SuPaF1y
Don Juan
Whatsup pimps. IIght i've been checking this site for over a year now. this is my first and only post. this is the only thing i find wrong with myself and now i found somthing that ive solved. before you read it remember these 3 things.
THINK::
Confidence 24~7
Fun 24~7
your the **** 24~7
and do this::
If I were asked to choose one mental skill that distinguishes athletes and other performers who remain at the top of their game, I would name their ability to adapt and refocus in the face of distractions. If you want to perform near your best consistently, you must develop the critical skill of distraction control through regular practice. You must learn to hold your best focus in the face of potential distractions, and to refocus effectively to quickly regain the connection if it is broken.
Distractions come from a variety of sources: winning; losing; the expectations of others; your own expectations; family members; relationships; teammates; coaches; supervisors; competitors; scores; officials; media; sponsors; financial and educational concerns; changes in your own performance level; fatigue; injury; illness; extra demands; changes in familiar patterns; and your own thinking before, during, and after performances. Distractions are an ever-present, ongoing part of sport and life.
When you enter competitive situations or demanding work environments, the number of potential distractions increases substantially. However, you decide whether you let these things distract you, upset you, lower your confidence, put you in a negative frame of mind, take you out of your best focus, or interfere with your performance.
It is your choice, because something becomes a distraction only if you let it distract you. Otherwise, it is simply something that happens as you go through your day, your preparation, your competition, or your performance. You can choose to be distracted by it or not to be distracted, to dwell on it or to let it go.
The most important point is that you don’t have to let what you normally think of as a distraction affect your mood or performance in a negative way. You don’t lose your performance skills because of distractions; you let yourself lose the focus that allows you to execute your skills effectively. You may not like what someone says or does, but you don’t have to react with anger or lose emotional control. You may be faced with a decision, judgment, or rule that you feel is unfair, but you don’t have to let it destroy your performance or your day. Parts of your performance or life may not go as smoothly as you wish on a particular day; you may find that frustrating, but you are not obliged to react by putting yourself or others down, giving up, or questioning your own capacity. There may be disruptions that you did not expect - such as schedule changes; additional demands; delays; incompetent people; lack of personal space; or differences in facilities, accommodations, or food. You still don’t have to be overcome by those events or let your positive focus slip away. You may want a good result more than anything else, but you don’t have to react by overthinking, overanalyzing, or worrying about the outcome. You can simply remind yourself to focus in a way that will allow you to perform your best given the conditions you are facing.
You can find a way over, around, or through almost all obstacles by committing yourself to remain positive, by turning negatives into positives, by drawing out lessons and regaining a fully connected focus as quickly as possible. When reacting emotionally to distractions or potential obstacles, you defeat yourself because it takes away your best performance focus, and leaves you mentally and physically drained. If you continue to react in this way over a long period of time or throughout an event that lasts for a period of days or weeks - like many tournaments or championships - you risk not only becoming exhausted, but also getting sick. Constantly reacting to potentially stressful situations in a negative way takes a lot of energy and lowers your resistance. This obviously can hurt your performance and add still another stress factor.
When you are going to face additional stress, additional rest is a blessing. If you are well rested, you will cope better with stress. It’s important, too, to rest after stress. Setting simple daily goals and planning each day to ensure you get some rest, do something you enjoy, and gain some sense of control over what you do is very helpful in stressful environments.
At major competitions, in demanding performance situations, or ongoing interpersonal relationships, if you step back and look at distractions from a distance, as I often do, you realize that most of them are little things that get resolved within a short time. They really aren’t worth wasting your emotional energy on.
The following pointers will help you stay on track or get back on track quickly:
* Commit yourself to remaining positive.
* Focus on doing what will help you stay positive and in control. A strong positive focus protects you from distractions.
* Get yourself into a positive state of mind before the event, and stay focused on your job within the event; then things will flow.
* Look for advantages in every possible situation, even if the conditions are less than ideal. Look for reasons why you can still be positive, confident, strong, and optimistic.
* Find the positives in the situations you are experiencing or in which you are currently living.
* Remind yourself that distractions do not have to absorb you. You can refuse to get caught up in them. You can let them go. At a tournament, competition, or performance site things may happen to you that are unfair, unexpected, or beyond your control, but you can control how you react to those things. It is useless to drag yourself down or waste energy trying to control things that are beyond your control. Why compound the problem by focusing good energy on things that are beyond your immediate control?
