Lift things and clean

1. Make the start easy: You shouldn’t need motivation to start your pre–game routine;
2. While your routine should be as easy as possible to start, it should gradually transition into more and more physical movement;
3. You need to follow the same pattern every single time: Eventually...

 Thinking about strategies that would help you overcome an obstacle is helpful, but imagining yourself unable to tolerate pain isn't productive. Whenever you find yourself thinking about something for an extended time, take a minute to think whether you're ruminating or problem-solving.
If you...

Develop a Routine. Create a series of events that you always perform before doing a specific task.

• Step 1: Start by doing something so easy that you can't say no to it. Your pre–game routine tells your mind, “This is what happens before I do ___.
  ”For example, In my...