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 Performance is key to an ever-continuing growth of our might and prowess. However, in order to perform well we must first stop "performing". In psychology, the idea of "performing" is to perform certain actions in order to fulfil a role rather than actually becoming someone who can fulfil that role. In other words, it is to play a particular role by knowing what to do rather than understanding why it is necessary to do the same.(If you didn't understand that, don't break your head over it. Read on) For example, in relationships certain people tend to "perform" in order to impress their mate. They may be use pick-up lines, or memorize a set of jokes that they use over and over again, have a fixed list of fun conversation topics, or avoid calling too soon even when they really want to in order to appear 'not needy'. But truly they are putting on a show in order to gain some particular result. In this case, they are performing in order to imp

 Sports is not just running around, laughing and enjoying, and having a gala time. Playing sports professionally and semi-professionally is a stressful business. There is an immense amount of decision-making, analyzing and a lot of problem-solving taking place in every minute of the game and training. Every athlete, however supreme they may be, experiences an enormous amount of stress. Experiencing stress is okay. It does not mean an athlete is weak. But it is the ones that learn to manage and deal with the stress, in a healthy manner, who eventually are able to stay on the path of growth which leads them onto the "higher levels" (namely television minutes, big bucks, fame). In general, there are two kinds of stress-the good stress and the bad stress. In a simple manner of explanation, "... good stress  provides an opportunity for creativity and growth,  bad stress  reduces productivity and creativity whereby, one loses their joy and happiness...".  Playing basketba