Tennis as a metaphor

In this book, our philosophy is applied to sport. But the two mindsets, story thinking versus action thinking, can be applied to any activity, using sport as a metaphor.
    Consider, for a moment, the different ways in which someone may make music. The story thinker plays notes. Technically, everything may be perfect, but there is not the slightest bit of feeling in the way he plays. The action thinker interprets. For him, the notes are just a basis to go on. ‘That was played with great feeling’ is a comment that has nothing to do with story thinking and everything to do with action thinking.
    The same applies to communication. Sometimes you may fill in all the gaps yourself when someone is trying to tell you something. What you hear fits precisely into the image that you already had of the person. This is the story-thinker’s judgment. It may turn out to be very surprising if you listen with more empathy and try, without making any judgement, to understand the real motives behind the person’s words. You may suddenly realize that you’ve never listened to him or her properly before, with the action thinker’s attention, but were already thinking up your own story or answer while he was still speaking.