QUIET
Quiet signal
“One bad game and coach gives up on me” appears, but it rarely gets the final say. Keep this line available for higher-pressure moments: “One game can change a lineup; it does not get to decide my whole value to the coach.”
SCRIPT CHECK · 60 SECONDS
“One bad game and coach gives up on me”
See what this thought is changing.
Five quick questions show how often it appears, how believable it feels, and what it makes you avoid. You’ll get one private next step.
What this self-check measures
This is not a diagnosis and there is no pass or fail. It measures the current frequency, credibility, and behavioral cost of “One bad game and coach gives up on me”, including the private rule underneath it: If I have one bad game, I have to assume the coach has changed his mind about me, and I should act as if the case is already closed.
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PRESENT
Present in the background
“One bad game and coach gives up on me” wins some small decisions before you catch it. Your useful interruption is: “I do not know his verdict, so I stop writing it for him.”
ACTIVE
Active pattern
“One bad game and coach gives up on me” is shaping action often enough to deserve a deliberate counterexample. Start privately and concretely: Put your last game on paper in three short lines: what happened, what you assumed it meant, and one fact you cannot know from the sidelines. Fold the note and set it aside.
DOMINANT
Getting the final word
Right now, “One bad game and coach gives up on me” is steering many of the moments you measured. That is a pattern reading, not a diagnosis or character verdict. Begin with one reversible receipt: Put your last game on paper in three short lines: what happened, what you assumed it meant, and one fact you cannot know from the sidelines. Fold the note and set it aside.
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