How About Your The Zone & Your The Zone The Zone Effect Examples?

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The most important characteristics of performers and achievers with relevant and relatable stories and examples to bring out your authentic gifts, talents, abilities, and skills.

How About Your The Zone and Your The Zone The Zone Effect Examples?

1.  Examples of their the zone and their the zone the zone effect

     Seattle Seahawks Superbowl Champions

     Team USA Winter Olympics Gold Medals, Silver Medals, Bronze Medals, and all       participants

      Mimikaela Shiffrin, Alysa Liu, Team USA Women, Team USA Men, 

      Jordan Stolz, Elana Meyers Taylor

2.  Most importantly sportsmanship and sports womanship representing their

     sport and country 

3.  All team participants and countries the zone and their the zone the zone effect

4.  How about your the zone and your the zone the zone effect examples?

Team USA Olympic Highlights: https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/2026-team-usa-highlights-top-moments-2026-milan-cortina-olympics

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Transcript

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Hi, Performers Achievers. Welcome to Performers Achievers Daily with me, Raj Gavrilla. In today's episode, I'm discussing the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics. Let me start with the Super Bowl. The Seahawks won. However, this episode is called Examples of the Zone and the Zone Effect. So what is the Zone? Well, the Zone is when you're performing, and as you perform, everything's at regular speed. However, for you, it's as if you're in complete command. There's no friction, there's no resistance. And then the zone effect, or your the zone effect, is or your the zone and the zone effect is when you have teammates. You have teammates. So the Seattle Seahawks, as they were playing, they were in command of most of the game. Each player exhibited their zone and the zone effect, including the coaches. Of course, the fans are there as well. They're aware of the fans, they recognize the fans are watching. So there are specific plays, specific moments that occurred. And the players, the zone and the zone effect for each player is a little different. A little different. For example, someone that's on the line has their the zone and the zone effect. That's a little different than maybe the person next to them, or the person playing DB, or the people playing DB, or the linebackers, or the person playing quarterback, run and back, wide receiver, slot receiver. Then they have their coaches, the head coach, they have their position coach, have other coaches. So in your the zone and the zone effect, it's not just you being aligned with everyone else. It's your performing as well as performing, being in line with everyone else, your coaches, your teammates. And that's how you create or you experience or let your the zone and the zone effect happen. So in watching the Super Bowl, I sense the zone and the zone effect. They had command of the game. Whether it was the offense just making simple plays, running the ball, protecting the quarterback, or the defense putting pressure on their quarterback, making sacks, or the DBs defending, or the linebackers tackling. It was as if each player's performance was aligned with each one of their teammates' performance. And it's really beautiful to watch, actually. It's almost like uh going to a symphony. There's those moments you just watch, and you just like maybe even cry out of joy and happiness, and just amazement on the beautiful sound and how it all synchronizes and is aligned, and how it flows. That's what I sensed, that's what I saw, that's what I felt, that's what I listened to and heard. And I watched the Super Bowl. Then during the Olympics, it's very similar. There are so many examples. Kayla Schifred, that's the zone. On previous podcasts, I talked about that a little bit in the giant slalom. Her run in the giant slalom, that's the zone. How about Alyssa Lu? Ice skating, figure skating. That's the zone. And when you heard her talking, she was very well aware of the crowd. It actually makes it simpler for her to perform in the zone because that's what she's there for. Whereas with Michaela, she also had the crowd, but not quite like that. However, one of her friends was there who's never been to the Olympics before to watch her in person. She's aware of that, she recognizes that. Sure. Even though it wasn't a team gold medal for each one of them. They were still there watching their teammates. Michaela was listening to the team USA skiing radio. What the slunk was like. What's it gonna look like? What's it gonna feel like? Snow doesn't always say the same. The slope doesn't always stay the same. There's always little adjustments being made. And she aligns that. Same with Alyssa Liu. She was watching her teammates on this ice. The ice doesn't skate the same way each time. She makes slight adjustments, like driving a car. You're always making slight adjustments. How about the women's gold medal? Each one of them, we're in the zone in the zone effect. Went into overtime. Overtime. Golden gold. How about the men's hockey team? Zone and the zone effect went into overtime. Golden gold. Especially when you're thinking of the Seahawks. And you're thinking of USA women's hockey, USA men's hockey. How