| Take these ten steps to make your pocket billiards journey a little easier. Number one. Whatever your session was today, it is okay. Most of our frustration comes from our resistance to the facts as they are. When we fight this reality we cause our own stress. If you can let whatever happens today to be okay, you can change tomorrow. You can do this because you are not fighting the reality of today. Let your session with your practice be okay. You are okay. Today was a good day. Number two. You must understand that you do have a breaking point, a time when you just can’t take it any longer. We need to push that back. This is done by developing a principle to live by. I like to call it; “right thinking” which comes from the wonderful world of monks. The best book I ever read on “right thinking” was a book called I Came to Win. Become an I Came to Win player and with that philosophy you push your breaking point back so far that it does not affect you. When you walk out of a tournament, having lost a tough match remember who you are. If you are an I Came to Win player than you are not thinking about the past. Number three. Your frustration is good. Those who are impatient with the level of growth you experience have a chance to act on that impatience by doing number one over and over. When things are not going as you desire you are forced to make a change. As a direct result of your trouble you are pushed to the cure. Personal growth always comes with a price to pay. Change is not easy. I have seen many of you come through chaos with a stronger more meaningful game experience. Number four. You are an I Came to Win player. So often we identify with the chaos we are going through. People refer to themselves as their own sickness. “I am a diabetic” they say. “No you are not” I would tell them. “You are a person who has diabetes”. We need to let go of our identification with our troubles and practice right thinking. I did not cash in five straight Viking Tour 9 Ball Tournaments. It was frustrating because I can do better than that. So I let it be okay and went to work. I used the frustration as my motivation to continue training. At this time, I am not the shooter I was when I lost those five tournaments. I am so much better now. If I do not run a hundred balls I am surprised but okay with that. I keep working hard. I make it a point to not identify with my results. I simply work harder. Number five. You make the choice. You have the power to see things in any way you like. You have the power to simply be okay with what ever happened. You can look forward to the next event. You are an I Came to Win player who does not dwell on past failures. If your experience is okay, as laid out in number one, than how can you get down on yourself and develop low self esteem? Number six. Change must come from the unconscious mind. To move to the next level you must be able to see the things that are keeping you where you are. Once you can do that, when these habitual responses come up you can cancel them. We put in motion the way we think about the experiences we are going through. This is like a seed that begins to grow. You strengthen that which you focus on, which is why you must change it from your unconscious mind. For instance, if you remember failing on a particular shot in the past, you will go into a habitual panic when it comes up and actually believe you are going to miss the shot. If you can go back to your right thinking which is I Came to Win you will deliver a strong committed stroke regardless of what is going on in your mind. The fact of the matter is that you did miss this shot before. That is a fact. It is how you deal with that fact that determines how well you will do in a situation. Number seven. There are times when you just have to become a good witness. Step aside when you are faced with turmoil and watch how you respond. Learn to identify with the keys that strengthen your behavior. Take a moment in quiet thought to simply watch yourself. If you are a good witness you will pick up on some valuable things that can help you make those changes you need. Number eight. It is very important to stay away from generalizations. If you declare “I always miss the key ball” you will be haunted by that statement. “This is a tough tournament” is another foolish declaration. “This cue ball is no good” and on and on. When someone comes to me with a generalization statement I always say, “I don’t know about that. I’m just trying to win the tournament”. “Don’t you think this table is to fast?” They might ask. I don’t even think that way I just try to play it the way it is. What’s too fast, what’s too slow? Number nine. We are always just starting out in our training, in our tournaments and in our matches. You are aware of the four words that describe who we are. You are free from all failures and facts in the starting out phase. If you have lost six times at this bar or pool hall it does not change the fact that you are just starting out. Number ten. Within all good shots there is an anchor that kicks in. You must find this anchor and use it on all shots, not just the good ones but the tough ones, the easy ones, the low percentage shots. When you are faced with a long tough shot you must find your anchor within your pre shot routine and tap into it so you can deliver the committed stroke that will pocket the ball. In this way you capture the Myelin that has wrapped itself around your brain in layers to help you produce the perfect stroke every single time. May all the rolls go your way. |
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