Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Jonathan Star.
Are you reacting to life, or are you CREATING what you want?
If you’re like most people, you are reacting to what life brings.
On the tennis court, most players react to the last point, good or bad.
After we lose a point, we generally have a negative response. After we win a point, we generally have a positive response.
The secret however, is to CREATE a winning point and feeling, BEFORE the point begins.
I just finished reading the manuscript of one of the best books I have read recently, “GAME ‘ON’: THE FLOW, THE ZONE & THE STATE OF ‘ON,’ IN SPORTS AND LIFE” by Jonathan Star.
In his book, Star talks about this idea of creating what you want instead of reacting to the last one.
Star says that if you lose a point, you should let it go immediately and if you win a point, you should stay with that winning feeling until right before the next point begins.
“In my own view of things, being ‘in the zone’ refers to a state where everything is going right, where you are making your shots, where there is a certain ease and flow to your game. The state of ‘on’ – or what we may call ‘full on,’ since there are different levels in this state – is not so much a feeling that everything is going right, but the feeling that you can do no wrong. It is an elevation of the zone – you’re not in the zone, you’re not going with the flow, you’re creating it. You are not ‘in’ the state, you are the state. But you come to feel this way when you allow a higher dimension of your self to enter the game and bring it to a whole new level.”
Are you creating, or are you reacting?
Stay tuned for more on the state of “on.”
