What is the distinguishing factor between someone who takes action and someone who doesn’t? It’s one word: certainty.
Think about it. If you are absolutely certain that you will get the result you want, and that result would be life-changing, you will take massive action. On the other hand, if you are absolutely sure that no matter what you do, it just won’t work, you’re not going to spend any time making any real moves.
Of course, these are the extremes. Most of us find ourselves somewhere in the middle ground – the no-man’s land of “maybe it will work, maybe it won’t.” And this is the real danger zone. Because we end up making half-hearted efforts rather than putting our heart and soul into it.
The key is to create absolute certainty – to fill yourself with the belief that you will accomplish what you set out to, no matter what is happening in the external world. You have to get the results in your head that make you feel certain, as if it has already happened. And one of the best ways to do this is through imagery training.
What is imagery training?
Consider Roger Bannister. For centuries, it was believed that running a 4-minute mile was physically impossible. But Roger Bannister shattered that myth. How did he do it?
Roger didn’t just go out and physically practice, he made a mental shift as well. He practiced, over and over in his head. He envisioned himself breaking that 4-minute barrier. Because he knew that no matter how much he trained his body, if he was going to get the result he wanted, he had to change his mental state first. He conditioned himself to become so certain that he was capable of achieving this feat, that he believed he would do it with every fiber of his being.
