Pop psychology

The financial times writes about pop psychology and how succesful sports stars often had lucky charms. Pele the best footballer ever, once gave away one of his football shirts to a fan. He believed his game suffered as a conseqeuence, so he dispatched a friend to get it back. A week later a friend handed his shirt back. His game improved.

The friend never told Pele that it was not his original shirt. Bobby Moore, Bjorn Borg and many other sports superstars had rituals that they always went through before a match. In pop psychology these are called anchors that psyche the brain into positive thinking. What are yours? Use them. - Derek Arden - pop psychology