Make Light Real

Neil October 3rd, 2007

“The real power of incremental growth comes to ear when we truly are like water, steadily carving stone. We just keep on flowing when everything is on the line.” - from The Art of Learning

So while we know that THE ZONE exists, we can’t rely upon heavily charged, adreniline induced, or climactic moments to put us into a creatively charged state. Many competitive athletes have a routine that puts them into THE ZONE when it’s time for them to perform. We’ll call this routine, a trigger.

For some it’s a meditation or memory, for some a song, for some streching/activity will put them into THE ZONE. Does one particular activity come to mind for you? if not, read on and we’ll help you develop your trigger and then hone it for your use.

“So how do we step up when our moment studdenly arises? My answer is to redefine the question. Not only do we have to be good a waiting, we have to love it. Because waiting is not waiting, it is life. Too many of us live without fully engaging our minds, waiting for that moment when our real lives begin.“

Josh recommends searching for an activity or place that really helps you feel the sublime, restful, and focused. From there we can work backward to further reinforce a pattern of activities that will induce a calm but powerful state of focus. So the example routine whent like this:

1. Eat a light consistant (same food) snak
2. 15 minutes of meditation
3. 10 minutes of streching
4. 10 minutes of music
5. Activity or place of enjoyment, peace and complete presence

So continue this as a daily routine for 2-4 weeks to allow a strong psychological connection to build between the pattern and THE ZONE.

Continue for tomorrow’s post to see how to shorten the routine to jump start your Zone mindset.

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