These days, athletes are spending more time daydreaming with their eyes closed and less time in the gym or on the sports pitch. They are not lazy, nor are they wasting their time. What they are indulging in is deep mental practice.
The following visualization technique brings together many of the concepts that I developed while acting. The “Direct the 5✮ Movie of Your Best Life” exercise allows you to consciously change your perspective and when that happens, you always profit from this new viewpoint. Besides, you will see yourself with greater clarity and more like how others see you.
There has been a tremendous response to my request for your lucky stories. There are already some consistent emerging trends that make some people lucky. They will all go in my new book, and I have space for a few more too. So send me your lucky stories now. The...
Visualisation is a very influential component for getting lucky. Here is another simple technique taken from my book Get Lucky Now that you can practice to see the big picture and attract more luck and success into your life.
A visualization technique to learn from the best. You do not need to know this person directly. It could be a famous celebrity, scientist, or sports personality. This exercise will help you to gain an understanding of the skills you need and the confidence to use them.
You may remember I wrote a post earlier this year about making your own luck. This is what I wrote then. I rarely make predictions, but this one was on the money, literally. “The harder you work the luckier you get.” How many times have you heard this...
I thought it might help to summarise why the mantra is important to all my clients. A mantra is just a few sentences that is your game plan. It is what you take to work each day, take to the sports arena, or use with your friends and families. Although the concept...
Havening is a very flexible tool and can be used therapeutically for a wide range of conditions. In this video I introduce simple concepts of self havening.
I was recently interviewed by Harry Pickens about how I use havening in poker, golf, and life. Here is the script, and a full audio version is also posted below. This interview will also be a chapter in Harry’s new book.
“At that time my poker career was stagnate. I was trying to juggle my psychology studies while at the same time trying to win enough from poker to fund my studies. It was a very stressful time in my life. I thought I was doing a stellar job at hiding my anxiety and stress. That was until Doc saw straight through it.”
I have known Rory for about three years, and during this time he has rapidly become one of the World’s top poker players, or ‘one of the least bad’, as he would say. Poker is a huge test of mind control, and Rory has made exceptional progress in this...
Probably not, but judging from his recent comments he easily could have read Push At Open Doors. In an interview with BBC, he talks about his steering wheel, which controls his car. You have a steering wheel too, which controls your life. Perhaps this wheel could also...
This is the curious story of the gullible weasel, and the quick witted bat. Planning and preparation works well most of the time, but sometimes we need to rip up the rule book and improvise. It might make the difference between life and...
The charcoal burner and the fuller lived in the same village and became friends. However there very different jobs placed a limit on their friendship. Whether this limit was real or imagined is the question? As usual with Aesop there are several different conclusions...
Sometimes a reward may not be what it seems. A badge of honour can in reality be a badge of dishonour to everybody else. You might say the vicious dog got what he deserved. Or you might feel sorry for him perhaps?
There is a popular saying that if something sounds too good to be true it probably is. I prefer to look on the bright side of life, and at least consider anything that looks good. On this occasion the mice were correct, and were not fooled by the cat’s clumsy...
The mice had suffered enough and they really had to take action. They called an Extraordinary General Meeting to discuss how to deal with the vicious cat. They came up with a cunning plan but unfortunately forgot one critical detail. We often make the same mistake...
I went to medical school in Birmingham, and what a wonderful city it was and still is. However the bus service in those days had a mind of its own. A common expression was, “This is just like a Birmingham bus. You wait hours for one, and then six turn up at...
Perhaps we should truly value what we already have, rather than think too much about what we want in the future? Not for the first time less is often more.
HeartMath is a relatively new technique and is a form of meditation. The benefits of regular meditation are well established in science. They include reducing anxiety, high blood pressure, and even cancer. HeartMath biofeedback technology is being increasingly...
Inner balance is a mental state that is calm and at high levels of cognitive function. Research shows that combining biofeedback and mindfulness meditation techniques can improve inner balance to a whole new level. Discover HeartMath Biofeedback Technology to help you achieve it.
Confidence is a very influential component for getting lucky. Here is another simple technique taken from my book Get Lucky Now that you can practice to attract more confidence into your life. Think for a moment of a person who is nervous, or how you might look and...
I have been interested in bioresonance machines and their possible application to healing for many years. There were several reasons why I did not take my interest further at that time. These machines were expensive, I was not convinced of the science behind the...
This is a taster for next week’s blog. I can honestly say it is the most exciting technique for finding the zone that I have ever used. I was working with Paul McKenna as a member of his training team recently as he introduced this technique, called Havening,...
As I wrote last week, I can honestly say that Havening is the most exciting technique for finding the zone that I have ever used. I was working with Paul McKenna as a member of his training team recently as he introduced this technique, called Havening, and could not...
Don’t we just love Monday mornings, with its long list of overdue tasks to complete. Even better when there is no wifi, as happened to me today. Everything I planned to do, including writing this blog, depended on wifi. So how could I use this extra time? By...
This post has taken me much longer to prepare than normal because we are living in truly extraordinary times. When I started putting a few thoughts together the virus epidemic seemed less serious than it does now. Since then millions of people have been affected in...
I work with elite performers, but sadly not Phelps. It does not matter whether they are a top banker, a top golfer, or a top poker player. The methods I use are the same, albeit with some creative adaptation for each individual. This is good news for me and more...
