FIVE STARS for this Amazing book called “The Practicing Mind” by Thomas Sterner that teaches you how to master any skill by training your mind to find joy in the process rather than always waiting for the end result to find joy.
Simple concepts and principles allow us to start enjoying the JOURNEY right now rather than waiting to be happy at the next DESTINATION that always seems to be in the future: when we get the promotion, the right house, the magical vacation, reach a certain weight, find the right partner, etc.
Here is a great quote from the book that describes the difference between these two modes of thinking:
“I once read an interview with a coach for the U.S. Olympic archery team. He commented that the biggest problem he faced in coaching the American teams was that they were fixated on their scores, or the RESULT of their shots. It was as if they were drawing the bow and releasing the arrow only to hit the bull’s-eye and earning a good score.
This was in contrast to the Asian teams, who having grown up in different cultures, were consumed in the PROCESS of properly executing the technique that led up to releasing the shot.
They viewed the result with an almost detached indifference. For them, the desired goal was a natural result of prioritizing the proper technique of drawing the bow. They operated in a completely different paradigm, and because of it, they were difficult to beat.”
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