* Expect conditions to be different at important events or major competitions. Expect a faster pace, a busier place, and more waiting around. Prepare yourself to face these potential distractions in a positive way. Let them go with as little energy as possible. They are not worth your reaction. Let them bounce off you easily.
* Expect people to behave differently at stressful events, even those who normally would be calm, supportive, and understanding. Observe them with interest, but don’t take responsibility for their behavior. Look for your own strength. Remind yourself of where your focus should be.
* Know that you can enjoy the experience and perform well, regardless of the circumstances. Distraction control can be a valuable asset in all parts of your life. In preparing yourself to make positive thinking a way of being, consider the following pointers:
* Practice getting back on track. For example, when things don’t go well in training, while performing, or in your personal life, take advantage of the opportunity to practice refocusing into a more positive state of mind. Turn bad moods into good moods. Then you will be prepared for your most important challenges in sport and life.
* Make a real effort to remain positive. Focus on doing the things that are most likely to keep you in a positive frame of mind. Find your own space, regroup your thoughts, pursue things that are meaningful for you, know that it is not worth wasting energy on hassles, focus on absorbing yourself in something that is interesting or beautiful or joyful. Challenge yourself to think and act in positive, self-enhancing ways, especially when things are not going well. Remind yourself repeatedly that you can change your focus and perspective.
* Do what you can do - learn from it, then move on. Focus on what is within your control.
* After a good day or a not-so-good day, be proud of your effort and of what you have done well and draw out the positive lessons. Then start a fresh, new day.
To protect themselves from unwanted stress or distractions at the performance site, some performers find it helpful to imagine themselves surrounded by an invisible bubble or force field. This force field allows you your needed personal space and shields you from intrusions or potentially harmful input. Negative comments, distractions, or hassles simply bounce off your protective shield as you move toward your goal; only positive things come through.
Your best on-site focus is usually limited to preparation for your own performance - something over which you have control. Focus on following your own preferred preparation patterns. Focus on what you want to do and how you plan to do it - not on others or distractions. Think only of what focus works best for you; it has worked well in the past. Bring yourself into this frame of mind - it is the only place to be. You are not asking yourself to do anything unreasonable, only to perform as you can perform. The doing is your goal. Execute your task the way it can be done, the way you can do it. Feel it. Your body cooperates with your thoughts and images when you send a clear message and then just let it happen. Trust your preparation; trust your body. Let it happen by instinct. Focus ahead and go. Let your body lead. :cheer:
THINK::
Confidence 24~7
Fun 24~7
your the **** 24~7
and do this::
If I were asked to choose one mental skill that distinguishes athletes and other performers who remain at the top of their game, I would name their ability to adapt and refocus in the face of distractions. If you want to perform near your best consistently, you must develop the critical skill of distraction control through regular practice. You must learn to hold your best focus in the face of potential distractions, and to refocus effectively to quickly regain the connection if it is broken.
Distractions come from a variety of sources: winning; losing; the expectations of others; your own expectations; family members; relationships; teammates; coaches; supervisors; competitors; scores; officials; media; sponsors; financial and educational concerns; changes in your own performance level; fatigue; injury; illness; extra demands; changes in familiar patterns; and your own thinking before, during, and after performances. Distractions are an ever-present, ongoing part of sport and life.
When you enter competitive situations or demanding work environments, the number of potential distractions increases substantially. However, you decide whether you let these things distract you, upset you, lower your confidence, put you in a negative frame of mind, take you out of your best focus, or interfere with your performance.
It is your choice, because something becomes a distraction only if you let it distract you. Otherwise, it is simply something that happens as you go through your day, your preparation, your competition, or your performance. You can choose to be distracted by it or not to be distracted, to dwell on it or to let it go.
The most important point is that you don’t have to let what you normally think of as a distraction affect your mood or performance in a negative way. You don’t lose your performance skills because of distractions; you let yourself lose the focus that allows you to execute your skills effectively. You may not like what someone says or does, but you don’t have to react with anger or lose emotional control. You may be faced with a decision, judgment, or rule that you feel is unfair, but you don’t have to let it destroy your performance or your day. Parts of your performance or life may not go as smoothly as you wish on a particular day; you may find that frustrating, but you are not obliged to react by putting yourself or others down, giving up, or questioning your own capacity. There may be disruptions that you did not expect - such as schedule changes; additional demands; delays; incompetent people; lack of personal space; or differences in facilities, accommodations, or food. You still don’t have to be overcome by those events or let your positive focus slip away. You may want a good result more than anything else, but you don’t have to react by overthinking, overanalyzing, or worrying about the outcome. You can simply remind yourself to focus in a way that will allow you to perform your best given the conditions you are facing.
