In almost every case, there will always be this hum you'll hear from the stands. Though no matter the whispers 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're on the mound pitching where the sounds the other team is making, the fans in the stands and everything else around you silences. It is just you and the catchers mitt. Everything slows down and the gap between you and the plate really appears to shrink. You get this sort 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 natural.
But there are other moments when you walk a couple of guys, someone gets a lucky hit, someone makes a gaffe, and the game starts to rapidly speed up on you. When that goes down, boy are you able to hear all of the really loud distractions around you. You can hear the other team screaming and yelling, you can hear the hum of the people in the stands and throwing a strike becomes extremely difficult.
How will we silence the noise criticism in life?
How do we move past the dread of failing - the fear of success and not being able to handle it - the dread of being misinterpreted for something we aren't? How can we be less frightened of losing everything we have produced? The hard part is, the greater the risk you take the greater the questions become surrounding it. What can we do to go forward?
We should understand that this is all part of the game.
Balls, strikes, home runs, blunders, over throws, passed balls, wild pitches, strikeouts, walks, that really is all part of the game. It isn't about having a flawless game every day. You actually cannot do that. Pitching is about grooving when you have it and facing adversity when you do not. There are that many times you go out there and 2 of your pitches are not even close to working well at all. What the hell do you do when that happens?! Start to focus on the fact that you do not have your changeup and curve, start hitting the pitching zone with your best fastball - one which has every ounce 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 will probably not be making it out of the first inning.
The hum of the crowd is always going 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 is better to essentially 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 people naturally say, but also use that as fuel...you will propel yourself farther and further than you ever might have imagined. Use something negative and fashion a positive result with it. Perhaps that's the greatest kind of alchemy itself?
So get back to that place that you can focus deeply on your mission and your purpose. No matter what, there will always be views about what you are actually doing, but in the final analysis, 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're on the mound pitching where the sounds the other team is making, the fans in the stands and everything else around you silences. It is just you and the catchers mitt. Everything slows down and the gap between you and the plate really appears to shrink. You get this sort 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 natural.
But there are other moments when you walk a couple of guys, someone gets a lucky hit, someone makes a gaffe, and the game starts to rapidly speed up on you. When that goes down, boy are you able to hear all of the really loud distractions around you. You can hear the other team screaming and yelling, you can hear the hum of the people in the stands and throwing a strike becomes extremely difficult.
How will we silence the noise criticism in life?
How do we move past the dread of failing - the fear of success and not being able to handle it - the dread of being misinterpreted for something we aren't? How can we be less frightened of losing everything we have produced? The hard part is, the greater the risk you take the greater the questions become surrounding it. What can we do to go forward?
We should understand that this is all part of the game.
Balls, strikes, home runs, blunders, over throws, passed balls, wild pitches, strikeouts, walks, that really is all part of the game. It isn't about having a flawless game every day. You actually cannot do that. Pitching is about grooving when you have it and facing adversity when you do not. There are that many times you go out there and 2 of your pitches are not even close to working well at all. What the hell do you do when that happens?! Start to focus on the fact that you do not have your changeup and curve, start hitting the pitching zone with your best fastball - one which has every ounce 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 will probably not be making it out of the first inning.
The hum of the crowd is always going 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 is better to essentially 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 people naturally say, but also use that as fuel...you will propel yourself farther and further than you ever might have imagined. Use something negative and fashion a positive result with it. Perhaps that's the greatest kind of alchemy itself?
So get back to that place that you can focus deeply on your mission and your purpose. No matter what, there will always be views about what you are actually doing, but in the final analysis, 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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