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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andy Black" data-source="post: 920699" data-attributes="member: 23590">I've not read any of the books, but this is something my dad used to say:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/whats-the-point-complaining.86410/">What's the point complaining?</a></li> </ul>It's kinda the same with worrying.  Why worry about things you have no control over, or aren't going to do anything about?  Harder said than done, and a bit of "worry" is necessary to spur us into action.  But if we've done the best we can (or want to) then that should be enough.Our higher brain sometimes has to take over.  This was obvious when riding motorbikes.  I might start panicking that I'm not going to make the bend.  Panicking would get me to fixate on the ditch or reaching for the brakes.  Instead I'd have to force myself to look round the bend and lean into it and maybe even accelerate.  It almost starts with forcing myself to breathe.  I'd often find I'm holding my breath when going round icy roundabouts on a motorbike.  This causes my shoulders to freeze, which isn't good for steering.  The first step is often to remember to breathe (if you've time to do that instead of react that is... there was a time I'd have hit a cliff-face if I'd decided to breathe instead of tear my eyes away from impending death and force myself to look round the bend).Not sure that helped.[MEDIA=youtube]dQsDRGzwuug[/MEDIA]<a href="https://youtu.be/dQsDRGzwuug">View: https://youtu.be/dQsDRGzwuug</a></blockquote>

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