Post by @richlv@mastodon.social

2026-04-02 20:41 UTC

@eanakashima@hachyderm.io Ha, didn't know boating people used that as well - motorcycle people are told "do not look at the tree" (or more generally, look where you want to go, not what you want to avoid). The Wikipedia page is disappointingly terse, though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_fixation .

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@eanakashima@hachyderm.io 2026-04-02 21:47

@richlv@mastodon.social ooh TIL "target fixation"

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@tab2space@mastodon.social 2026-04-02 22:15

@richlv@mastodon.social @eanakashima@hachyderm.io First rule of tree skiing (skiing through aspen groves or other timber): "Look and aim between the trees." Whether it's someone else pointing, or you pointing, pointing where to go indeed matters.

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@recursive@hachyderm.io 2026-04-03 03:25

@richlv@mastodon.social @eanakashima@hachyderm.io "Target fixation" is the term I'd heard in conjunction with motorcycle safety training It's a surprisingly accurate pattern of behavior when any sort of fear or panic takes over

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@wmd@chaos.social 2026-04-03 07:05

@richlv@mastodon.social @eanakashima@hachyderm.io heh, from a boating/sailing perspective I learned to always point at the person who fell off. That way you don't lose track of their position. I was confused by this image at the start. :)

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@katzenberger@tldr.nettime.org 2026-04-03 14:23

@richlv@mastodon.social @eanakashima@hachyderm.io Interesting to read about the application of this thinking to rafting, kajaking, motorcycling and skiing (in a other replies), wasn't aware of this. With "Solution-Focused Coaching" there is also a whole school of thought that is based on related ideas. And it originated from a specific form of #psychotherapy (Solution Focused Brief Therapy #SFBT).

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@amapanda@en.osm.town 2026-04-05 15:41

@richlv@mastodon.social @eanakashima@hachyderm.io yeah I remember it from when I had a motorbike

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