My Dummy Car

If you want to get more out of life and move forward, then you must look forward. If you look back and concentrate on what was, that’s where you’ll end up. If you worry about the past, or your past adversities you will repeat them. If you stare in the rear view mirror you are liable to crash into your future reality, as you get rear ended. If you look to your right, chances are your car will start moving out of your lane into the lane next to you.

During my days as a track star, I ran the mile. I was always extremely good no matter which bracket I was running in, and I won a good many of the races. I had winning streaks that lasted many track seasons in a row, and years on end. One thing I had a habit of doing, and I didn’t realize how bad it was until I looked at some of the videos, was I kept looking back. My coach would tell me if I wanted to improve my time all I had to do was stop looking back and concentrate on what I was doing.

In fact, it turns out he was right, when I stopped looking back I was concentrating more on what I was doing and listening for footsteps behind me, after a while I could tell if anyone was even close, therefore, I knew when to kick, pick up the pace, or Sprint. No longer, was I caught off guard by another athlete passing me, if they went to pass me, I already knew they were coming and had already adjusted my stride.

Interestingly enough, once I stopped looking back, my time dropped 5 seconds, and it stayed there consistently. I was wasting time, energy, and doing myself a huge disservice from looking back. Since I was going faster, it became harder for the other runners to catch me, and therefore, they didn’t. Turns out this strategy worked and let me give you a little bit of advice.

Last 5 posts by Elizabeth Martin

• Dedicated Servers and web Hosting - July 29th, 2010
• Reviews of TATA Car - July 23rd, 2010
• Latest Volvo Cars - July 22nd, 2010
• THE ADVANTAGEOUS INVISALIGN - July 21st, 2010
• Car Leasing Vs Car Renting - July 20th, 2010

Comments are closed.