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PSYC 3137 Flow The aspect of positive psychology that applies to my daily life is flow. Alan Carr defines flow as “a subjective state that people report when they become engaged in controllable but challenging tasks or activities that require considerable skill and that are intrinsically motivating, such as competitive sailing, creative writing, or having a stimulating conversation” (Carr, 2011). Flow is something that comes from within whether it has to do with motivation or just simply the…

Who is better LeBron James or Stephen Curry? It is a question many NBA fans kept hearing from other NBA fans. Both NBA players have been successful in their own ways. Both have many fans who think one of these two basketball players is better. Although LeBron has won more MVPs than Curry, Steph maybe better than LeBron. Since Kobe has retired who is now the current best NBA basketball player? Stephen Curry is a better three-point shooter than LeBron but some fans think that clutch shooting is…

On December 30, 1984 LeBron Ramone James was born to Gloria Marie James and Anthony Mclelland in Akron, Ohio. As a child he didn’t have very much money because his mom was only 16 when he was born. Because of his dads absence he uses his mom’s last name instead of his dads. Known for being one of Americas top high school basketball players he rose into the public eye at a young age. In high school by his senior year in high school he was averaging 30 points a game so it’s no surprise he was the…

How would you feel if you lost all your life savings for college, a man named Vivien Thomas an African American man that wasn't even a doctor and made a design for the syndrome for blue babies. He saved a little girl named Eileen Saxon was a blue baby that is when the baby doesn't get enough oxygen because, blood cant flow through the heart. A doctor named Blalock had to do surgery because Thomas wasn't a real doctor and he was African American Here is the story of Vivien Thomas. Vivien Thomas…

Michael Jordan was a former hall of fame basketball player that played from the late 80’s all the way to the year 2003. He has won 6 NBA national championships and made a sneaker brand that is still selling sneakers today. The basketball legend was born February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn New York. Michael Jordan is the fourth of five kids Larry, James, Deloris, Michael, and Roslyn. They moved when Michael was young to Wilmington, North Carolina. He went to Trask Middle School where he played…

cool, cloudy, but dry night rolled over the Friendly Confines in north end of Chicago. Two rabid packs of fans starved, and now frothing at the mouth as the sweet taste of his or her team to finally taking the title back home becomes more of a reality every night. With either outcome a drought will be ended, and a flood of emotion will consume the nation of fans. Battling it out in Game 5 of the 2016 World Series the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians. After losing, a close and emotional Game…

American professional basketball player Derrick Rose was the most electrifying player in the league. In 2008, Rose was the number one draft pick for his hometown Chicago and played for the bulls. Also he won many awards and won the rookie of the year in his first season playing professionally. Within his third season in 2010, he led the bulls with sixty-two wins and becoming the youngest MVP in the NBA history, he is currently the youngest who won the award at the age twenty-two. After making it…

Today Michael Jordan is known as one the greatest basketball players to ever play the game. When he first started playing the game it wasn’t as easy as you think it would be. When he first tried out for the high school basketball team he was cut. Jordan’s sophomore year he was only 5’8 but eventually grew to 6’3 before his junior year. After high school the all American went on to play at the University of North Carolina. As a freshman in college he played in the shadows of other players until…

November 2nd, 2016. A day that some thought would never come After one-hundred eight years, the Chicago Cubs finally won the World Series once again. Cubs fans near and far rejoiced as the seventh game ended in a victory for their beloved team. The championship parade took place two days later with millions in attendance, including myself. The party seemed to last about all winter and even into the Cubs opening series of the 2017 season in which they hoisted their World Series Banner in…

The Chicago Blackhawks are one of the most famed organizations in not only the National Hockey League, but in sports across the board. The team has a long-standing history of success, but recently the team has remained one of the most dominant groups in sports. The club has won three of the last six Stanley Cup Championships; the most recent being the 2015 championship. Unfortunately for the team, leadership and the fans that follow, the Blackhawks were unable to make it to the Stanley Cup…