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The Glass Bridge to Self Employment · The Hypnotist

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Welcome to The Hypnotist, the show that gives you inside
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enjoy today's episode of The Hypnotist.
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Hi, Adam here. And in this hypnosis recording,
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you're going to be listening to an entrepreneurial hypnosis
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session. And I was working with a client
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that had a long term job that worked in a particular company
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for more than eight years. And they didn't really want to
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stand this job anymore. And they were torn between the
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idea of just getting another job that they probably wouldn't like
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or becoming. Self-employed.
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Now part of them really wanted to be self-employed.
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But they were. Sabotaging themselves.
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They were doing research, they were thinking about it, but they
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weren't actually doing the things that would make progress
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in this area of self-employment. And for them, they had this
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incredible idea of AI automation and technology, and they had a
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background in text, so they understood how to do this kind
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of stuff. But.
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They weren't actually making progress and they had a period
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of around about two months in which to make a decision as to
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what they were going to do. With their.
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Career and you can think of this two months as almost like a
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runway to use an aeroplane analogy and what we do in this
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hypnosis session is an element of metaphor to pace all of the
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chaos and uncertainty that they were going through with a a lake
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and with the weather and then. Two bridges.
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That actually crossover this lake, representing 2 different
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versions of them. The.
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Version of them that would continue with the status quo and
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just do what they were doing, which was think a lot about it,
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but not really do what was required to make progress.
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And then the second future as a glass bridge actually represents
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this ability to think of what would it be like if they won a
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contract to build something for a specific client and then they
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just did that thing for the next two months.
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And why that's important is that it shifts them from thinking
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about being a business owner to actually being a business owner
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doing what it would take to be a business owner.
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Knowing that all of that experience and momentum and
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knowledge they would get, even if there wasn't actually a
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client to hire them, would still make that a more desirable
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pathway than just tinkering around and not really making
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progress. So if you've had a dream of
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being self-employed, you want to be your own boss, I think you'll
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get value from this session. If you like the idea of a
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bespoke session, I'm going to have a link to a free
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consultation call. You can book that.
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We can have a chat on Zoom free for 30 minutes.
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I'm also going to have a different link to a free trial
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to something very exciting, which I'm calling the Hypnotist
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Secret Circle, and I've been planning on launching this for
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ages. It's now officially launched and
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you have a free trial of up to 14 days and this is a a vault
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and archive of every single hypnosis recording I've I've
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ever done. But it comes without the intros,
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without the outros, without my explanations.
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It's just the actual hypnosis recording.
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So if every now and then you get frustrated with that little
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branding at the beginning and me doing all this talking before
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the hypnosis starts and you're thinking why doesn't he just get
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straight to the hypnosis? Well, now you can access just
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the hypnosis by being a member of the hypnotists secret circle.
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So I'm going to put a link there in the description.
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Check it out. It's a completely free trial.
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If you like it, then you can continue and if you don't, you
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can cancel. But check that out and that's
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got lots of information that explains more about it.
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So check that out there. For now though, if there is even
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a tiny bit of an entrepreneur within you, I think you'll get
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some value out of this session. So find a quiet, comfortable
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place where you won't be disturbed, relax and enjoy the
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session. Take a deep breath in, and as
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you breathe in, breathe in and slow, long, relaxing breath.
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And as you exhale, allow all the tension in your eyelids to feel
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like it's melting away. Feel the tension leaving your
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body like a wave of relaxation is rippling from your eyelids
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all the way down your body. Breathing in a resourceful
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feeling of calm and relaxation. And as you exhale, feel that
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wonderful sense of release, the tension is being released in
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your outward breath. And the deeper you breathe, the
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more relaxed you become. And the more relaxed you become,
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the deeper you breathe. And I wonder if you can notice
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that as your body starts to relax, your imagination starts
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to awaken. And I wonder if you could
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imagine an incredible lake. We're not talking about a small
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pond. We're talking about a large,
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majestic, impressive lake. But I don't want you to imagine
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being by the side of that lake on a sunny day with calm waters.
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I want you to imagine being by the side of that lake on a day
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with grey Moody skies, turbulent waters, a wind, and perhaps the
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clouds, the wind and the waves represent uncertainty, change
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things that aren't quite right. But as you stand by the side of
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that lake, I want you to feel that you are breathing in
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resilience. And as you exhale, feel that you
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are releasing any feeling of uncertainty because it occurs to
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you, the tallest, strongest trees are not the trees that
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grew surrounded by blue skies and sunshine.
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The tallest, strongest trees are the trees that weathered the
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fiercest storms. And I want you to get a sense
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that a difficult period that you've been experiencing hasn't
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broken you, hasn't damaged you, hasn't eroded you, it has simply
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made you stronger. Adversity creates strength.
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Because if you go to the gym and lift easy light weights, it may
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feel beneficial, but there is no benefit.
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It's the heavy, difficult weights that lead to progress.
