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Your byline is one of the best about overcoming mental obstacles:
"Clear the Mechanism"
For all you movie buffs out there, there’s no better example I can think of for this technique than For Love Of The Game. Kevin Costner plays his last game as a professional baseball pitcher, and as he steps to the mound, he takes in all of what surrounds him (the fans, the players, the field, the smells, the lights, everything), and soaks it all in. From there, he focuses in on his catcher and the distance between him and the plate. At that time, he tells himself to “clear the mechanism”, and one by one, each disturbance around him clears out so the only thing left is a “tunnel” from his glove to the catcher.