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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.