The pro athlete sports life lesson on living with more focus
I remember when I was a kid and would shoot hoops in my driveway. It was pure bliss. The sweat. The push. The bounce of the ball. A few swishes and Mikan drills here, a few Alan Houston drills there. I would even strap big rubber bands around my waist on the stanchion and make imaginary moves over and over.
Then I’d move out to the three-point line where I’d pretend to be in the NBA playing against (which became a reality when Stephon Marbury dunked on me at age 25 with the Phoenix Suns) my hoops heroes in the last seconds of the game- Larry the legend, Magic, and MJ.
Little did I know that this was the flow state- a blissful place of focus, productivity, and self-improvement.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s flow state research defines what I knew as a kid.
As I write now, I remember setting boundaries and non-negotiables for myself as a kid to get into my focused practice time and flow state. Every day after school. Every 30-minute dribbling session after lunch hour in the gym hallway.
Looking back, this is how I got the short, white kid from Northern Michigan into an NBA jersey and 13 years of pro hoops overseas.
And now that I’m done playing, I remind myself that the flow state is where productivity and feeling the most alive exist.
That’s it- it’s a simple formula for more productivity.
Controlling this variable will add to your life and produce big results in life, startups, relationships, or fitness.
Find your driveway. Find your big idea. Write it on a napkin if you want. And then find that internal space where nothing exists but you and a metaphorical bouncing ball.
Be constant and consistent with your craft, like when I was a kid in my driveway — pushing myself to improve and work like a junkyard dog.
Good luck out there,
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