AdminGreat reminder to stop and think about what is important JRahm.
Focus and Intention are things I've only learned to do *on purpose* in the past few years.
Working with a coach I teased out the times I did great at something, the times I did terrible at something and looked at them closely to discover what drove great & terrible respectively.
In my case - I was motivated, in the extreme, when I figured SOMEONE ELSE thought I would fail. I was also de-motivated when some task was overly complex, if nobody was waiting on it, and I couldn't figure out the best place to start. Those seem simple enough to understand in the abstract but recognizing when they were *happening* to me in the moment was less obvious.
BUT...now I am exercising three things more regularly:
* checking in regularly with my own personal goals.
* invoking the "challenge myself" muscle such that I can mimic the extrinsic motivation I've had in the past - I can sorta make it pop from my own head without the need to have someone else doubt me AND
* I can more often recognize the signs of when I am stalling myself out (procrastinating) and getting myself back on track more often.
I'm still not close to 100% success on all of those activities but I'm certainly better and they almost always start with slowing down for just a second, recognizing how they look/feel as they are happening, and then, with increased intention, confirm that the action I'm about to take (or not take) is aligned with my personal goals and short term targets.
My mission then is improving my ability to more accurately turn on, and turn off, my powers for my, and those counting on me, benefit.