{"id":7420,"date":"2017-11-20T04:28:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T12:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?p=7420"},"modified":"2017-11-12T13:53:29","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T21:53:29","slug":"q-how-do-i-avoid-getting-frustrated-when-trying-to-drive-faster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/q-how-do-i-avoid-getting-frustrated-when-trying-to-drive-faster\/","title":{"rendered":"Q: How do I avoid getting frustrated when trying to drive faster?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Q<\/strong>: “Do you have any suggestions for how to deal with frustration and break out of the vicious cycle that sometimes develops as a result? I\u2019ve found on occasion that if I run into an obstacle\u2014say, a particular corner that I\u2019m just not able to get right no matter what I try, I start obsessing about it and can get frustrated to the point that all other learning and improvement stops. Eventually, I can force myself to give up on whatever that is for the time being and focus on other parts of the track, but that might take a couple of sessions or even overnight and until then, it\u2019s no fun for anyone, especially me.”<\/em><\/p>\n

A<\/strong>: Right now, do not think about a pink elephant. Don\u2019t think about a pink elephant. I said, don\u2019t think about a pink elephant! You cannot NOT think about something, right? It\u2019s human nature, and it\u2019s one reason we get frustrated – because we can\u2019t help but think about what\u2019s not going the way we want. We even tell ourselves to NOT think about it, but that doesn\u2019t help.<\/p>\n

So you need to focus on something else. My recommendation would be to take that time to do what I call Sensory Input Sessions. I\u2019ve written about them in my books, in Speed Secrets Weekly<\/a>, in the tips<\/a> on my website, and I did a video about them on my YouTube<\/a> channel. Doing them results in better sensory information that your mind can use for good – and it \u201cdistracts\u201d your mind from focusing on what you don\u2019t want. I\u2019m not going to suggest that you\u2019ll do everything perfectly – and focus on just them – the first time you do these, but it will help. And using them is the best strategy I know of for a driver who focuses too much on the wrong things.<\/p>\n

The only way you cannot NOT think about what you\u2019re frustrated about is to focus on something else. Telling yourself to not get frustrated is like me telling you to not think about a pink elephant. I suggest focusing on sensory input, but you could also focus on a specific driving technique, like how you\u2019re releasing the brakes entering corners. The key is to have a solid, well-defined plan to do something, so that you\u2019re more likely to focus on what you want, rather than on what you don\u2019t want. If you have a wishy-washy plan, like \u201cI\u2019m going to drive smoother,\u201d or “I\u2019m not going to get frustrated,\u201d or \u201cI\u2019m going to drive faster,\u201d then it\u2019s unlikely you\u2019ll do what you want\u2026 and you\u2019ll get even more frustrated.<\/p>\n

Again, you may not do this perfectly at first, and that\u2019s okay. It\u2019s all learning process. And the more you do this, the better you\u2019ll get at it. Like anything, it takes practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Q: “Do you have any suggestions for how to deal with frustration and break out of the vicious cycle that sometimes develops as a result? I\u2019ve found on occasion that if I run into an obstacle\u2014say, a particular corner that I\u2019m just not able to get right no matter what I try, I start obsessing about it and can get frustrated to the point that all other learning and improvement stops. Eventually, I can force myself to give up on whatever that is for the time being and focus on other parts of the track, but that might take a couple of sessions or even overnight and until then, it\u2019s no fun for anyone, especially me.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ask-ross"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7420"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7439,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7420\/revisions\/7439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}