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The Caged Tiger Escapes - A Hypnotic Metaphor For The Confined or Trapped · The Hypnotist

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  Welcome to The Hypnotist, the show that gives you inside
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  access to cutting edge hypnosis with real clients facing
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  genuine. Issues.
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  Brought to you by The Hypnotherapist, demanded by
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  celebrities, CEOs and even royalty, Adam Cox.
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  These recordings took place live from Evans Clinic in London's
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  world famous Harley Street. So get yourself comfortable and
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  enjoy today's episode of The Hypnotist.
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  Hi, it's Adam here and you're about to.
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  Listen to a. Hypnotic session that has a.
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  Wonderful metaphor and. One of my favorite animals is a
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  tiger and the client that I was. Working with.
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  Could really identify with. The tiger as an.
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  Animal they considered. It a very powerful, forceful.
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  Elegant, intelligent creature. And this metaphor starts with
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  the tiger being out in the. Wild.
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  And then captured and caged so they've had a taste.
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  Of freedom. And then they've lost it and
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  this one, and it certainly pays the.
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  Client now. There's a couple of ways in
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  which you can handle that. You can accept your fate.
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  In psychology they would call this.
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  Learned helplessness. This is where it's a horrible.
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  Situation but you. Just kind of suck it up and deal
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  with it. And some people find that that.
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  Takes away some. Of the frustrations, some of the
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  feelings of agitation that they just accept their fate.
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  But not everyone's wired that way, and some people have a
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  sense that where there's a will, there's a way, and that they
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  will escape from whatever situation they don't.
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  Want to be in and that could be a job.
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  You don't like it could be a relationship that isn't working.
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  It could be a friendship that's toxic it.
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  Could be living in a physical location.
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  In the world, it could represent anything, and that's why I.
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  Love. Using metaphors, then there is
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  this. Option of them.
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  Moving to a zoo or. Staying in the cage.
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  And this represents that. Sometimes you don't.
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  Always get. What you.
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  Want when you want it, but if you.
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  Frame that delays. Can be used to galvanized your
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  resources that can be quite helpful.
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  Some people get devastated if this.
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  One thing. That they're relying.
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  On doesn't quite work. Then they get really, really
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  disappointed and obviously that's not great.
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  So what this hypnosis session? Does is it?
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  Paces the possibility of either more delays or improvement, but
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  not necessarily the final goal. Now if you.
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  Were a tiger in a cage and suddenly you're in a.
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  Zoo. Or a safari park you've.
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  Got all this space. That would feel.
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  Amazing in contrast, but it still wouldn't be total freedom.
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  And then we've got this. Extra level which is.
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  Escaping from. The zoo now some people wouldn't
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  want to escape. From the zoo.
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  That would be. So much better.
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  Than what they were used to. They would just settle into that
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  environment. But some people.
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  Have a deep seated. Belief that they are.
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  Destined for full. Freedom and this wonderful kind
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  of. Future and this is what this
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  hypnosis session is all about and I think it's the best
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  evolution if. You can go from a really dark
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  horrible. Situation into a wonderful
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  situation and I've shared. This on various podcasts.
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  Where I've been interviewed that one of the reasons why I'm a
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  hypnotherapist is that. I had severe.
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  Social anxiety When I was 19 years old.
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  I was a recluse, probably had depression.
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  I was suicidal. And I don't.
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  Have any of those feelings now and.
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  For me that. Tiny room in.
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  Horrible flats in in Luton. In.
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  Bedfordshire in England. That was my.
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  Cage and I definitely. Am not.
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  I'm not living in that. Cage anymore, but the metaphor
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  works with every different person in every different
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  situation you don't have. To like tigers.
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  Or know about zoos. You just have to identify a.
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  Part of your life that. Feels confining or trapped and
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  not. Where you want it to be.
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  Have an idea what? Progress would be and that
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  progress. Might be a stepping stone into
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  even better things. So it this.
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  Session was created. For a client.
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  But metaphors? Are quite versatile.
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  I think you'll get some value from this if you do like the
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  idea of. Working with me.
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  Directly there will be a link. In the description.
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  But also on my. Website adamcox.co.uk where you
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  can book a. Free consultation call.
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  To explore working with me. For now though, I want you to
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  find a. Quiet.
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  Comfortable. Place the kind of place where
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  you're not. Going to be distracted or
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  disturbed? Relax and.
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  Enjoy the session. Take a deep breath in, and as
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  you breathe in, breathe in that resourceful feeling of calm and
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  relaxation. And as you exhale, feel that
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  wonderful feeling of release, as if any feelings of worry,
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  stress, tension, even frustration starts to feel like
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  it's leaving your body in your outward breath.
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  That's it. And just notice that when you
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  breathe out, you can keep breathing out, elongating the
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  outward breath. And when you breathe in, keep
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  breathing in beyond the chest into the diaphragm, making a
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  shallow breath, a deeper breath, and notice the deeper you
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  breathe. The more relaxed.
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  You feel and the more relaxed you feel, the deeper you
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  breathe. As you become aware of your
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  environment, the temperature in the room, any ambient background
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  sounds, the rate of your breathing and then drift inwards
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  because the deeper you breathe, the more relaxed you feel and
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  the more. Relaxed.
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  You feel the deeper you breathe, and as your body relaxes, your
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  imagination awakens. And I want you to imagine a
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  powerful, elegant, impressive tiger.
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  Just imagine that. That tiger was meant to be
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  roaming around fields, forests in the rural regions of India.
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  And I want you to imagine. Imagine seeing that powerful,
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  capable tiger shot with a tranquilizer gun.
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  See it drifting off and when it awakens, see that powerful tiger
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  in a cage? It has the basics just to keep
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  it alive. Food, water, and maybe just an
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  hour a. Day.
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  To just walk around, but outside of that, it's confined to the
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  cage. I want you to feel the empathy
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  for that tiger. I want you to feel, feel the
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  sense that there is an injustice.
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  This powerful, majestic creature is confined to an environment
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  that it is not suited to. But this Tiger's different.
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  This tiger has a plan. It accepts the confines of the
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  cage, but has not resigned itself to staying in the cage.
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  And many tigers would what psychologists call learned
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  helplessness. And maybe you can identify with
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  accepting the cage, even if it was just for a while.
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  But sometimes there's a wake up call, a thought that says enough
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  is enough. This is not me.
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  I do not belong in the cage. I want you to imagine this tiger
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  has a short term plan and a long term plan.
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  There is a big zoo, modern, full of facilities, trees to climb,
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  the tigers to play with meet every day, and this tiger knows
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  that the head of this zoo is looking to add another tiger for
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  the zoo. Now, this tiger would rather be
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  out in the wild, and yet it knows that the zoo is better
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  than the cage. And I want you to get a sense
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  that connecting with that tiger. But the tiger is smart.
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  The tiger knows that if it pins its hopes and dreams on the zoo,
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  and the head of the zoo chooses another tiger, it could be left
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  feeling deflated, rejected, disappointed.
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  And that's why the tiger is so smart.
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  The tiger has set things up so that whatever happens, it works
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  for them. If they get invited to the zoo,
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  then they adjust to this bigger, more expansive environment.
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  That tightness in their solar plexus dissolves when they have
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  more freedom, more alignment. But the tiger knows that that is
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  outside of their control. This is a stoic tiger.
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  This tiger has already framed things that if it's not possible
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  to go into the zoo, then they will use their time in the cage
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  to increase their resolve to unleash a new level of power
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  within. This tiger would be happy with
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  the zoo, but if it has to stay in the cage for a few more weeks
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  or months, and when it leaves the cage, it's unstoppable.
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  The difference between a normal human and a superhero.
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  Most superheroes go through something dreadful that has a
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  silver lining, that unleashes untold power.
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  The tiger considers this a win win situation.
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  It can escape the cage and live in a wonderful zoo, or it has a
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  moment. A moment that will test the very
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  resolve. And if that tiger can't be
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  broken in that situation, it is unstoppable when it finally
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  leaves the cage. And I want you to imagine.
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  Sooner or later. The tiger does leave the cage
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  and finds itself there in a wonderful zoo.
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  Kind zookeepers, good quality food, lots of space-time to
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  sleep. But for this tiger, this is just
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  a stepping stone. Just as many tigers would accept
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  their fate in the cage, many tigers accept their fate in the
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  zoo. But this tiger perceives the zoo
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  as just a bigger cage, better food, more space, but still a
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  cage. And this tiger craves freedom,
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  and it's quite happy to sacrifice security in order to
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  get that freedom. But this tiger has a plan.
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  When the zookeepers are asleep and when all of the visitors to
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  the zoo have gone home and all the other tigers are sleeping,
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  this tiger is digging a hole slowly, surely, consistently,
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  and they hide that hole behind something innocuous, some
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  branches. They don't know what's on.
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  Nobody else knows, just the tiger.
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  And I want you to imagine no longer watching the tiger but
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  being the tiger. Feel determined, tenacious, full
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  of mental fortitude and self belief.
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  This tiger didn't need someone else to come up with the idea,
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  and this tiger didn't need permission.
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  This tiger didn't need validation to say you're good at
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  digging holes. This tiger did what it needs to
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  do to achieve what it really wants, and I want you to think
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  about what digging a hole would mean in your reality.
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  Consistent chipping away at something that could lead to
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  freedom. It doesn't have to be that
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  you're either in the zoo, in freedom, but with risk because
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  your unconscious already knows that the journey prepares you
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  for the destination. That by escaping the zoo you've
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  already proven that you are capable to exist outside it.
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  Life is full of tests and challenges and most people avoid
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  them. It is those that take the
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  challenges do the different. Some people believe then.
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  If you do. What everyone else is doing,
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  you'll just get what everyone else gets.
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  But if you do what the few? Do then you get the benefits of
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  that elite team that occasionally assemble together
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  and do great things, but you don't need to do it with anyone
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  else. I want you to imagine that as
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  time goes by, it is the vision of life beyond the zoo that
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  keeps you digging the hole. Some people consider it a waste
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  of time, but for you, progress towards the vision and imagine
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  one day all of that digging takes you outside of the
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  perimeter of the zoo. That first moment, your
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  breathing air and it's the same air, but because of it being
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  outside of the zoo, it feels different.
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  There's no zookeepers, no guaranteed meals, no vet if you
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  get sick. But there is freedom.
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  Your choices, your decisions, your failures are yours and your
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  successes are yours. But again, this tiger is smart.
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  What if success and failure? Can still be useful.
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  This taiga believes that you either win or you learn.
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  If things go right, then great, but when they don't, that's an
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  opportunity for reflection, reassessment, re evaluation.
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  And the wisdom extracted from those setbacks means that that
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  tiger gets more and more capable.
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  And I want you to think of a future.
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  A future that represents freedom for you, living life on your
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  terms, knowing that you can always choose to return to the
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  zoo. But it's difficult.
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  To do when freedom feels so good.
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  And I want you to imagine yourself like you're someone
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  else. Maybe a year, 2 years, three
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  years from now. Life beyond the cage and life
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  beyond the zoo. Imagine that version of you with
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  a different, a different aura, a different posture.
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  Perhaps that version of you, perhaps more mentally strong,
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  more self belief, thriving in the absence of other people's
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  structure because a business is structuring your own structure.
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  Some people follow religions, Other people create religions.
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  Some people read stories, other people write stories.
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  Some people remain in the cage or the zoo.
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  Others were meant to live beyond it.
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  And as you get a sense of life beyond the zoo, consider this
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  planting a seed of an idea, not for a possibility, but for a
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  destiny. Give yourself permission to
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  pursue it, because that is the only permission that you need.
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  Imagine this tiger thriving out in the wild, finding its way to
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  the big open spaces that it was missing.
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  All of this time. There was something powerful
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  about being where you belong. And as you hold that thorn,
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  allow your imagination to start floating back to the present,
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  the here and the now. Take a deep breath in through
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  your nose and out through your nose.
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  Just wiggle your fingers, wiggle your toes, connect and.
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  Calibrate into the here and the now.
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  As I now count from 1:00 to 10:00 to awaken you, you will
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  awaken with a slightly evolved outlook, a new level of self
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  belief, a desire to break free from the structure of others and
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  to create your own, needing no one else's permission except
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  your own. Starting to count 123.
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  Waking up 4. 5-6 more. Alert 7-8 Open your eyes.
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  Open your eyes. 910 Wide awake. Wide awake.
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  Wide awake. Thank you.
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