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They took three groups of people

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and put them on a basketball court,

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and they just had them do three throws

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and saw how many points they scored.

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And what they did at the end

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is they went through group A, B and C

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and gave them different instructions.

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They said the group A:

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"For the next 30 days, I want you to

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practice for an hour a day. Go on

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the court and practice those free throws."

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They said the group B:

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"I don't want you to go out on the

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court but I still want you to practice

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every single day,

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but without touching the ball.

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I just want you to practice in your mind.

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See yourself,

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visualise yourself

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successfully throwing free throws."

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And they went to group C and said:

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"We don't want you to practice at all.

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For the next 30 days, don't even

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think about basketball. Don't touch

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a basketball."

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They followed up 30 days later

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and they saw surprising results.

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Group A, who practiced each day for

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an hour a day on the court,

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they improved 24%, right?

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Because practice makes progress.

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Practice makes progress.

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Group C, which is the group that

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didn't touch a basketball and

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they didn't even think about basketball,

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there was no progress.

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No practice, no progress.

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What was striking though was group B.

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Those individuals that

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didn't go on the court,

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they didn't put on their sneakers

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and throw a ball, they just

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practice successfully in their mind,

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they improved 23%,

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just 1% less than the people that

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actually went on the court to practice.

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I mean, this is evidence that

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your mind is powerful.

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You'll find that athletes

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like Roger Bannister,

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they will visualise themselves having success.

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So you'll find a great athlete,

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they don't just do physical training,

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they mentally train themselves to see

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the result in advance.

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So with this lesson, what

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I want you to do is practice the art

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of visualisation.

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I want you to imagine the perfect day.

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What would a limitless day be like for you

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from the moment you get up

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to when you go to bed.

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Because if you can see it here

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you can create it out here.

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Because what you vividly imagine

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you're rehearsing.

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One of the challenges is

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a lot of people use their visualisation to

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get the results they don't want in life

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and by visualising it over and over again,

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they're actually preparing and rehearsing

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for failure.

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Visualising all the things that can

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go wrong, all the things they're fearing

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and then their attention goes there

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and they're mentally rehearsing failing

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on stage, or failing on that exam,

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or failing when they're going to meet

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that person on that date. And they're

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practicing in their mind.

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Here is your lesson:

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as you're going through and constructing

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your limitless day, you're rehearsing that

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and your attention goes there.

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Remember that your feelings are

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the language of your body and that

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your thoughts are the language of your mind.

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My goal for you to become limitless is to

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imagine your perfect day,

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your perfect moment. I want you to

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imagine it, visualise it, see it, feel it,

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believe in it, and then

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work daily for it.