[CQ-Contest] Improving Concentration

[Dave Hachadorian]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Fremin III" <geoiii at kkn.net>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Improving Concentration

> There are more things that just focus and concentration - 
> I think much
> of it is learned by operating many many contests until 
> most of the
> operating actions and techniques become second nature.

George is correct here. There was an article in the New York 
Times just this week that indicates our conscious mind has 
quite limited control over the subconscious, and that we 
operate primarily at the subconscious level. Here is an 
excerpt from the article:

"But most of the action is going on beneath the surface. 
Indeed, the conscious mind is often a drag on many 
activities. Too much thinking can give a golfer the yips. 
Drivers perform better on automatic pilot. Fiction writers 
report writing in a kind of trance in which they simply take 
dictation from the voices and characters in their head, a 
grace that is, alas, rarely if ever granted nonfiction 
writers."

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