This picture is of me, in my motorcycle racing days, one my way to a second place finish. It took lots of practice to get there.
In motorcycle road-racing, one of the key tenets is that you go where you look.
For instance, if you’re looking at the wall on the side of the track, you will unconsciously and automatically start heading towards it. If you look at the apex of the next corner, you will head towards it.
I’ve sometimes seen talented racers get distracted by another rider’s crash, and then unconsciously focus on that crash, and the next thing they know they’ve crashed too.
This is true not only in racing, but in all aspects of life. Whatever you put your attention on is where you will naturally tend to head – whether you like it or not.
