Focusing on a Negative??
I coach and have played many sports, and I have been fairly successful. One thing I have noticed is if we focus on a negative the outcome is almost always negative.
If I have a player get up to bat or in the past when I got up to bat if i say to myself "I don't want to strike out", normally the player, or myself will strike out. If I am golfing on a hole that has a lake or a pond on it and I say to myself, "don't hit it in the water", 9 times out of 10 my ball will end up wet.
Our brains only focus on "want to strikeout", and "hit it in the water". And when we focus on a negative more than likely that negative thing will occur.
Is it any wonder why are brain continues to get certain messages when we say, "I don't want to drink",or "I don't want to be a drunk"?
Thoughts?