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Self 2 has very good instincts about when it is time to work on any particular element of your stroke.
W Timothy Gallwey • The Inner Game of Tennis: The classic guide to the mental side of peak performance
The first skill to learn is the art of letting go the human inclination to judge ourselves and our performance as
W. Timothy Gallwey • The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
“Hold the foil as a bird, not so loosely that it can fly away, but not so tightly that you squeeze the life out of it.
W Timothy Gallwey • The Inner Game of Tennis: The classic guide to the mental side of peak performance
A growth mindset is how Josh Waitzkin goes from a chess champion to a champion in martial arts. It’s how I go from knowing nothing about programming to coding a web application. A growth mindset knows where challenge lies and accepts the Kaizen Principle (and the process-principle) as part of the build. The Kaizen Principle is to endeavor to create
... See moreMJ DeMarco • UNSCRIPTED: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
(I am reminded of the lines from “The Hollow Men,” by T. S. Eliot: “Between the idea / And the reality / Between the motion / And the act / Falls the Shadow.
W Timothy Gallwey • The Inner Game of Tennis: The classic guide to the mental side of peak performance
Have coaching be something you consciously and deliberately get better at every single day so you know you are moving toward greatness.
Rich Litvin • The Prosperous Coach: Increase Income and Impact for You and Your Clients (The Prosperous Series Book 1)
In short, “getting it together” requires slowing the mind. Quieting the mind means less thinking, calculating, judging, worrying, fearing, hoping, trying, regretting, controlling, jittering or distracting.