Imagine you’re a professional football running back. The quarterback gives you the handoff to run straight ahead. Your heart is racing as the defensive players zero in on you. You begin wondering, Will I get hurt; there are 11 fast, strong giants who get paid to hit me as hard as they can. …

Will this fearful thought make you hesitate? If you hesitate after getting the handoff, what’s your chance of having a successful play? Not much. What’s your chance of being injured? Much greater.

For over 20 years, I have collected information from thousands of people on the characteristics of being their best. All groups (entrepreneurs, executives, sales professionals and athletes) state that being in the flow state — the state during which each of us is at our best — includes being relaxed, confident and in the present.

Fearing the future takes you out of the present, because you’re thinking about the future. A running back has his best chance at a successful run by being relaxed, confident and completely present; so do you!

Are you in the flow state?
What would you be like if you lived each
moment relaxed, confident and in the present?
“One instant is eternity; eternity is the now.
When you see through this one instant,
you see through the one who sees.”
— Wu-Men (1183-1260)