Where Do You Lose the Point?
The four enemies of presence
from the book Time Flies. Zero Distance.
Federer won only 54% of the points he played in his career. He didn't win because he never lost a point: he won because he knew how to stay in the point and let go of the one that just passed.
There are four ways we lose our point. Two are about when we look, two are about where:
stuck in what has already happened
waiting for a time that isn't now
obsessed with the outside gaze
consumed by a void to fill
These 16 questions will help you see where you lose yourself most often and measure how far you are from Zero Distance. Answer on instinct, without overthinking.
Part two
You've answered 8 scenarios. Now 8 short statements: just tell me how often they happen to you, on instinct, without overthinking.
Your Zero Distance Score
How often your mind leaves the point you're playing
Your Map of Enemies
Horizontal: when you look (past ↔ future).
Vertical: where you look (the audience ↑ / the void ↓).
Presence isn't an axis: it's the centre. Each axis independently measures how loudly that enemy tends to speak. The smaller the shape and the closer to the centre, the closer you are to Zero Distance.
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Time Flies. Zero Distance. guides you chapter after chapter to recognise the interference between you and your life, and to come back to the point. Because the true pilot is the one who, when lost, comes back. Comes back again. Always comes back.
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