Riders crash into the rock they keep staring at. Look at the path, not the hazard.

Your body steers toward whatever your eyes lock onto, and your attention behaves the same way. Fix on the thing you are afraid of, the mistake you might make, the one person you do not want to disappoint, and you drift straight into it. Not because you wanted it, but because it was the only thing you were looking at. Focus works more like a steering wheel than a spotlight.

Before the next thing that scares you, name what you are aiming at in one sentence. When the hazard pulls your eyes back, say the aim again.