Tag Archive: Error-Detection

Up Your Game By Being Objective

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     I often work with clients who are either perfectionists or accustomed to rapid success in most areas of their lives. That’s how they’ve been able to do so well in the business world: by maintaining an uncompromising vision of their own potential to excel in whatever new endeavor they undertake. I respect that tremendously …

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Perception-Action Coupling: Part 2

Andre Agassi's gaze is an amazing example of selective attention.

     In the previous post, Perception-Action Coupling: Part 1, I spoke about how there is a cyclical relationship between what we perceive and the movements that we make. I distinguished between tightly-coupled PACs, such as hitting a home run—the skilled batter’s swing accurately matching his perception of the incoming ball—and loosely-coupled PACs, when a batter …

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The Other ED: Error-Detection

This poor baby suffered the fate of someone who didn't practice error-detection and correction.

     You’re at the beach on a tranquil summer day and your friend pulls out the old Frisbee. You haven’t played in years but you feel nostalgic for past college days so you enthusiastically start throwing. Your first few throws cause your friend to run about ten feet to her left to retrieve the poor …

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