can they not cover someone streaking down the left side of the ice who's wide open? Right in front of the goal. As far as the USA men's hockey team, probably had to do with there was three on three, not including the goalkeeper. And once there was an advantage, endurance starts to play a role. Lots of things start to play a role, and he was able to find a crease. And as they were going after the puck, he was able to slide into that crease wide open. Which I call in soccer the center of the finishing third. Right into the net. She received her teammate, the puck from her teammate. This is a defender doing this. Makes a 1v1 move. She was defended. She just made a 1v1 move. Competitive move. Took competitive advantage with that move, created space, shot it in. That's their the zone and the zone effect. And I could almost guarantee you that if you talk and interview to each one of those players and ask them what their zone and the zone effect was, there may be some commonalities, but each would be different. And as far as Michaela Schifrin in her the zone and Alyssa Liu in her the zone, they talked about it some. If you listen to the interview, it was just aligning, making slight adjustments to what the ski slope was informing her or communicating to her as she was skiing down. She was receiving and being aligned with that. Almost as if she's one with it. For some people, it's not. But they're performers, and so she's there, just like Michaela Schifrin in any performer. When people watch they are aware, and they perform they show their performance, then performing to whomever it is. It becomes more than about them. Like most things in this world. And then how about Jordan Stoltz? That's amazing. His design. He wins his first gold medal. And I'm pretty sure on his second gold medal. After one of the other skaters set an Olympic record. He set an Olympic record in that event. So, in order for Jordan Stolf to win the gold medal, he needed to set an Olympic record. One greater than the person who was just basically previously went right before him in this event. And he did. That is the zone is the zone. And after they interviewed him, and when they interviewed him, as most people know their specific targets they're looking at. They see their target, they look at where they are. They might even be able to see a clock or a timer. They're aware of you know what it feels like to go at a certain speed, distance, etc. Which again, when it's there the zone, or there the zone, the zone effect, time and distance are not involved. Not involved. However, on that last lap, use motivational self-talk, something to the effect of put the hammer down. There you went. He set an Olympic record to break the previous Olympic record set in the same event on the same day. That's his design. There's probably a little bit of the zone effect going on with him as well, just like with anyone, even though Michaela and Alyssa Liu are individual performers. They have coaches, they're aware of that, they have teammates, crowd. No Jordan Stoltz, his coaches there, his coaches looking at how fast he goes around one lap, where he is with the time. Right. And then he won a silver, and then he was almost finished in the bronze in the mass start, and that's amazing. Those are highlights. Now, here's what's the most important about dare to zone or dare the zone and the zone effect, and really, how is it relevant, relatable to you? Well, because regardless of who you are, regardless of what age, what level you are at, you also have year to zone, and you also have year-to-zone effect. I could probably almost watch every one of those events, regardless of where each athlete finished and identify and sense. And they probably could too when they reflect back on them at the themselves performing at the Olympics, they're the zone, and they're the zone, and the zone effect. How about the bob's letter? And I know I'm leaving some people out. How about the bob's letter? Four tenths of a second between gold and silver. Four tenths of a second. Team USA had the most medals that it's ever had in the Winter Olympics. Norway had the most. And this is what's essential and important to keep in mind. Progression is more enjoyable. Progression is more fun. So they take that to zone, their zone effect. Experience performance. Now to their next event. To the next time they participate. And you do similar. So when you're reflecting, and maybe even while you're performing, recognize or be aware of letting yourself his own and his own and his own effect occur. That's what I have for you today. If you like my podcast, like it. Those of you who are interested in my private, personal, professional, confidential services and programs is at my website, RajGavrilla.com. Fill out the brief form, and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. And please indulge me. I know I left off some gold medal performances, silver medal performances, bronze medal performances of Team USA. And also I know that I'd pointed out mostly Team USA. However, I did not do that just because I myself am not aware of all of them, and it would take a lot longer to do all of that. And probably the most important thing as I watched was the sportsmanship and the sportswomanship and being able to represent their sport and their country. And that in itself is each person's design, and each person's design and his own effect. Enjoy your day.