Thread: Don;t try. Do

It's called the self-fulfilling prophecy. Once you reach a point where you believe you can succeed, you probably will. If you think you can't, you're probably right too.

Last time I did that (driving without thinking and believe that I could handle those little things with the back of the brain), I was hit by a car because I missed the stop sign. I intend not to make the same mistake when starting with striaght shaving as I may lose some part of me this time.

Originally Posted by con16721

It's called the self-fulfilling prophecy. Once you reach a point where you believe you can succeed, you probably will. If you think you can't, you're probably right too.

For you Star Wars fan out there, I have one thing to say:

Do or do not, there is no try.

Sorry to drift off topic but the title reminded me of that quote

Love the Yoda quote.

It's finding that practiced "zone" in which your body performs as your mind directs without having to take the mental effort to "make" it do what you want.

Driving a car, or riding a motorcycle I've intentionally become so practiced, that I don't think about the functions of operating the car (as mentioned previously--I'd quote, but I'm too lazy to go back to that page). I think and the car/bike does what I will it to do. This allows me to focus more on what needs to happen (instead of how to make it happen). Lose sight of that and you fall prey to Sweeny Todd/the moron in the next lane, the guy turning infront of you, the gravel in the curve up ahead.

The same is true for football players, basketball players, chess players, typists, etc. Any operation that can have a practiced action/reaction allows you to build that "zone" in which you operate by will rather than by force of thought.

Maybe I'm not making any sense though. It IS getting late.

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Hmmmmm. I kind of like this thread, even the disagreements. I guess it's all about interpretation of the OP. I agree, when you're not devoting your CPU's processors to the minute details of angling the blade, direction, pressure, speed of stroke, second-hand stretching, all the little details of the motions or concerted effort not to move the sensitive niblets of your face, angle of your head in relation to your view of yourself in the mirror, angling your head so as not to obstruct the view of what your attempting to do in the mirror, finding a less awkward/more natural way of shaving a particular hard spot, etc. you may be on a higher level, or zone, that allows you to adjust and experiment and grow into a more proficient shaver. And the funny part of it is, since it's the "intelligence of the hands" and you experience your own consciousness as the "doer" somewhat differently and surrender more to the process than to analyzing the process (which could be interfering with the process) you naturally evolve your own individual style and techniques that are effective for you.

What's really fun is when the fear of the blade leaves the mind and the naturally Fearless One takes over and you do things with the ease and quickness of a real shaver!

When I think it through I cut myself every time!