Here is another excerpt:
"There's an old
saying in baseball: When you think, you stink. The best players don't
get in their own way. So what causes the mind to turn on a player? It
can be a traumatic event, such as striking out with the game on the
line or an embarrassing error.
A meltdown can
be caused by external pressure. Noted psychologist Harvey Dorfman tells
the story of a pitcher who wanted to stop pitching the moment he won 17
games because he didn't want to deal with the expectations of being a
20-game winner."
In the real world, people tend to think too much, as the quote states when you think you stink. Thinking brings stagnancy, doubt and so many stories that most people are embarrassed to even mention them. You have no control over others and what others think, so do things for yourself today and let tomorrow take care of its self, if others create expectations on your behalf, then that is their business and again you have no control over that.
You do have control over what you do and what you think and there is no one on the planet that has not made a mistake. In sports those mistakes tend to be in the public eye, for most though mistakes are exposed to a smaller number of people, who you have no control over.
You can make a mistake and move on, head held high, or you can let it consume you and shrink to the size of a mouse. You will likely experience a better time with your held high than you will the size of a mouse.
