… is the ability to stay focused on what you is in front of you.
I was watching the Olympic Trials yesterday and I am always amazed how focused the athletes remain regardless of who was watching.
Here’s the crazy part – as an actor/athlete who knows how to have that kind of ferocious focus – it’s imperative to remain intent on the task at hand. But you know what you DO hear? The celebration of a job well done – of a task performed to the best of one’s ability – the support of the crowd/audience.
I watched gymnast NASTIA LIUKIN slip off the uneven parallel bars and fall flat on her face to the mat. There was a gasp from the crowd – even her father who was spotting her was surprised to find her suddenly face down on the mat.
She picked herself up and got on with her routine.
When she finished, the crowd went nuts!
Me too.
I watched it first hand at a local HS Talent show last month. A young lady was playing/singing from memory and got ‘lost’ where she was in the song and couldn’t remember the chords. She stopped cold and the audience could see the terror on her face – not knowing whether she could/should continue.
A voice from the crowd shouted: YOU GOT THIS – WE LOVE YOU!
The auditorium cheered for her to continue, she refocused and finished her song.
There’s nothing we want to see more than another human being take a risk, make a mistake, pick themselves up, stay focused on the task at hand and complete what they started.
It brings out the Olympian in all of us.
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