Pure performance ay nangyayari kapag ikaw, gaya ng sinabi ni Eminem, “lose yourself” and enter a zone of relaxed concentration.
Ang Snowboarder na si Shaun White ay nakaranas ng pure performance habang nagsasagawa ng two inverted flips and rotating three and a half times over an icy snow‐packed halfpipe in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Tinanong si White kung ano ang iniisip niya during the move, at sinabi niya, “At that point, you’re really not thinking. You’re just letting it happen. It’s a mixture of being completely focused then slightly not caring.“
Sinabi ng Hall of fame basketball player na si Bill Russell nang makaranas siya ng pure performance, “The game would move so quickly that every fake, cut and pass would be surprising, and yet nothing surprised me. It was almost as if we were playing in slow motion.“
Ipinaliwanag ni Rower Craig Lambert ang kanyang pure performance state bilang isang “magical condition” kung saan effort seemed to disappear.
Itinuro ni George Mumford ang mindfulness sa mga elite athletes for decades. Sa panahong iyon, natuklasan ni Mumford ang mga secrets to pure performance. Maaari mong gamitin ang mga secrets na ito to find “the zone” during your next athletic competition or work presentation. I have distilled Mumford’s secrets down to a four‐step formula:
- Crystal‐clear intention
- Complete trust
- Conscious breathing
- Centered mindfulness
CRYSTAL-CLEAR INTENTION
Habang nasa relaxed and positive mental state, see the outcome na gusto mo in your mind’s eye and feel the movements in your body. Believe with 100% certainty na mangyayari ang iyong inaasahang resulta.
COMPLETE TRUST
Trust a force beyond your comprehension (maaari mong tawagin ang force na ito na the unconscious, subconscious, God, or the Universe) upang gabayan ang iyong katawan through the necessary movements to get the outcome na iyong ninanais.
If you’ve practiced the skills necessary to achieve the outcome, the force beyond your comprehension should have no problem making it a reality.
Ang pagtitiwala sa force beyond your comprehension upang gabayan ang iyong performance without interference ay tulad ng isang magulang na kailangang panoorin ang kanilang anak na mag-perform on stage during a school play. The parent helped the child to prepare, ngunit ngayon they need to trust the child to perform without further instruction. Nakakalungkot, most of us are like a parent who yells instructions from the audience and runs onstage to direct the play.
Being vulnerable and trusting a force you can’t explain to perform for you is what Mumford calls “the ultimate form of empowerment.” Sa mga panahon ng matinding krisis people let down their guard and ask for help from somewhere or something. As the saying goes, “there are no atheists in a foxhole.”
CONSCIOUS BREATHING
“Musicians depend on the metronome’s regular rhythmic beats to master their scales, which are the basic fundamentals of their music. Now consider your breathing like a metronome, consistently and rhythmically connecting you to your own source and providing you with a regular mechanism for recentering yourself.”
– George Mumford
When you concentrate on your natural rhythm of inhales and exhales (the beats of your inner metronome), ganap kang nakatuon sa present moment. When you’re entirely focused on the present moment, wala kang iniiwan na puwang para sa mga anxious thoughts and prevent tension from ruining your performance.
Tulad ng sinabi ni Amit Ray, “If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.”
Huwag kontrolin ang iyong paghinga, simply observe it. Sa simpleng pagmamasid sa iyong paghinga, your autonomic system will optimize your breathing and generate a feeling of relaxed concentration.
CENTERED MINDFULNESS
Imagine the eye of a hurricane, that calm, quiet blue center of the hurricane. Gaano man kalakas ang bagyo, that quiet center remains. “We all have this quiet center within us,” Mumford says.
Ang isang championship athlete goes to their quiet center and watches their performance unfold without conscious interference. It’s as if their conscious ego‐mind, na karaniwang gusting kontrolin ang sitwasyon, sits back in a comfortable chair and watches the body perform flawlessly.
If you deliver a presentation while watching from your calm center space (your eye of the hurricane), ang performance mo ay tila walang hirap, and you’ll be free of that voice in your head reminding you what to say.
Ang layunin ng bawat performance ay manatili sa iyong calm center space and be mindful of your actions.
“Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment, nonjudgmentally, as if your life depended on it.”
‐ Jon Kabat‐Zinn
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