Derek Jeter did not become one of baseball's all-time greatest players overnight. He did not make a decision to be a great baseball player, and then instantly become an all-star.
Jeter decided that he wanted to become good at baseball. This want and desire inspired him to take the steps necessary to make his dream a reality.
Jeter naturally began practicing baseball, joining baseball teams and playing in games. Most importantly he maintained a positive attitude throughout the process, which helped him avoid any kind of male performance anxiety.
Jeter struck out and made many errors and mistakes along the way. However he did not allow himself to succumb to negative thinking about his strikeouts, errors and failures. Instead he put a positive spin on each mistake.
Over the course of many years and thousands of baseball games, Jeter became the great baseball player of his childhood dream.
Like Jeter, you want to accomplish your goal. Although instead of becoming a great baseball player, you want to gain confidence and diminish anxiety.
Like Jeter, you can't expect to achieve your goal of overcoming anxiety overnight. There are no shortcuts to achieving greatness, whether it is on the baseball diamond or in any other aspect of life.
Thus it is very important for you to understand the concept of gradual improvement when overcoming male performance anxiety.
Right now, at this moment in time, it is only possible for you to make small, gradual and natural improvements to your confidence and self-esteem. Therefore you must not expect too much from yourself. It is extremely important for you to take this entire process one thought at a time.
Instead of practicing hitting a baseball, you are practicing positive thinking. Remember that a lot of practice is generally necessary in order to become a competent baseball player. In order to overcome performance anxiety, expect to put in a good deal of time and effort.
Jeter could not expect to hit a homerun the first time he swung a bat. You cannot expect to feel incredible and ultra-confident the first time you practice positive thinking.
You also cannot expect to feel incredible, wonderful, positive emotions right from the get go. It is impossible for you to move from a place of anxiety, to a place of joyful ecstasy and happiness overnight.
You must also expect to gradually, and slowly move up the emotional scale-one thought at a time. With time and practice it is possible for any man to overcome performance anxiety.
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Collins regularly writes about anxiety because he at one time struggled with male performance anxiety. Visit his blog http://overcomeperformanceanxiety.com/overcome-sexual-anxiety-by-concentrating-on-feeling-slightly-less-awful/ today to learn more about how you can diminish your own anxious feelings.
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