It's Like Brownian Motion

Living without definitive goals is like being in
"brownian motion".

If you're not a geek like me you might not know
brownian motion is a way of describing how
minute particles suspended in, or on, a fluid
randomly move around. There is movement
and there is some flow, but mostly it's a lot of
jittery activity.

It was first noticed under primitive microscopes in
the 1830's looking at pollen floating on top of water.
Early experimenters saw the activity and thought
pollen was moving because it was alive, until they
got the same response from dust particles floating
on water.

Today it's used to describe mathematically the
movement of crowds and even the fluctuations of the
stock market. The best illustration I can think of is a
mosh pit at a rock concert.

Note: there is there is motion, and the appearance
of life, but there's not much real living going on.

If you don't want to bounce around like a little
particle, start setting worthwhile goals that excite
you, then break them down into manageable chunks
or sub-goals you can handle. And when you reach
those goals be sure to make a deal out of it and
celebrate somehow. That's what will build you up
to have success with tougher targets.

We were created to embrace goals and get real
satisfaction out of reaching them. Maybe we've
been spoiled by the emphasis on the home run.
You can score a lot of runs if your whole team is
hitting singles, but big goals are so much more
seksy.

One really good goal for a shooter is to master the
free throw. It's only one point, but how many
times have you seen a team lose by 6 points and
find out after the game they missed two or three
times that many freethrows.

Hal Wissel's first DVD shows you how to be a
great free-throw shooter. Get started on your path
to shooting glory today at:

http://www.deandelker.com/wissel_order.html

Shoot For the Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Stan Kellner's "Prime-Time" Shooting DVD
covers the mental side of shooting free-throws like
a warm blanket. If you feel your stroke is pretty
good, but you're still not producing in the box score
like you want you need a dose of Stan's medicine at:

http://www.deandelker.com/kellner_order.html

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