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Five Sure Ways to Improve Your Game
Evelyn Cole
. . . no matter what game you are playing.
Let's say it's Bridge. You know, that card game your mother
taught you. You've got a few bucks on the outcome and a crush
on your partner. . . Your partner bids four hearts. You hold
a two of hearts and a total of eight points. You don't know
how to respond, your throat tightens . . .
Let's say it's golf. Your drive goes straight down the fairway-into
the sand trap. You're two down on the seventh hole, $100 bet
on first nine, you hate sand traps . . .
Let's say it's tennis. Not Wimbledon, but pretty close in
your life. You've made it to a championship match. You reach
back to serve and feel a tight cramp in your left calf . .
.
Let's say it's croquet. Your husband's slender, buxom secretary
has just blasted through two wickets. Your ball lies two feet
away. She takes aim. She misses. It's your turn . . .
Let's say it's an interview for a job that you and twenty
other equally qualified people really want. You have rehearsed
how you will benefit the employer specifically. You have dressed
appropriately for this particular interview, you know you
have what it takes, but you trip on the threshold . . .
Want to win? Here's what you should do:
1. Immediately ask yourself, "Will I die if I lose?"
2. If the answer is "Not bloody likely," ask, "Will I be mortified
if I lose?"
3. If the answer to that is "Yes," ask "Why? And then consider
the fact that your ability to win this game is no big deal.
IT DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
4. Breathe deeply and notice your breathing.
5. This is the most important step: IMAGINE
If it's bridge, imagine the play all the way through with
you making amazing finesses -- before you respond to your
partner's bid.
If it's golf, picture the lift of the ball out of the sand
trap. See the sand slowly falling down like rain. See the
ball soar straight up onto the green and roll into the hole
BEFORE you choose your club -- BEFORE you descend into the
trap.
If it's tennis, picture your serve as a cannon shot just clearing
the net and your body as molded mobile gelatin.
If it's croquet, forget the slender sleaze. Picture your husband
beaming as you knock her ball across the court.
If it's a job interview, smile as you trip over the threshold,
picture your anxieties rolled into a ball that you toss into
the wastebasket, and say, "Obviously, I really want this job."
Feelings always show. Admitting to them openly helps you win.
If it's life, imagine the scene you want, breathe into it,
be willing to lose, and put your heart into winning.
Copyright © 2006 Cole's Poetic License
Evelyn Cole, MA, MFA, The Whole-mind Writer, www.write-for-wealth.com
evycole@direcway.com Cole's chief aim
in life is to convince everyone to understand the power of
the subconscious mind and synchronize it with goals of the
conscious mind. Along with "Mind Nudges" and "Brainsweep",
she has published three novels and several poems that dramatize
subconscious power.
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