The Flow State
Raymond is a peak performance counselor for PGA tour golfers, for major motion picture actors, for people who need to perform at their best when it matters.
Season 4, Episode 19 · The Flow State
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The story behind the idea
Outside of sports, I've been thinking of this in terms of important or crucial conversations.
What stands out
Maybe you can add some other things like presentations that you make it work. Pretty much any situation where it is go time and there is some level of stakes, and everything you've been working towards is ready to produce, those are the things we're talking about where we want peak performance. A quick side note that begins to delve into some of Raymond's material.
Why it matters
Last week my sermon was terrible, so maybe I'm just a terrible preacher. I would love to sit down with Summer and us to build something constructively. A month ago when we tried this, we came out worse than before.
A faithful way forward
Stop worrying about outcome and translate your best effort into what you're doing. If you want a companion episode to today's material, you can go back to December 6th, 2021. We did an episode called Winning in Mind based on a book written by an Olympian who was a rifle shooter. He said the very best scores he ever got is when he didn't know what his score was and he didn't care where he placed.
Put it into practice
One more thought for me today, and then Lord willing, you will go out and perform whatever you seek to do in the name of the Lord at your very best. You're not focused on the past or the results or your ego because this moment is important and you need to do it well, but just be careful lest you make it too important. You want there to be zero obstruction between you and the thing that you are about to do, but you cannot attach your identity to the thing that you're about to do.
Take the idea with you.
- 01What idea from this study most needs my attention right now?
- 02Where does this challenge the way I am currently thinking or living?
- 03What is one faithful step I can take this week?
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