Like Attracts Like

Understanding Resonant Energy Patterns

The "Like Attracts Like" principle describes how similar energy patterns tend to connect, amplify, and reinforce each other. This phenomenon operates on multiple levels - psychological, social, and performance-based. The energy states you consistently maintain become self-reinforcing through neurological and social feedback loops.

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The Science Behind Resonance

This principle connects to several scientific concepts:

• Neural mirroring: Our brain's mirror neurons activate when we observe others, creating a neurological basis for energy transfer
• Emotional contagion: The documented tendency for emotions to spread through groups like a social virus
• Confirmation bias: Our tendency to notice information that confirms our existing beliefs
• Self-fulfilling prophecies: How our expectations influence outcomes through subtle behavioral changes

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Developing Resonant Awareness

Energy Pattern Recognition

Learn to identify different energy signatures in yourself and others:

• Physical signals (posture, movement quality, facial expressions)
• Verbal patterns (word choice, tone, pace)
• Group dynamics (cohesion vs. fragmentation, communication density)
• Performance indicators (effort sustainability, recovery capacity, adaptability)

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Creating Intentional Resonance

Rather than being at the mercy of surrounding energies, you can:

1. Recognize your current energy state
2. Decide what energy state would better serve your goals
3. Deliberately cultivate that state through physical, mental, and social practices
4. Notice how this shifts the energy of those around you

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Breaking Negative Resonance

When negative energy patterns emerge:

• Physically disrupt the pattern (change posture, movement, location)
• Mentally introduce a contrasting thought or image
• Socially create a different interaction pattern
• Verbally reframe the situation

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"Like Attracts Like" in Hockey Performance

The resonance principle affects your hockey performance in several key ways:

Individual application:

• Your practice quality sets the standard for your game performance
• The confidence you cultivate becomes a self-reinforcing cycle
• Mental rehearsal of success creates neurological patterns that attract similar outcomes
• The self-talk patterns you allow shape your performance expectations

Team application:

• Teams develop collective energy signatures that become self-reinforcing
• High-energy, positive teams tend to maintain momentum through challenges
• Team culture is built through resonant energy patterns that players either amplify or disrupt
• Leadership involves consciously setting energy patterns others will match

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Game Situation Applications

Before games: Create deliberate pre-game routines that establish your optimal energy state, knowing this will influence teammates and create performance resonance.

During slumps: Recognize that slumps are partly reinforced through resonant energy patterns. Break the cycle by deliberately changing your energy state.

After successes: Amplify positive momentum by consciously celebrating and embodying the energy signature of success.

In leadership moments: Understand that the energy you project as a leader creates a template others will unconsciously mirror.

By mastering the principle of resonance, you gain the ability to influence not just your own performance state but the collective field in which you compete. Your energy becomes a strategic asset that shapes the competitive environment.

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