Martial arts. I used to train everywhere I went. I wasn't typical and I took private lessons for the most part. I had a passion for it and I wasn't satisfied with moving at the pace of the slowest person in the class. It probably cost me 8 or 9 times more, but I learned quite a bit...and I bypassed years of classroom training.
I would always reverse-engineer the moves so that I could gain an understanding of why it is designed that way. I would practice soloand imagine a situation where I would put this to use, for the sake of training my mind. There's no use in knowing the techniques if you're going to panic in a real-life situation. The only way to learn this, was to place myself in real situations. But I knew the subconscious mind didn't know the difference between real or an emotionalized visualization.
I immediately noticed how my body responded differently in pretend situations than in a classroom setting. I felt different mechanisms kick in, though at the time I didn't know what they were. I'd experience tunnel vision...advanced heart rate. I felt the blood rush to the outer muscles of the body.
I stayed in these moments to figure out exactly what was happening...what I was feeling. I then brought it up to others that were much better than myself, and while they didn't all know what was going on scientifically, they knew how to change it.
"When you're caught in a real situation, convince your mind that you're only sparring..." And boy did I convince. The mechanisms did not kick in and block my thought process.
In short, when you're dealing with life, with goals of any kind, you're going to be faced with a "real" opposition. This opposition will weigh in on your emotions and restrain you from making the right decisions. I tell people to take this challenge like a game. It will keep your mind clear.
The achievement of your goal is the finish line, and every action you take towards your goal brings you one step closer. Your opponent's job is to stop you from getting to your goal, and the only way he can do this is by creating things that cancel out your action. If the bridge that you intended to cross is burning down, you won't give up on your goal. Your focus(in the game) is on the end result, so you only tell yourself, "Well that option didn't work. How else am I going to get across?" Your focus is on the end result...not on the current circumstance.
In life, we have learned to look at circumstances, rather than end results. Time to change your perspective.
by Dennis Andrew
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