The greatest lapses in concentration come when we allow our minds to project what is about to happen or to dwell on what has already happened. - Timothy Gallwey

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The greatest lapses in concentration come when we allow our minds to project what is about to happen or to dwell on what has already happened.

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About Timothy Gallwey

W. Timothy Gallwey (born 1938 in San Francisco) is an author who has written a series of books in which he has set forth a methodology for coaching and for the development of personal and professional excellence in a variety of fields that he calls "the Inner Game". Since he began writing in the 1970s, his books include The Inner Game of Tennis, The Inner Game of Golf, The Inner Game of Music (with Barry Green), Inner Skiing and The Inner Game of Work. Gallwey's seminal work is The Inner Game of Tennis, with more than one million copies in print.

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Negative judgment of the results of one’s efforts tends to make one try even harder; positive evaluation tends to make one try to force oneself into the same pattern on the next shot. Both positive and negative thinking inhibit spontaneity. THE
The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance · May 27, 1997 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance
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