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 sports 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 around you silences. It's just you and the catchers mitt. Everything slows down and the gap between you and the plate appears to shrink. You get this type of tunnel vision and when you realize you are in that moment, you are close to unhittable. Your body is in complete flow with your pitching mechanics and your motion becomes natural.
But there are so many moments when you walk a couple of their guys, a guy gets a hit, someone makes a gaffe, and the game starts to rapidly speed up on you. When that happens, boy can you hear all of the really lovely distractions around you. You can hear the other team yelling, you can hear once quiet people in the stands and throwing a strike becomes incredibly difficult.
How will we silence the noise feedback in life?
How will we move past the fear of failing - the fear of success and not being able to handle it - the phobia of being misinterpreted for something we're 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 do to progress?
We have to realize that this is a component of the game.
Balls, strikes, home runs, mess ups, over throws, passed balls, wild pitches, strikeouts, walks, that is all part of the game. It isn't about having an ideal game each day. You actually can not 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 two of your pitches aren't working well in any way. What on earth do you do when that happens?! Focus on the fact that you don't have your changeup and curve, start battering the pitching zone with your best fastball - one that is backed by heart and has each bit of conviction behind it. No matter what, you try feeling it out and throwing the other pitches because you would like to find them throughout the game, but you cannot bring yourself into a negative space or else you are not going to ever make 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's far better to be playing the game than sitting on the bench. It's better to actually be in a spot facing brutal criticism than to not be playing in any way.
And here's the closer. If you can get to a place where you not only can tune out the negative things that people naturally say, but also use that as fuel...you will propel yourself farther than you ever possibly could have imagined. Use something negative and make a positive result with it. Maybe that's the greatest kind of alchemy itself?
So get back to that place that you can focus hard on your mission and your purpose. There will always be viewpoints about what you are actually doing, but in the end of it all, you really do have to litsen to what's inside.
Case closed.
Take sports 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 around you silences. It's just you and the catchers mitt. Everything slows down and the gap between you and the plate appears to shrink. You get this type of tunnel vision and when you realize you are in that moment, you are close to unhittable. Your body is in complete flow with your pitching mechanics and your motion becomes natural.
But there are so many moments when you walk a couple of their guys, a guy gets a hit, someone makes a gaffe, and the game starts to rapidly speed up on you. When that happens, boy can you hear all of the really lovely distractions around you. You can hear the other team yelling, you can hear once quiet people in the stands and throwing a strike becomes incredibly difficult.
How will we silence the noise feedback in life?
How will we move past the fear of failing - the fear of success and not being able to handle it - the phobia of being misinterpreted for something we're 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 do to progress?
We have to realize that this is a component of the game.
Balls, strikes, home runs, mess ups, over throws, passed balls, wild pitches, strikeouts, walks, that is all part of the game. It isn't about having an ideal game each day. You actually can not 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 two of your pitches aren't working well in any way. What on earth do you do when that happens?! Focus on the fact that you don't have your changeup and curve, start battering the pitching zone with your best fastball - one that is backed by heart and has each bit of conviction behind it. No matter what, you try feeling it out and throwing the other pitches because you would like to find them throughout the game, but you cannot bring yourself into a negative space or else you are not going to ever make 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's far better to be playing the game than sitting on the bench. It's better to actually be in a spot facing brutal criticism than to not be playing in any way.
And here's the closer. If you can get to a place where you not only can tune out the negative things that people naturally say, but also use that as fuel...you will propel yourself farther than you ever possibly could have imagined. Use something negative and make a positive result with it. Maybe that's the greatest kind of alchemy itself?
So get back to that place that you can focus hard on your mission and your purpose. There will always be viewpoints about what you are actually doing, but in the end of it all, you really do have to litsen to what's inside.
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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