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No matter what, there will always be this hum you will hear from the stands. Though no matter the chatter going on, we must focus on the field of life.
Take sports for example. In this case, baseball in particular.
There's this moment when you are on the mound pitching where the sounds the other team is making, the fans in the stands and the environment around you silences. It is just you and the catchers mitt. Everything slows down and the gap between you and the plate appears to shrink. You get this kind of tunnel vision and when you realize you are in that moment, you are close to unstoppable. Your body is in complete flow with your mechanics and your motion becomes quite natural.
But there are challenging moments when you walk two of guys, somebody gets a squib hit, someone behind you makes an error, and the game starts to speed up on you. When that happens, boy can you hear all of the really distractions around you. You can hear the other team yelling, you can hear people in the stands and throwing a strike becomes extremely difficult.
How will we silence the outside and inside feedback in life?
How do we move past the fear of failing - the phobia of success and not having the stuff to handle it - the phobia of being misinterpreted for something we are not? How do we be less afraid of losing everything we have produced? The hard part is, the larger the risk you take the bigger the questions become surrounding it. What can we actually do to move forward?
We must notice that this is a component of the game.
Balls, strikes, home runs, mess ups, over throws, passed balls, wild pitches, strikeouts, walks, that's all just a part of the game. It's not about having a flawless game each day. You really cannot do that. Pitching is about grooving when you have it and facing difficulty when you have nothing at all. There are so very many times you go out there and 2 of your pitches aren't working well in any way. What on earth do you do when that goes down?! Focus on the fact that you don't have your changeup and curve, start hitting the pitching zone with your best fastball - one that has each and every last ounce of conviction behind it. Naturally you try to keep throwing the other pitches because you want to find them throughout the game, but you cannot bring yourself into a negative space or else you are not be making it out of the first inning.
The hum of the crowd is always likely 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 really be in a place facing feedback than to not be playing in any way.
And here's the closer. If you can get to a spot where you not only can tune out the negative things that folks say, but also use that as fuel...you will propel yourself further than you ever might have imagined. Use something negative and make a positive result with it. Maybe that is the greatest kind of alchemy itself?
So get back to that place you can focus hard on your target and your purpose. No matter what, there will always be views about what you are actually doing, but in the end of it all, you really do have to litsen to what's within you.
Case closed.
Take sports for example. In this case, baseball in particular.
There's this moment when you are on the mound pitching where the sounds the other team is making, the fans in the stands and the environment around you silences. It is just you and the catchers mitt. Everything slows down and the gap between you and the plate appears to shrink. You get this kind of tunnel vision and when you realize you are in that moment, you are close to unstoppable. Your body is in complete flow with your mechanics and your motion becomes quite natural.
But there are challenging moments when you walk two of guys, somebody gets a squib hit, someone behind you makes an error, and the game starts to speed up on you. When that happens, boy can you hear all of the really distractions around you. You can hear the other team yelling, you can hear people in the stands and throwing a strike becomes extremely difficult.
How will we silence the outside and inside feedback in life?
How do we move past the fear of failing - the phobia of success and not having the stuff to handle it - the phobia of being misinterpreted for something we are not? How do we be less afraid of losing everything we have produced? The hard part is, the larger the risk you take the bigger the questions become surrounding it. What can we actually do to move forward?
We must notice that this is a component of the game.
Balls, strikes, home runs, mess ups, over throws, passed balls, wild pitches, strikeouts, walks, that's all just a part of the game. It's not about having a flawless game each day. You really cannot do that. Pitching is about grooving when you have it and facing difficulty when you have nothing at all. There are so very many times you go out there and 2 of your pitches aren't working well in any way. What on earth do you do when that goes down?! Focus on the fact that you don't have your changeup and curve, start hitting the pitching zone with your best fastball - one that has each and every last ounce of conviction behind it. Naturally you try to keep throwing the other pitches because you want to find them throughout the game, but you cannot bring yourself into a negative space or else you are not be making it out of the first inning.
The hum of the crowd is always likely 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 really be in a place facing feedback than to not be playing in any way.
And here's the closer. If you can get to a spot where you not only can tune out the negative things that folks say, but also use that as fuel...you will propel yourself further than you ever might have imagined. Use something negative and make a positive result with it. Maybe that is the greatest kind of alchemy itself?
So get back to that place you can focus hard on your target and your purpose. No matter what, there will always be views about what you are actually doing, but in the end of it all, you really do have to litsen to what's within you.
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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