Full presence produces seamless fusion—you become your performance. Otherwise, you are always one step behind what you are doing because you are judging what is happening and are not fully in the moment. A mind in the moment is not self-conscious or concerned about what opponents or spectators are thinking or doing. Chris Sharma, one of the world’s best rock climbers, says he gets so focused when he climbs hard routes that he completely loses himself. He channels all his energy directly into what he is doing in the moment of the climb. In the same way, get out of yourself and get into your
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