A swimmer's mind drifts to his to-do list mid-workout, tanking his performance. He catches himself, refocuses on his 17-year-old son and meaningful work, and suddenly swims stronger. Where you put your attention shapes what your body can do.
So the other day I'm swimming and I'm in the pool. I'm doing my typical workout and I start to think about all the things that I have to do. And then I started to think about, oh, God, I don't have the right resources to get these done. And then I was like, oh, and I didn't respond to these five people who are waiting. And I literally was getting slower and slower until I just stood up in the middle of the pool. And I was like, oh, I have to really practice what I preach. And so what I started to think about, I have a 17-year-old son who is amazing. I got all these awesome things happening with work and community. and I started to swim again more powerfully, stronger than I ever did before. And I started to say, okay, when you focus on the positive and the outcomes that you want, your body response.
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