A losing streak ends the day you quit carrying the number around in your head.

A streak is arithmetic until you begin treating it as identity. Counting losses turns separate events into one long story, and that story starts making decisions for you before the next attempt even begins. The number in your head weighs more than any single failure it stands for. Put the tally down and you are facing one moment again.

This week, stop reporting the count to yourself and to other people. Treat the next attempt as a first attempt rather than the latest in a run. The record does not change, but what you carry into the room does.