From the Webster website:
Main Entry: psych
Variant(s): also psyche /'sIk/
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): psyched; psych·ing
Etymology: by shortening
Date: 1917
1 : PSYCHOANALYZE
2 a : to anticipate correctly the intentions or actions of : OUTGUESS b : to analyze or figure out (as a problem or course of action) 'I psyched it all out by myself and decided -David Hulburd'
3 a : to make psychologically uneasy : INTIMIDATE, SCARE -pressure doesn't psych me -Jerry Quarry. Often used with out b : to make (as oneself) psychologically ready especially for performance -- often used with up --psyched herself up for the race--
back to me:
What jumps out at me is the fear of failure. Many people never try anything or push the borders because of an "I think I can't" attitude. Like the little engine that could, the "I think I CAN" strategy is a winner! I can see within myself those areas of strongholds for the "Can't" position, and I need to bring focus and attention to those just as I would in strengthening a specific muscle group.
Okay, that's my two cents worth this morning. Now back to the rat race, which is already in progress.
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I know it isn't relevant, but I love this quote from Gilligan's Island-
"None proclaim their innocence so loudly as the guilty" -Ginger Grant
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-Bryan
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