1 00:00:01,501 --> 00:00:03,487 They took three groups of people 2 00:00:03,487 --> 00:00:05,356 and put them on a basketball court, 3 00:00:05,356 --> 00:00:07,367 and they just had them do three throws 4 00:00:07,367 --> 00:00:09,586 and saw how many points they scored. 5 00:00:09,586 --> 00:00:11,319 And what they did at the end 6 00:00:11,319 --> 00:00:13,756 is they went through group A, B and C 7 00:00:13,756 --> 00:00:16,423 and gave them different instructions. 8 00:00:16,423 --> 00:00:17,547 They said the group A: 9 00:00:17,547 --> 00:00:19,592 "For the next 30 days, I want you to 10 00:00:19,592 --> 00:00:21,502 practice for an hour a day. Go on 11 00:00:21,502 --> 00:00:24,391 the court and practice those free throws." 12 00:00:24,651 --> 00:00:25,879 They said the group B: 13 00:00:25,879 --> 00:00:27,515 "I don't want you to go out on the 14 00:00:27,515 --> 00:00:29,373 court but I still want you to practice 15 00:00:29,373 --> 00:00:30,452 every single day, 16 00:00:30,452 --> 00:00:32,785 but without touching the ball. 17 00:00:32,785 --> 00:00:34,835 I just want you to practice in your mind. 18 00:00:34,855 --> 00:00:36,099 See yourself, 19 00:00:36,146 --> 00:00:37,614 visualise yourself 20 00:00:37,614 --> 00:00:40,086 successfully throwing free throws." 21 00:00:40,354 --> 00:00:42,228 And they went to group C and said: 22 00:00:42,228 --> 00:00:44,094 "We don't want you to practice at all. 23 00:00:44,094 --> 00:00:45,782 For the next 30 days, don't even 24 00:00:45,782 --> 00:00:47,774 think about basketball. Don't touch 25 00:00:47,774 --> 00:00:48,742 a basketball." 26 00:00:48,742 --> 00:00:50,592 They followed up 30 days later 27 00:00:50,592 --> 00:00:52,456 and they saw surprising results. 28 00:00:52,456 --> 00:00:54,963 Group A, who practiced each day for 29 00:00:54,963 --> 00:00:56,706 an hour a day on the court, 30 00:00:56,706 --> 00:00:59,506 they improved 24%, right? 31 00:00:59,506 --> 00:01:02,515 Because practice makes progress. 32 00:01:02,515 --> 00:01:04,172 Practice makes progress. 33 00:01:04,283 --> 00:01:06,431 Group C, which is the group that 34 00:01:06,431 --> 00:01:08,068 didn't touch a basketball and 35 00:01:08,068 --> 00:01:10,498 they didn't even think about basketball, 36 00:01:10,498 --> 00:01:11,817 there was no progress. 37 00:01:11,817 --> 00:01:13,519 No practice, no progress. 38 00:01:13,708 --> 00:01:16,258 What was striking though was group B. 39 00:01:16,258 --> 00:01:18,207 Those individuals that 40 00:01:18,207 --> 00:01:19,592 didn't go on the court, 41 00:01:19,592 --> 00:01:21,209 they didn't put on their sneakers 42 00:01:21,209 --> 00:01:22,771 and throw a ball, they just 43 00:01:22,771 --> 00:01:24,522 practice successfully in their mind, 44 00:01:24,584 --> 00:01:28,491 they improved 23%, 45 00:01:28,491 --> 00:01:31,107 just 1% less than the people that 46 00:01:31,107 --> 00:01:33,505 actually went on the court to practice. 47 00:01:33,505 --> 00:01:35,706 I mean, this is evidence that 48 00:01:35,706 --> 00:01:37,439 your mind is powerful. 49 00:01:37,439 --> 00:01:38,950 You'll find that athletes 50 00:01:38,950 --> 00:01:39,977 like Roger Bannister, 51 00:01:39,977 --> 00:01:42,724 they will visualise themselves having success. 52 00:01:42,724 --> 00:01:44,719 So you'll find a great athlete, 53 00:01:44,719 --> 00:01:46,581 they don't just do physical training, 54 00:01:46,581 --> 00:01:48,821 they mentally train themselves to see 55 00:01:48,821 --> 00:01:50,895 the result in advance. 56 00:01:50,895 --> 00:01:53,235 So with this lesson, what 57 00:01:53,235 --> 00:01:55,912 I want you to do is practice the art 58 00:01:55,912 --> 00:01:57,410 of visualisation. 59 00:01:57,410 --> 00:02:00,448 I want you to imagine the perfect day. 60 00:02:00,448 --> 00:02:03,826 What would a limitless day be like for you 61 00:02:03,826 --> 00:02:05,877 from the moment you get up 62 00:02:05,877 --> 00:02:07,446 to when you go to bed. 63 00:02:07,446 --> 00:02:09,092 Because if you can see it here 64 00:02:09,092 --> 00:02:10,966 you can create it out here. 65 00:02:10,966 --> 00:02:12,983 Because what you vividly imagine 66 00:02:12,983 --> 00:02:14,114 you're rehearsing. 67 00:02:14,114 --> 00:02:16,206 One of the challenges is 68 00:02:16,206 --> 00:02:18,446 a lot of people use their visualisation to 69 00:02:18,446 --> 00:02:21,015 get the results they don't want in life 70 00:02:21,015 --> 00:02:23,671 and by visualising it over and over again, 71 00:02:23,671 --> 00:02:26,315 they're actually preparing and rehearsing 72 00:02:26,315 --> 00:02:27,699 for failure. 73 00:02:27,699 --> 00:02:29,802 Visualising all the things that can 74 00:02:29,802 --> 00:02:31,815 go wrong, all the things they're fearing 75 00:02:31,815 --> 00:02:33,525 and then their attention goes there 76 00:02:33,525 --> 00:02:36,128 and they're mentally rehearsing failing 77 00:02:36,128 --> 00:02:38,197 on stage, or failing on that exam, 78 00:02:38,197 --> 00:02:40,223 or failing when they're going to meet 79 00:02:40,223 --> 00:02:42,570 that person on that date. And they're 80 00:02:42,570 --> 00:02:44,898 practicing in their mind. 81 00:02:45,031 --> 00:02:46,915 Here is your lesson: 82 00:02:46,915 --> 00:02:49,554 as you're going through and constructing 83 00:02:49,554 --> 00:02:52,390 your limitless day, you're rehearsing that 84 00:02:52,390 --> 00:02:53,917 and your attention goes there. 85 00:02:53,917 --> 00:02:55,909 Remember that your feelings are 86 00:02:55,909 --> 00:02:57,622 the language of your body and that 87 00:02:57,622 --> 00:03:00,205 your thoughts are the language of your mind. 88 00:03:00,365 --> 00:03:03,427 My goal for you to become limitless is to 89 00:03:03,427 --> 00:03:05,511 imagine your perfect day, 90 00:03:05,511 --> 00:03:07,774 your perfect moment. I want you to 91 00:03:07,774 --> 00:03:11,858 imagine it, visualise it, see it, feel it, 92 00:03:11,858 --> 00:03:13,357 believe in it, and then 93 00:03:13,357 --> 00:03:15,372 work daily for it.