Dr. Rick Perea - Focus on process, not the end result (to eliminate stress in performance)

There’s a guy here in Colorado named Dr. Rick Perea (who has this business coaching website), and he usually talks on the radio about handling pressure and succeeding. Today he said a few goog things about winning, including “Don’t focus on the result, focus on the process.” The idea is that of course you want to win a game if you’re playing a sport, but focusing on the desire to win causes stress, and focusing on the process of what is needed to succeed is what will actually get you the win.

As an example, when I pitched in high school, I could want to win as much as possible, but if I didn’t focus on throwing my pitches to the right spots and mixing them up well, all that desire would have been for naught.