought leadership. Tara brings her background in Neuroscience, Psychology, Biochemistry, and Social and Behavioral Sciences into her coaching practice. She received a BS in Nursing from the University of Arizona and studied Biochemistry at the University of New England. She is certified in high-performance coaching, neurolinguistics, hypnotherapy, success coaching, and emotional freedom and TIME techniques. Her podcast titled Handle Everything is dedicated to sharing this message.
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How can you deal with competition and not become too competitive and/or stressed out, especially at work?
Competition brings to mind sports, where there's a winner or a loser. This can be motivating, but it can also be polarizing if you're constantly striving for validation and belonging. Instead of unhealthily being in competition mode all the time, reframe "competition" to mean, every morning I wake up and want to be better than I was yesterday. Then your focus is on building your skills over time, not on getting to the top in order to make all your work valid and valuable.
Why should adults play more?
Being serious all of the time and holding on to a productive or competitive mindset can create some stress. It's just really difficult to stay in that mindframe for a long time. It can even have negative impacts in your health, and it's just not fun. So, playing and being playful is a kind of way to release some of that energy.
What makes something playful?
If it has any kind of game element, it's a playful activity. You can also be playful in the personality sense, so not being uber-intense or serious.
