In most things, go on automatic if you can. I do my best work when I'm not really trying. It's very freeing to be rid of inhibition and fear. The big perk is: that's exactly when you are at your best.

IM efforts will benefit by that frame of mind as well. No stress!

If spontaneity is not natural for you, practice it. It's a shame that spontaneity is trained out of us in schools. We have to recapture it. So, let's be like children again. We can get it back without drugs and alcohol, by just by being high on life and letting go.

John McEnroe, the tennis champion, when asked "How do you do it?" replied..."I don't really think about it. I just do it."

It's often a mistake to think too much. Bogs you down. A bigger mistake is to talk too much about what you are doing. If you insist on explaining it, chances are you'll inhibit yourself because you get all wrapped up in the "how" and results. Chances are you'll create limitations with words and linear thinking. It slows you down and even prevents you from achieving your heights. It's like over folding the egg whites into a souffle batter. I'm not putting down being articulate, but sometimes explaining yourself and the process, robs you of the energy that you need to just go out and do it. Have you read "The Inner Game of Tennis" by John McEnroe? Whoops! I mean Tim Gallwey. My mistake. Great book. I apply Gallwey's coaching to everything. Not always easy, but it works.


The shortcut to success is just do it!