Think about the moment you crumple a piece of paper into a ball and begin to toss it into a waste basket. Think about those times where you can see it going in with a flash of complete certainty and it does exactly that. As funny as it sounds, these are moments we can actually learn valuable lessons from and can be models for future successes in sports, business, and personal goals.

It really is such a small moment but a crucial and decisive one. You see , it's that certainty of thought and feeling that emanates and executes action flawlessly throughout every millisecond of movement from the moment you decided to toss that paper-ball to it leaving your hand in perfect trajectory toward its target that makes it go in - or not.

When you have those moments where you see and feel it going in with complete certainty, what happens? It always goes right in, right? That's an exciting moment even though it's very small in the scheme of things.

But, to me, it's that precise moment of feeling and seeing before the shot that auto corrects our bodies in the minutest of ways to move unerringly with unfathomable precision. And "Voila", you hit a perfect shot - a Zen moment.

The reverse is also true. When you don't see it and feel it going in the basket before and during the toss, it simply doesn't. But that too, is a Zen moment - the missed goal precisely mirrored the crack that materialized in a millisecond in our otherwise perfect vision before and during the throw.

When we miss a simple shot like this that's only a few feet away, a lot of us chastise ourselves for being a bad shot or we simply shrug it off as being meaningless.

But, when you think about a paper ball toss, we usually don't say to ourselves that we need to practice more. And really, it doesn't take a lot more practice as much as  it takes a complete certainty of thought and feeling the next time round.

And, to me the key is that they must both be present.

As funny and small as it may seem, when  think about goals I've set, I often try to visualize them being executed with the same unerring certainty as when I toss a paper ball into a trash can.

By using that model of a successful snapshot moment, it can instantly tell me whether I've set too unrealistic of a goal, or that I simply need to get my brain and emotional engagement on track with the same unerring clarity of vision to match the instantaneous success of the paper-ball toss.

A flash of thought and action like a paper-ball toss can teach you a lot. Especially in sports, it's those moments in critical gameplay  that decide victory or defeat.

Now, think about how moments of tossing a paper ball in to a trash can is very much like a golf swing. Everything can be feeling perfect and then one hiccup of thought or lack of it changes the entire trajectory of the ball - because thought controls action. Feeling control actions. And, unless both are acting in harmony, success will evade you.

If I can feel and see a goals certain success in an instant of thought without pondering it with forced inspiration or will, I know I can do it the next time I think about it, and the next, and the next - to the point where its manifestation is almost a forgone conclusion.

You've probably heard stories of Olympic champions who saw their success in their mind eye thousands of times and then went on easily to win the Gold. We'll that's fantastic, but I'm not just talking about visualization here over a long period.

Try to get your mind used to seeing instantaneous certain successes encapsulated in a millisecond with complete certainty of emotional connection.

And as insignificant as it seems, the next time you toss a paper-ball into a trash can successfully, remember that millisecond of time where thought, action, and emotional connection are in perfect harmony.

Like an actor constantly rehearses, memorize feelings and moments like these for future reference. Internalize simple actions of success so you can keep using them over and over to guide your next shot - your next goal - your next action.

 When you can emit complete certainty of victory instantaneously like the paper-ball toss and translate and duplicate it to any goal, you will probably find yourself feeling a slight chill going down your spine when you know that mind, body, and spirit are firmly connected. It's really are exhilarating.

I believe it's this kind of certainty of unerring thought and focused emotional engagement that happens the moment before people do extraordinary feats of strength like ripping a car door off a burning vehicle to save a friend with their bare hands and other impossible things. Certainty of thought and clarity of vision can produce tremendous results.

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