In almost every case, there will always be this hum you'll hear from the stands. However no matter the chatter going on, we must focus on the field of life.
Take the sports we play for example. In this case, baseball in particular.
There's this moment when you are up on the mound pitching where the sounds the other team is making, the fans in the stands and everything else in the stadium around you silences. It is just you and the catchers mitt. Everything slows down and the gap between you and the plate seems to shrink. You get this type of tunnel vision and when you realize you are in that moment, you are close to unstoppable as it gets. Your body is in complete flow with your pitch by pitch mechanics and your motion becomes natural.
But there are so many moments when you walk two of their guys, someone gets a hit, someone behind you makes a gaffe, and the game starts to accelerate on you. When that occurs, boy can you really hear all of the distractions around you. You can hear the other team screaming and yelling, you can hear once quiet people in the stands and throwing a strike becomes incredibly tough.
How can we silence the inside and outside feedback in life?
How do we move past the phobia of failing - the dread of success and not having the stuff to handle it - the fear of being misinterpreted for something we're not? How do we be less scared of losing everything we have produced? The hard part is, the greater the risk you take the larger the questions become surrounding it. What are we able to do to progress?
We have to notice that this is a component of the game.
Balls, strikes, home runs, blunders, over throws, passed balls, wild pitches, strikeouts, walks, that is all part of the game. It is not about having a perfect game every day. You really cannot do that. Pitching is about grooving when you have it and facing adversity when you don't. There are so very many times you go out there and two of your pitches aren't working well in the slightest. What on earth do you do when that goes down?! Target the fact that you do not have your changeup and curve, start hitting the strike zone with your best fastball - one that has each bit of conviction behind it. Of course you try to keep throwing the other pitches because you would like to find them during the game, but you can't bring yourself into a negative space or else you're not going to make it out of the first inning.
The hum of the crowd is usually going to be there and it can even get vicious at certain times. But it is better to be playing the game than sitting on the bench. It's better to actually be in some place facing criticism than to not be playing in the first place.
And here's the closer. If you can get to a mindset where you not only can tune out the negative things that people naturally say, but also use that as fuel...you will launch yourself further than you ever possibly could have imagined. Use something negative and fashion a positive result with it. Perhaps that is the finest kind of alchemy itself?
So get back to that place you can focus deeply on your target and your purpose. No matter what, there will always be viewpoints about what you are actually doing, but in the final analysis, you really do have to litsen to yourself.
Case closed.
Take the sports we play for example. In this case, baseball in particular.
There's this moment when you are up on the mound pitching where the sounds the other team is making, the fans in the stands and everything else in the stadium around you silences. It is just you and the catchers mitt. Everything slows down and the gap between you and the plate seems to shrink. You get this type of tunnel vision and when you realize you are in that moment, you are close to unstoppable as it gets. Your body is in complete flow with your pitch by pitch mechanics and your motion becomes natural.
But there are so many moments when you walk two of their guys, someone gets a hit, someone behind you makes a gaffe, and the game starts to accelerate on you. When that occurs, boy can you really hear all of the distractions around you. You can hear the other team screaming and yelling, you can hear once quiet people in the stands and throwing a strike becomes incredibly tough.
How can we silence the inside and outside feedback in life?
How do we move past the phobia of failing - the dread of success and not having the stuff to handle it - the fear of being misinterpreted for something we're not? How do we be less scared of losing everything we have produced? The hard part is, the greater the risk you take the larger the questions become surrounding it. What are we able to do to progress?
We have to notice that this is a component of the game.
Balls, strikes, home runs, blunders, over throws, passed balls, wild pitches, strikeouts, walks, that is all part of the game. It is not about having a perfect game every day. You really cannot do that. Pitching is about grooving when you have it and facing adversity when you don't. There are so very many times you go out there and two of your pitches aren't working well in the slightest. What on earth do you do when that goes down?! Target the fact that you do not have your changeup and curve, start hitting the strike zone with your best fastball - one that has each bit of conviction behind it. Of course you try to keep throwing the other pitches because you would like to find them during the game, but you can't bring yourself into a negative space or else you're not going to make it out of the first inning.
The hum of the crowd is usually going to be there and it can even get vicious at certain times. But it is better to be playing the game than sitting on the bench. It's better to actually be in some place facing criticism than to not be playing in the first place.
And here's the closer. If you can get to a mindset where you not only can tune out the negative things that people naturally say, but also use that as fuel...you will launch yourself further than you ever possibly could have imagined. Use something negative and fashion a positive result with it. Perhaps that is the finest kind of alchemy itself?
So get back to that place you can focus deeply on your target and your purpose. No matter what, there will always be viewpoints about what you are actually doing, but in the final analysis, you really do have to litsen to yourself.
Case closed.
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Evan Sanders is the author and creator of The Words of Encouragement, a website dedicated to bringing inspiring blogs, quotes, and wisdom to it's readers so they can live the best lives possible. Want more sport motivation? Start your journey today by heading over to the site today.
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