Geoff Greig
Jun 8, 20212 min
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We have chatted a bit about how to shift from Fear to Focus while performing.
But what about moving from Focus to Flow... so you can get more access to the Zone?
𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐙𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭.
It is one of the most powerful feelings you can have.
𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐙𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.
It is also the absolute peak of athletic performance.
When your mind and body are totally in sync.
Yet... part of your mind literally shuts down when you are in the zone.
The part of your mind responsible for thinking.
𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟒𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬... 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 (𝐙𝐨𝐧𝐞) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛.
Which means... one of the most important keys for moving from Focus to Flow is learning to quiet your thoughts on command when you swing a club.
This is why so many tour golfers are doing meditation and mindfulness training.
They know how important quieting thoughts is to their ability to play at the peak of their skills.
Just ask Phil Mickleson.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 (𝐙𝐨𝐧𝐞) 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝.
𝐁𝐮𝐭... 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐙𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐙𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧.
𝐀𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝟏𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟:
𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬
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𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞... 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.
When you are under pressure is when your mind struggles the most with the distractions of thoughts and emotions.
Daily training to learn how to turn down the dial of distractions is the fastest way to learn how to shift from Focus to Flow more often.
𝐀𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞... 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐌 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞!