🎯 Pregaming: How to Prepare Your Mind Before Big Moments
Think about how athletes prepare before a big game. They don't just show up and hope for the best.
There are 3 stages to doing anything well:
- Pregame - getting your mind and body ready
- The Game - actually doing the thing
- Postgame - looking back at what happened
Usain Bolt trained for four years just to run a nine-second race. That's serious pregaming!
The military calls this cycle the OODA Loop - Observe, Orient, Decide, Act. The faster you cycle through it, the better you perform.
Here's the big secret: at the Olympics, both athletes are physically equal. What separates winners from losers is mental preparation.
Before your next big moment, warm up your brain, not just your body.
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