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From: Andy Floyd
Date: 17 Oct 2007
Time: 09:19:09 -0500
Remote Name: 204.228.117.202
There's a lot of articles written on how thought helps drive action (google search would work). A negative thought is more likely to produce a negative result than a positive thought. The book puts it like this on page 11: It's quite common for a player to think to himself, "I don't want to boot this ground ball," or "I don't want to walk this batter." The word "don't" will not get through to the body. The word carries no functional image. The phrase "boot this ground ball" does bring forth an image. The expression of a negative goal will therefore emphasize an undesirable image - and the error or the walk is more apt to be made. The body tends to do what is hears most clearly; the mind tells the body what it sees most clearly. So, thinking about what you don't want to happen greatly increases the chance that it will happen. So, the short answer to your question is "yes" it is like a self-fulfilling prophecy. As a short tutorial on how the mind ignores "don't" - Don't think about Tom Cruise right now. The mind has no image for "don't" but it does for Tom Cruise (as long as you know of him of course - just insert your favorite actor/athlete, etc). A website that goes into thoughts and actions a little is below: http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/4994/1/Understanding-the-Link-Between-Thoughts-and-Actions.html You'll probably have to copy and paste the whole link to your browser since it's so long.