You can find a way over, around, or through almost all obstacles by committing yourself to remain positive, by turning negatives into positives, by drawing out lessons and regaining a fully connected focus as quickly as possible. When reacting emotionally to distractions or potential obstacles, you defeat yourself because it takes away your best performance focus, and leaves you mentally and physically drained. If you continue to react in this way over a long period of time or throughout an event that lasts for a period of days or weeks - like many tournaments or championships - you risk not only becoming exhausted, but also getting sick. Constantly reacting to potentially stressful situations in a negative way takes a lot of energy and lowers your resistance. This obviously can hurt your performance and add still another stress factor.
When you are going to face additional stress, additional rest is a blessing. If you are well rested, you will cope better with stress. It’s important, too, to rest after stress. Setting simple daily goals and planning each day to ensure you get some rest, do something you enjoy, and gain some sense of control over what you do is very helpful in stressful environments.
At major competitions, in demanding performance situations, or ongoing interpersonal relationships, if you step back and look at distractions from a distance, as I often do, you realize that most of them are little things that get resolved within a short time. They really aren’t worth wasting your emotional energy on.
The following pointers will help you stay on track or get back on track quickly:
* Commit yourself to remaining positive.
* Focus on doing what will help you stay positive and in control. A strong positive focus protects you from distractions.
* Get yourself into a positive state of mind before the event, and stay focused on your job within the event; then things will flow.
* Look for advantages in every possible situation, even if the conditions are less than ideal. Look for reasons why you can still be positive, confident, strong, and optimistic.
* Find the positives in the situations you are experiencing or in which you are currently living.
* Remind yourself that distractions do not have to absorb you. You can refuse to get caught up in them. You can let them go. At a tournament, competition, or performance site things may happen to you that are unfair, unexpected, or beyond your control, but you can control how you react to those things. It is useless to drag yourself down or waste energy trying to control things that are beyond your control. Why compound the problem by focusing good energy on things that are beyond your immediate control?
* Expect conditions to be different at important events or major competitions. Expect a faster pace, a busier place, and more waiting around. Prepare yourself to face these potential distractions in a positive way. Let them go with as little energy as possible. They are not worth your reaction. Let them bounce off you easily.
* Expect people to behave differently at stressful events, even those who normally would be calm, supportive, and understanding. Observe them with interest, but don’t take responsibility for their behavior. Look for your own strength. Remind yourself of where your focus should be.
* Know that you can enjoy the experience and perform well, regardless of the circumstances. Distraction control can be a valuable asset in all parts of your life. In preparing yourself to make positive thinking a way of being, consider the following pointers:
* Practice getting back on track. For example, when things don’t go well in training, while performing, or in your personal life, take advantage of the opportunity to practice refocusing into a more positive state of mind. Turn bad moods into good moods. Then you will be prepared for your most important challenges in sport and life.
* Make a real effort to remain positive. Focus on doing the things that are most likely to keep you in a positive frame of mind. Find your own space, regroup your thoughts, pursue things that are meaningful for you, know that it is not worth wasting energy on hassles, focus on absorbing yourself in something that is interesting or beautiful or joyful. Challenge yourself to think and act in positive, self-enhancing ways, especially when things are not going well. Remind yourself repeatedly that you can change your focus and perspective.
* Do what you can do - learn from it, then move on. Focus on what is within your control.
* After a good day or a not-so-good day, be proud of your effort and of what you have done well and draw out the positive lessons. Then start a fresh, new day.
To protect themselves from unwanted stress or distractions at the performance site, some performers find it helpful to imagine themselves surrounded by an invisible bubble or force field. This force field allows you your needed personal space and shields you from intrusions or potentially harmful input. Negative comments, distractions, or hassles simply bounce off your protective shield as you move toward your goal; only positive things come through.
Your best on-site focus is usually limited to preparation for your own performance - something over which you have control. Focus on following your own preferred preparation patterns. Focus on what you want to do and how you plan to do it - not on others or distractions. Think only of what focus works best for you; it has worked well in the past. Bring yourself into this frame of mind - it is the only place to be. You are not asking yourself to do anything unreasonable, only to perform as you can perform. The doing is your goal. Execute your task the way it can be done, the way you can do it. Feel it. Your body cooperates with your thoughts and images when you send a clear message and then just let it happen. Trust your preparation; trust your body. Let it happen by instinct. Focus ahead and go. Let your body lead. :cheer:
