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October 17, 2006

Get in The Zone

In my book Focus on Winning and throughout my teachings I talk about how to develop an indifferent towards winning or losing. I urge you to detach from your desire to win and your fear of losing. By detachment I do not mean you are immune to your own desires. You are not a numb pool player without a fierce drive for excellence. On the contrary, you are filled with a blistering desire to fight. And I want you to stay that way.

Once we are detached from the results of winning we can put all our energy in the act of winning. We are free to devote everything we have to the “I Came to Win” principles taught in my book by that title.

Have you ever reached the zone where you do not want to give the table away? You are hill hill in the match. You focus on each shot until you reach the nine ball and then you send it into the pocket. You did not think about winning, you were concerned with excellence. You were detached.

When you have grasps the great principle of indifference you would think you do nothing to further that cause. A sense of indifference appears to numb your competitive instincts. That’s because, indifference and detachment are two different things.

Such is the case with attachment and devotion. You can be attached to your training and not see positive results. What is important is that you become devoted to your training.

You can only attach to the finite. You can be devoted to the infinite. As you know, I talk about Will Power in my dvd’s and in my books. Will Power comes when you connect your will, to the power greater than yourself. If you become devoted to your training, you will emerge into a relationship with a power greater than yourself and thus, find yourself with a very powerful Will that is not entirely your own. In this space you have entered into unlimited potential.

A person who is devoted to his/her training is not caught up in results. This player lets the results be what they are.

When you are indifferent to winning, you do nothing to affect that result. When you are detached from winning, you do everything to make it happen and it is in the doing, that you find joy. As long as you are an “I Came to Win” player, winning or losing has little effect on you.

If you train hard enough, your actions do not bind you. The art of detachment finds you training and growing through selfless service so you can join the path to enlightenment. It all happens for you. When you enter The Masters of Art in Pocket Billiards program, found at MMU. I guide you through a series of exercises that help you become one with what you are doing.

The Masters of Art in Pocket Billiards program is the ultimate in training. It conditions you to reach that devotion stage where excellence is who you are.

We post our numbers in the MAPB workout, and many of my students become attached to those numbers. Once the student realizes a sense of detachment he finds pure freedom from the fear or desire for results. He can then get about the business of excellence in his performance. The Masters of Art in Pocket Billiards forces you to realize this wonderful truth.

You begin to do things precisely. You are the Action along with the Enjoyer of your training. I will be the first to rejoice when you arrive at this wonderful stage.




Can anyone help Frank?

frankrug1@yahoo.com wrote:

Can anyone help Frank?

Dear Tim

I was hoping you could help me. I have a Keefe & Hamer table. I have been trying to find out more about this table. There is zero information that I have found on the web about this company. The only markings on the table I have found are on the plate. It has the company name along with Velvetone Cushions.

Have you heard of these guys, or this type of table?


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