Letting it happen is not making it happen. It is not trying… - Timothy Gallwey

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Letting it happen is not making it happen. It is not trying hard.

Timothy Gallwey

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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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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Relaxation produces smooth strokes and results from accepting your strokes as they are, even if erratic.

inner skills, chiefly the art of letting go of self-judgments, letting Self 2 do the hitting, recognizing and trusting the natural learning process, and above all gaining some practical experience in the art of relaxed concentration.

the key to better tennis — or better anything — lies in improving the relationship between the conscious teller, Self 1, and the natural capabilities of Self 2.

Letting it happen is not making it happen. It is not trying hard. - Timothy Gallwey

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