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For imagination sets the goal picture which our automatic mechanism works on. We act, or fail to act, not because of will as commonly believed, but because of imagination. -Maxwell Maltz (1899-1975), a cosmetic surgeon and author who developed Psycho-Cybernetics, a self image improvement system.
As we have discussed, rationalizing away our potential successes can be absolutely deadly to our happiness and prevents us from ever becoming who we are really capable of being! But it still begs the question as to why we do this on a regular basis…why is this the norm and not the exception? After all, we do realize that this exists, so why can’t we just stop doing it, reverse course and begin to achieve our dreams…and I’m talking about really breaking through and not just doing a little bit better!
This week I was able to tap into some of the deep rooted frustrations of my coaching clients when I posed the question if anybody was really sick and tired of hearing a motivational speech about how they could get what they wanted if they only take this pill, that program, the next greatest technique! In the front row a hand flew in the air accompanied by a pained facial expression that indicated I had hit the bulls eye! But even though many people are diligent in their pursuit of knowledge, it seems that they still find themselves on a slippery slope!
Why!? It’s right there in front of us! Gurus and masters of anything and everything…why not just copy them…but we do you say…and I agree…you try with a martyr’s effort…yet you seem to miss the mark constantly! Well I think that I know why! And the good news is that it’s easy!
