You may wonder what Wimbledon 2008 may have to do with the power of mind. A lot!
In the awesome men’s tennis final on Sunday July 6th, spectators watched two stellar athletes and tennis champions playing for arguably the most pretigious award in tennis – the Wimbledon final trophy.
The match was the longest in Wimbledon history - four hours and 48 minutes - with two delays due to rain, taking the entire match time from start to finish to six hours and forty minutes. The final result was 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-7(8), 9-7, in favour of Rafael Nadal.
Why did Federer (five times Wimbledon champion 2003-2007) lose to Nadal?
Without detracting from Nadal’s brillance, Federer had more to lose (or prove to himself) than Nadal. His track record playing Nadal is 12-6 in favour of Nadal. That alone would have a bearing in terms of mindset going into the match.
And of course there is the intense media scrutiny of Federer’s every match as the current world No. 1 tennis player and the usual post mortems of matches long past. Roger Federer, in my opinion, is too nice, too accommodating to the media.
From a power of mind perspective, every time you give attention to something unwanted, be that answering media questions and hypotheticals, recalling failures or disappointments from the past, speculating about unwanted future events, getting angry with current performance, comparing yourself with anyone else – and coming up either ‘better than’ or ‘less than’ – what you are doing is adding to your point of attraction.
There’s no avoiding it. What you give your attention to – day in and day out – is crucial.
When the balance tips either way – towards what you want or towards what you don’t want – you will see evidence of it in your life. However even before that time, you will get hints and clues of what is coming.
Sport is like a giant magnifying glass on how Law of Attraction and your amazing mind work with energy. Dreams come true. Often dreams start early in childhood. Just listen to any sporting great and invariably they will mention having held ‘this dream’ for a long time. Listen to their self confidence and self belief. They will have positive expectations and will talk in positive terms (unless side-tracked by the media).
What we don’t know or see, however, is what goes on privately in their own mind. This is where the ‘real work’ goes on. We don;t see or hear what kinds of conversations they have alone or with influential people in their lives.
All thinking (positive and negative) is adding to their point of attraction. Of course, the same is true for us all. Being a sporting hero adds public scrutiny and pressure which needs to be managed favourably, from a vibrational stance.
Here’s a BBC music montage of the Wimbledon final in the style of The Secret (ad at beginning). Listen to the backing track! Music is a powerful tool.
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Posted: July 8th, 2008 under law of attraction, media, power of mind.
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