Traps of the Mind: Attachment to the Result
Timothy Carroll
Best-selling Author, Speaker, and Performance Coach. Dramatically developing Presence, People, and Performance.
People have goals and desires, and they become deeply attached to that result and attaining it. The mind becomes so attached that it creates a stress response, and their thoughts and emotions start to run the game, creating an internal turbulence. People tend to work harder, push themselves longer hours, and get out of balance even more. Just like the 100m runner who is coming to the end of her race, it is important to let go, relax, and hold onto your form to increase speed or to accelerate yourself across the line.
Life is a paradox; to create what you want, you must let go.
The same goes for people attaining their goals, whether it is in business or sport. To achieve what you want, you must learn to let go of the attachment to it and relax into it. Continue to take action, continue to stay focused on what you want, see it in your mind’s eye, but let go of the rest. When I say the rest, I mean the internal stories and stress that come with desiring something too much. Life is a paradox; to create what you want, you must let go.
An excerpt from The Evolutionary Leader – 5 steps to dramatically develop people and performance by Timothy Carroll.