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In World War II fighter pilots began talking of how becoming too focused on your target was a bad thing. A pilot that lost his awareness of everything going on around him, was likely to get shot down. While focused on the target, the target's wing man had a chance to shoot you first. The same happens to bikers and other people. Bikers can become so focused on a point in a turn they they collide with the point, rather than complete the turn. Its is called "Target Fixation."

I think this happens in general life as well. At times, especially when things are going wrong, we can get too focused on the problem. The focus on the problem becomes an obsession. Other parts of your life get neglected, the focus on the problem makes it larger than it may really really be. The "big picture" is lost and life become centered around the problem.

Bikers are told not to focus on the problem approaching, but to look past it to where they want to be. If they stay focused on the pothole or obstacle, they run a greater risk of hitting it than if the are looking where they want to be when they pass the obstacle. In life, this is like creating a positive self fulfilling prophesy. To see where you want to be when the problem is behind you, is to plan your path past the problem.

Pulling your eyes and mind off the problems you face and looking at where you want to arrive in life might actually get you there. Obsessing about the problem hasn't worked yet, so why not try it. This doesn't mean ignore the problem. It means seeing where you will be when you get around the problem.

Good luck.