Four BIG problems with your sub-conscious mind and how to solve them

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Four big problems with your sub-conscious mind and how to solve them

How and why you need to upgrade the software of your mind
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Hi there

It’s almost the end of your 2008 racing season. How’s it gone? Did you step up and make the performance improvements you were aiming for?

What plans have you got for 2009?

Whatever those plans and realities are, your sub-conscious mind will play a huge part in how well you approach your next racing season. The downside for you is that there are four big problems with your sub-conscious.

Here’s what your problems will be and how to solve them:

- Problem 1

When you’re under pressure, you’ll go to where you’re comfortable.

Take note of how you act and think when you’re short of time, short of space, short of energy or when expectation is high. When the pressure is on and your sub-conscious programming takes over, is your natural, ‘comfortable’ state one that helps you race faster or does it slow you down?

- Problem 2

When mentally anxious, your brain naturally functions at the wrong frequency for you to drive your kart or car.

You don’t consciously control this; it comes from your sub-conscious programming.

I haven’t yet worked out a way of installing electrical frequency sensors in your racing helmet yet and plugging them into your data logger, but such a measure would tell me how positive and effective your mental state would be when you’re racing.

By the way, such sensors exist and can be used right now, but until they are developed further, only for use in the lab. Watch this space!

- Problem 3

You have deep-rooted beliefs and not all of them will help you go faster in the next session.

These beliefs are held in your sub-conscious and will rise to the surface when you’re under pressure. When we work together, we can work out what these are by observing what you do and hearing what you say. When we know what they are, we can do something about them to help you go faster more often.

- Problem 4

You have trigger points that cause you to react in unhelpful ways.

Remember last month’s Mindset for Racing? You will have predictable and repeated patters of behaviour, driven by your sub-conscious, when faced with certain situations. Not all of them will help you get what you want in your racing.

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There are many ways your sub-conscious comes into play when out there racing, including when under the awning, on the data logging PC in the truck and in the de-brief room. Unless you’ve put quality training routines in place, not all of your sub-conscious reactions will help you. Indeed, some of them will hurt you, big time.

There are then many solutions to these Big Four Problems. Here’s a good one you can begin to implement right now:

Get hold of an Applied Relaxation mp3 file, there are loads of them out there, including one from Sun1400, and develop the skill to actively increase your control of the frequency at which your brain operates. When you’ve got your brain in a helpful state, implement a series of positive affirmations, perhaps said by your own personal audio script, that begin the process of updating your sub-conscious programming.

You know what the top guys do and what you should be doing, don’t you?

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Next Edition – These are the ways you can maximise control over what happens

What are you attracting into your racing life and is it helping you get what you want?
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Enjoy your racing and never give up.

Regards

Mike

Mike Garth
Helping karters and racing drivers perform better
+44 (0) 7737 655 912
www.sun1400.com
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