Jim Taylor

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Dr. Jim Taylor is internationally recognized for his work in the psychology of business, sport, and parenting. Jim has been a consultant to and has provided individual and group training to executives and businesses in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and the Middle East. He is a frequent speaker at Young Presidents’ Organization events internationally.

Jim blogs for huffingtonpost.com, fastcompany.com, psychologytoday.com, computerworld.com, kindlepublishing.amazon.com, and linkedin.com. He also writes a column, The Psychology of Technology, for mobilitydigest.com, a mobile-technology web site, that is posted on dozens of technology web sites internationally.

Jim has been a consultant to the United States and Japanese Ski Teams, the United States Tennis Association, and USA Triathlon, has been an invited speaker by the Olympic committees of the U.S., Spain, France, and Poland. He has worked with professional and Olympic athletes in tennis, skiing, triathlon, football, baseball, cycling, golf, and many other sports.

Jim speaks regularly to elementary and secondary schools, youth-sports programs, and performing-arts organizations around the country.

Jim received his Bachelor's degree from Middlebury College and earned his Master's degree and Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Colorado. He is a former Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at Nova University in Ft. Lauderdale. Jim is currently an adjunct faculty at the University of San Francisco and has been a consultant to the Athletic Departments at University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University.

A former U.S. top-20 ranked alpine ski racer who competed internationally, Jim is certified tennis teaching professional, a 2nd degree black belt and certified instructor in karate, a marathon runner, and an Ironman triathlete.

Jim is the author of ten books including The Triathlete’s Guide to Mental Training (VeloPress, 2005), Prime Sport: Triumph of the Athlete’s Mind (iUniverse, 2002), and Applying Sport Psychology (lead editor, Human Kinetics, 2005), as well as two parenting books, Positive Pushing: How to Raise a Successful and Happy Child (Hyperion, 2003), Your Children are Under Attack: How to Protect Your Kids from American Popular Culture (SourceBooks, 2005). He has published more than 400 articles in scholarly and popular publications, and has given more than 600 workshops and presentations throughout North America and Europe.

Jim has appeared on NBC’s Today Show, ABC's World News This Weekend, Fox News Channel, and major television network affiliates around the U.S. He has participated in many radio shows. He has been interviewed for articles that have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The New York Daily News, The London Telegraph, The Chicago Tribune, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Outside, Men’s Health, Runners’ World, The Miami Herald, The Baltimore Sun, The Denver Post, and many other newspapers and magazines.

To learn more, visit www.drjimtaylor.com.

This is a weblog of Jim Taylor, Ph.D., and the opinions expressed herein are those of the author and may not represent those of Computerworld.

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Jim Taylor, Ph.D.