Discover how with the Power of YOUR Unconscious Mind?
Did you watch the Olympics?
It may be over now but I really enjoyed Paris 2024; from Andy Murray and Max Whitlock retiring to Keely Hodgkinson being just the 10th woman to win gold in track and field.
My emotions always run high as I watch the athletes compete and succeed and also when they don’t achieve what they have been working towards.
They have all invested so much time, energy and emotion into reaching the Olympic Games where they compete for a medal. They may win or not, deliver their best or not, deal with expectation and stress, or not.
Sometimes that competition only lasts a few seconds which means they have to trust their unconscious to do what it needs to do and to be “in flow”. Other competitions last much longer which creates the opportunity for mind games; for doubt to creep in, to think about external pressures and for nerves to take over. All of these thoughts need to be managed and the adrenaline to be focussed into the performance.
Team GB’s first gold medal was in the Equestrian; 3 day eventing.
In NLP when I teach about achieving goals or outcomes, I use the example of a horse and rider. The rider is like the conscious mind and the horse like the unconscious mind.
YOUR Mind is like a Horse and Rider
In a similar way, the conscious mind sets the goal and when the unconscious is on board it will create the right actions and habits to find the ways to achieve it and that is when the magic happens.
If we do not engage the unconscious part of the mind, then this is when it becomes a struggle leading to:
• procrastination
• difficulty in maintaining the disciplines,
• giving up!
NLP teaches us to engage the conscious and unconscious mind to work in unison by choosing Well Formed Outcomes.
I use the mnemonic SMART to remember the different elements to well formed outcomes. They may be different to the SMART you recognise from your professional world, and you can see them below.
If you want to get your conscious and unconscious mind working in unison and learn how to set Well Formed Outcomes, download a FREE worksheet here and change your life for the better.
Or contact me to help you find your direction, maintain your motivation to achieve it and “win YOUR Gold Medal”.