WRAP-UP: YOUR COMPETITIVE ATTITUDE Think about when you played competitive sports: baseball, football, hockey, swimming, etc. When you were in the thick of competition, what were you thinking about? By far the number-one answer in my courses is winning—at least 95 percent of the answers. But it’s the wrong answer. If you think of winning, you’ll lose. Here is a better question. What were you focused on? The answer should be the ball, the puck, your stroke, your breathing. The minutest details of your craft. If you are a gymnast and don’t do that, you’ll break your arm on the parallel bars.
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