27-06-2012, 07:55 AM
This is "dont feel bad" advice. Not quite the same as "feel good" advice. This thread is intended for positive outlooks. Acknowledging minor victories to feel better about yourself.
If you're running in a race and you see the person in front of you slow down, what do you do? Your brain sees it, and you get a subconcious second wind. Even if you were tired before, you aren't anymore because all you can think about is 'I'm gonna pass him right now'. You don't really go any faster, but you feel faster and you feel better about yourself. Positive perspective grants positive results.
If someone starts passing you, you get a similar subconcious response, but instead of 'I'm gonna pass him', a positive, you get 'I'm not gonna let him pass me', a negative. This time you actually do run faster, but in order to keep yourself from getting passed you run so much harder and faster that you exhaust yourself and have to stop, so you get passed anyway. Negative perspective, negative result.
If you're running in a race and you see the person in front of you slow down, what do you do? Your brain sees it, and you get a subconcious second wind. Even if you were tired before, you aren't anymore because all you can think about is 'I'm gonna pass him right now'. You don't really go any faster, but you feel faster and you feel better about yourself. Positive perspective grants positive results.
If someone starts passing you, you get a similar subconcious response, but instead of 'I'm gonna pass him', a positive, you get 'I'm not gonna let him pass me', a negative. This time you actually do run faster, but in order to keep yourself from getting passed you run so much harder and faster that you exhaust yourself and have to stop, so you get passed anyway. Negative perspective, negative result.