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When I played a match today I went from my usual 20 crash outs/head losses to only about 5 so this book might be actually useful. Book itself is interesting but not interesting enough for me to spend my whole day reading it hence why I’m reading at the pace of a snail

Reading this so I can prepare myself for my inevitable loss at Varsity

A bit of a hard read, doesn’t align with my goals and unable to extract the information i want out of it.

Audible. Self help. Didn’t finished. Should revisit.

Only by playing the role of your enemy does your opponent become your true friend

Makes me think about the concept of lila - a spontaneous play organized by the creator with humans as the play things/actors

Leave self 1 behind!!

Good

I think what he says about listening to one’s natural rhythym instead of trying to code a behaviour into one’s self is revelling.

I think the author of this book would be very happy to see Alcaraz’s triumph on the court especially in contrast to someone like Sinner

This book says a lot of interesting things about abandoning the judgemental self, essentially practicing stoicism with your play and not assigning humanity to aspects of your game.

Part of me wonders if people can tell coaches who've read this book the same you can tell people who've read How to Win Friends and Influence People. If your coach just watches you and doesn't say anything you can feel pretty confident

This is some “Goodreads” hahahahahahhahahahhahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahaha

This is some “Goodreads” hahahahhahHahhahahhahahahahhahahahahhahA

l’ho rincominciato da capo perché questo libro merita tutta l’attenzione, ora me lo mangio

Puhhh, gemischte Gefühle: Am Anfang war ich sehr überzeugt, jetzt wird es mir gerade zu Tennis-Spezifisch. Die Methode (Intuitives Lernen eher durch Gucken, als durch erklären lassen) erleuchtet mich noch nicht, manchmal kann etwas erklärt bekommen auch sinnvoll sein.

Of course, people will try hard to win respect they believe they lack, and the winners will try hard not to lose the respect they have won.

Nonetheless, few people are ever satisfied with what is before them at the moment. Our desire that things be different from what they are pulls our minds into an unreal world, and consequently we are less able to appreciate what the present has to offer. Our minds leave the reality of the present only when we prefer the unreality of the past or future.

When one learns how to change a habit, it is a relatively simple matter to learn which ones to change. Once you learn how to learn, you only have to discover what is worth learning. It is much more difficult to break a habit when there is no adequate replacement for it.

If we let ourselves lose touch with our ability to feel our actions, by relying too heavily on instructions, we can seriously compromise our access to our natural learning processes and our potential to perform.

It’s very good. Learning about the mentality behind our game/ life has been very informing. Looking forward to reading more!

You should free yourself from any emotional reaction to success or failure; simply know your goal and take objective interest in the results.

There are many many analogies throughout each and every chapter. Sometimes it feels like fluff but other times it truly resonates.
I find the concepts of the "teller" and the "doer" interesting, and I like the section on unlearning judgement.
Lastly, as I am taking a sports psychology class right now, I can apply concepts from this book into course material.

Be clear about this: Letting go of judgments does not mean ignoring errors. It simply means seeing events as they are and not adding to them.

不带评判地观察，万事万物都一样。信任自己的self 2

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Forgot I was reading this