I am going to have to check out 'The Inner Game of Tennis' -- I feel like you've mentioned it before, or at least it rings a bell. Very similar to golf, when you think about it. I love your spirit, by the way -- "who knows if I can get marathon training going in the winter. If not, so be it." :) I too have learned to observe -- the older I get, I realize how little I actually "know" :)
I am going to have to check out 'The Inner Game of Tennis' -- I feel like you've mentioned it before, or at least it rings a bell. Very similar to golf, when you think about it. I love your spirit, by the way -- "who knows if I can get marathon training going in the winter. If not, so be it." :) I too have learned to observe -- the older I get, I realize how little I actually "know" :)
The part that resonates with me is how Gallwey digs into Self 1 and Self 2-- Self 1, which over-analyzes, micro-manages, and strangles our natural performance. And Self 2, which is our intuitive, natural, and ceaselessly adaptive self, which can learn and perform with ease. Zen, if you will. That is why I mentioned Golf as I knew it is another sport you like and play.
Keep observing! Once you realize you know nothing, you become a master and can happily keep learning for the rest of your life! :)
You'll enjoy it. It might have the same information on the book on golf. I think he has several books out, and though I haven't read them, they may have the same information. It helped me a lot!
I am going to have to check out 'The Inner Game of Tennis' -- I feel like you've mentioned it before, or at least it rings a bell. Very similar to golf, when you think about it. I love your spirit, by the way -- "who knows if I can get marathon training going in the winter. If not, so be it." :) I too have learned to observe -- the older I get, I realize how little I actually "know" :)
The part that resonates with me is how Gallwey digs into Self 1 and Self 2-- Self 1, which over-analyzes, micro-manages, and strangles our natural performance. And Self 2, which is our intuitive, natural, and ceaselessly adaptive self, which can learn and perform with ease. Zen, if you will. That is why I mentioned Golf as I knew it is another sport you like and play.
Keep observing! Once you realize you know nothing, you become a master and can happily keep learning for the rest of your life! :)
Now I'm definitely going to have to go pick that book up! Thanks so much for the rec, Nilima!
You'll enjoy it. It might have the same information on the book on golf. I think he has several books out, and though I haven't read them, they may have the same information. It helped me a lot!