Fight for Your Best Energy

Most of us live in two places mentally: the future (wanting control) and the past (carrying regret). Your best energy needs to be in the present - and you have to fight to keep it there.

The formula: Performance = Potential - Impediments

Pressing the gas and brakes at the same time = burnout. No movement.

The downside trap:
Adding vivid detail to worst-case scenarios doesn't help you change anything right now. It just steals your energy. It's like reliving trauma that hasn't happened yet.

The better approach:

• Keep the downside fuzzy - just know you'll be okay
• Pour detailed energy into the upside - visualize winning

Your brain is a prediction machine:

• Predict danger = get tight and frozen
• Predict manageability = get smooth and flexible