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You 2.0: The Mind's Eye

Hidden Brain

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Is There a Strategy That Elite Athletes Use?

Narrow focus is a psychological technique that elite athletes use to achieve their goals. Researchers found it took 17 per cent less physical exertion to walk the exact same distance when they were narrowly focusing their attention, in contrast to looking at the world the way they normally do. They came up with a set of instructions that was that was asking them to to find something in their environment,. Maybe the stop sign up ahead, maybe the edge of a really colorful building  that they can see a few blocks up and to focus their attention there....

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