E-tip No. 74 – Exceeding your expectations

I’ve just finished a 4-day girls only ski coaching clinic and had a great time. Many achieved just on the first day what they expected to achieve by the end of the course! One very experienced skier who’s been on many technical skiing courses said on the second day that what Anthony has achieved for me is truly miraculous!

And it reminded me that when we set an expectation of how long something will take often we take pretty much that long to do it. And yet when you become open to the possibility of new ways to achieve what you want then you can sometimes get there more quickly. For example on my ski clinic during the first day, one client’s knee became very painful and she rated the pain 8/10 with 10 being the worst pain imaginable! Within 2 minutes and with doing some TFT (a form of acupressure and NLP) I reduced it to 4/10 and few minutes more it was 1/10 and she could then continue enjoying her day’s skiing. Way quicker and more effective than any painkiller.

If you want to test this idea out, use my car parking space technique: Just before you’re looking for a parking space, just imagine one turning up exactly where you want it. You might have to wait a minute or two but it usually appears. And when it does say thank you as you park the car.

Today’s experiment
· Pick something you want to achieve and focus on the outcome you want
· Then allow yourself to be open to achieving that outcome in a different way to how you previously imagined and expected
· And then be open and notice opportunities and solutions that may or may not achieve that outcome, and just suspending disbelief for a moment knowing that you can always go back to the old way if that works better.

Until we meet…

Anthony

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