I was reminded this week about how negativity can affect the way we interpret information that is otherwise aiming to be helpful. It can also affect your mind when you are trying to play your best pickleball. Two things can happen: 1 - you are focusing on the negatives rather than the positives - if instead you change your focus on the positives you will allow them to crowd out the negatives and 2 - your mind ignores the term "no" - just doesn't know what to do with it. This means that when you say "Don't hit the net" your mind hears "Hit the net." That is the opposite of what you want to feed your brain. In this episode of Pickleball Therapy we address this common limitation we impose on ourselves. In the riff, we answer a listener question about falling behind in games and give you some specific tips to help you avoid falling ehind, particularly in a tournament  or there competitive setting. Access the books referenced in our podcasts, training aids, shoes, and other gear that CJ and I use here. Click here to Join us inside THE Pickleball System. It will change your game. Get the Three Pillars of Pickleball here. Register to get our weekly VIPickleball emails and get your FREE front row seat to our upcoming Webinars by signing up here. If you or a loved one wants to learn pickleball, check out Play Pickleball, a Beginner's Guide - available here digitally or here in print (paperback). The Diadem Icon paddle is available here. Use code VIPickleball to get our discount at checkout (using the link you help support our ability to provide you with these podcasts and our other free content). You can read our complete Diadem Icon Review here. Join us at our immersive pickleball learning community - VIPickleball. Find out more and get on our waitlist at wearepickleball.com. If you like the podcast, please give it a rating. And share it with your friends. If you like it, they probably will too. Stay well, Tony --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pickleballtherapy/support