Monday, March 24, 2014

Achieving super-human performance levels

Flow psychology to achieve another level of ride performance:

Flow Psychology - how to immerse yourself in an activity so that time stands still and you achieve a level of being one in the activity and hence achieve a level of performance not possible otherwise:
http://www.psy-flow.com/sites/psy-flow/files/docs/flow.pdf

This a technique is used by super-human performers.  I think you can recall moments in time when either skiing, riding etc., that you feel a sense of sheer pleasure and that nothing less matters.  For most people those moments are fleeting as you let the "outside world, fear and other thoughts, destroy the moment.  If you can learn to manage that feeling and prolong it and stay focused in that activity that's when performance reaches another level - super human performance.