Mark Divine

You know, so one of the classic ones that I have is this is an easy day. I got this. Piece of cake. This is an easy day. I got this piece of cake. I'm feeling good and I'm looking good. I ought to be in Hollywood. And so then your internal dialogue, this takes over and starts to drown out any of that other dialoguing. And then you begin to, you know, this ties into the third skill.

You know, so one of the classic ones that I have is this is an easy day. I got this. Piece of cake. This is an easy day. I got this piece of cake. I'm feeling good and I'm looking good. I ought to be in Hollywood. And so then your internal dialogue, this takes over and starts to drown out any of that other dialoguing. And then you begin to, you know, this ties into the third skill.

The third skill is imaging. So that includes visualization, image projection in terms of the future, what, you know, desired outcomes, you know, because if you can see the win in your mind, then you can achieve the win if you believe it and act forcefully on it, right? And that comes straight from Sun Tzu. The victorious warrior wins in his mind first and then enters the battle.

The third skill is imaging. So that includes visualization, image projection in terms of the future, what, you know, desired outcomes, you know, because if you can see the win in your mind, then you can achieve the win if you believe it and act forcefully on it, right? And that comes straight from Sun Tzu. The victorious warrior wins in his mind first and then enters the battle.

And so the combination of the second skill, which is maintaining and developing and maintaining a positive direction and a positive routine and a positive emotional pattern associated with your thought. So, this is, you know, requires like training the brain, training the mind to act this way all the time, especially when the challenges appear.

And so the combination of the second skill, which is maintaining and developing and maintaining a positive direction and a positive routine and a positive emotional pattern associated with your thought. So, this is, you know, requires like training the brain, training the mind to act this way all the time, especially when the challenges appear.

This then connects to your ability to see yourself succeeding in those challenges, see yourself dominating in those challenging environments. being able to maintain a clear picture of the wind in spite of the dark night of the soul moments that might come over you or the team and, you know, you can connect back to that image of the wind and go, oh yeah, that's it, that's why I'm here, right?

This then connects to your ability to see yourself succeeding in those challenges, see yourself dominating in those challenging environments. being able to maintain a clear picture of the wind in spite of the dark night of the soul moments that might come over you or the team and, you know, you can connect back to that image of the wind and go, oh yeah, that's it, that's why I'm here, right?

And so, this goes, I mean, there's so many subtle skills that are involved. How we use our eyes is important. So, if I'm, you know, if I need to lift the log up and put it on my other shoulder, then I shift my mind and my gaze into a very practical, this is my one task right here, right now. I look at the log. I coordinate the movements with my team.

And so, this goes, I mean, there's so many subtle skills that are involved. How we use our eyes is important. So, if I'm, you know, if I need to lift the log up and put it on my other shoulder, then I shift my mind and my gaze into a very practical, this is my one task right here, right now. I look at the log. I coordinate the movements with my team.

We breathe together and hoist it up on the command and lower it over. And that's the only thing I'm doing and thinking of in that moment. But then let's say right when that's done and we're like, I've got a little relief. It's on the other shoulder now.

We breathe together and hoist it up on the command and lower it over. And that's the only thing I'm doing and thinking of in that moment. But then let's say right when that's done and we're like, I've got a little relief. It's on the other shoulder now.

and we're going to take another 100 paces or so, then I soften my gaze and my gaze, you know, my eyes literally go from, you know, pupil style and I'm focused on a task and I'm outwardly focused to where my eyes go really soft and almost like they go wide and like I'm using my peripheral vision. And in that state, your mind will soften and it's almost like, you know, just letting go and

and we're going to take another 100 paces or so, then I soften my gaze and my gaze, you know, my eyes literally go from, you know, pupil style and I'm focused on a task and I'm outwardly focused to where my eyes go really soft and almost like they go wide and like I'm using my peripheral vision. And in that state, your mind will soften and it's almost like, you know, just letting go and

and turning inward and in that inward, even though my eyes are open, I have access to my imagery and I can go back and check in with it or the images there for me. Does that make sense? So, again, this is the tools are how do we use our mind effectively? Our minds are so much more powerful when we learn how to use them, right?

and turning inward and in that inward, even though my eyes are open, I have access to my imagery and I can go back and check in with it or the images there for me. Does that make sense? So, again, this is the tools are how do we use our mind effectively? Our minds are so much more powerful when we learn how to use them, right?

And so, we've been trained here in the West to really dominantly be focused on our cognition, our rational mind, our thinking, right? And then if you're creative, they say, oh, yeah, you're creative. So you're using that right brand and you have creative powers. The reality is we all have the capacity to think better and to avoid our cognitive bias. So that's a skill that we have to train for.

And so, we've been trained here in the West to really dominantly be focused on our cognition, our rational mind, our thinking, right? And then if you're creative, they say, oh, yeah, you're creative. So you're using that right brand and you have creative powers. The reality is we all have the capacity to think better and to avoid our cognitive bias. So that's a skill that we have to train for.

And we also have the capacity to release that, to literally put that area of our mind, that active area of our mind to rest, like to turn the dial down significantly so that you can open up to what I call direct perception, perceiving things just the way they are right now without having to judge or analyze or anything. And a massive amount of information flows in with that.

And we also have the capacity to release that, to literally put that area of our mind, that active area of our mind to rest, like to turn the dial down significantly so that you can open up to what I call direct perception, perceiving things just the way they are right now without having to judge or analyze or anything. And a massive amount of information flows in with that.