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I want you to get a sound that somewhere you can come to the
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conclusion that even if something is undesirable, it can
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still be beneficial. I want you to start framing a
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toxic boss, a difficult working environment, lack of clarity and
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certainty for the future as the kind of adversity that years
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from now, you will welcome be grateful for, for two reasons.
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One. What if it?
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Led to you becoming mentally stronger, more resilient.
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That mindset of nothing will break me.
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But secondly, what if it was what you needed to create a
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magnificent change? Feel that you're planting a seed
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of an idea, and we can call this idea the Beta Region paradox.
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I want you to think of a fictitious person in an unhappy
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relationship. They know it's not the right
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relationship, but they stay in that relationship anyway.
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And then one day they discover that their partner has betrayed
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them, and because of that, they finally end the relationship.
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And then weeks or months later, they find someone new, the kind
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of relationship that they can be happy in.
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The essence of the beta region paradox is this.
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Sometimes something has to be so undesirable that it becomes the
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catalyst for change, for something incredible.
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So imagine looking at then volatile lake, the Gray skies,
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the wind, but feel that you're breathing in resourcefulness and
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exhaling feelings of stress, worry and anxiety.
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Consider this a transfusion, breathing in what your body
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needs and exhaling those unresourceful feelings.
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And with each breath the clouds go from dark grey to white and
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then clear skies. The wind goes from gusts and
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gales to a light breeze to nothing, and the waves on the
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surface of the lake go from large waves that would topple a
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boat to small waves that would just make it Bob up and down to
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completely Stillwater. If you could imagine now that
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same lake being a still lake, the blue skies and sunshine let
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me know by nodding your head. That's it.
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As you allow the lake to feel like it represents your inner
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state, calm, resourceful and still.
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Continue to breathe in the resources and exhale the
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unresourceful sensations as you start to imagine two glass
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bridges that cross the lake, strong enough to stand and walk
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upon, but taking you in two different directions.
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I want you to get a sense that these are pathways to your
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future, that you can start walking over those glass
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walkways and bridges, seeing the still lake underneath you,
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knowing that it's a representation of moving
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forwards in time to your future. And the first walkway, well,
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that would be holding on to these unresourceful feelings
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that would be following the status quo.
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These patterns of second guessing, flitting from idea to
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idea to idea. This is being busy but non
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productive, still occupying time but not putting that time to
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use. And imagine walking across that
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glass bridge two months into the future and observe that version
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of you that two months from now has been busy researching lots
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but achieved very little version of you.
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Doesn't feel that they have any more choices or options than
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they did before. Still feeling vulnerable,
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dependent. And if you get a sense then this
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is a future you'd like to avoid. Let me know by nodding your
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head. What is unavoidable is the point
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in time, because that two months will surely come.
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The only question is which version of you arrives at that
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point in time? The version of you that is
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dependent, vulnerable, uncertain, or a version of you
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that has momentum, clarity, determination.
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So I want you to imagine that second bridge made of glass.
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And let's have a thought experiment right at the
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beginning of a bridge. I want you to imagine.
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Imagine there is a senior decision maker at a major
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company and they are asking if you are able to take on a
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specific project. The kind of project that would
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save them time and money. The kind of project that would
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need technology to do something that humans are currently doing,
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or perhaps old technology that is inefficient.
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I want you to imagine there is an amount they are willing to
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pay if you can complete this project in the next two months.
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And that number is a big number, the kind of number that you
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would be easily able to justify giving all of your time, energy,
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attention and emotions to pursue this project.
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But you don't have to take this project on.
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You could cross the other bridge, doing things in your own
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way, on your own time, hoping that an epiphany will pop into
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your head like a Eureka moment. Or you could take this project
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lift. Taking the project with the
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payoff and the challenge seems more desirable.
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Let me know by nodding your head.
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But before you start crossing that bridge, I want you to think
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what version of you do you need to be to successfully implement
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this project? Your mannerisms, your
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determination, your focus, your work ethic.
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And I want you to imagine that version of you is standing.
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Right at the beginning of that glass bridge.
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And know that this version of you already exists within you.
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That's how you're able to think of this version of you, because
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it is still you. And if you're willing to step
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into that version of you, let me know by nodding your head.
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Then step into that version of you, leaving that indecisive
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version of you, uncertain version of you behind.
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Step into that focus, determined, relentless version
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of you. The version of you that works
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backwards, figuring out what needs to be done when, in what
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order. That version of you blocks out
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time, any distractions kept far away.
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And as you start to cross the bridge, I want you to get a
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feeling of what it would feel like day one of this project.
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Feel the enthusiasm as it feels like you're already working for
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yourself. You're not an employee.
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You have won this contract. They are not your boss, they are
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your client. You are working for you.
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On behalf of this client, I want you to feel how good it feels.
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You set your agenda. You set your priorities, but
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notice a willingness to do that, to be diligent, hard working,
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focused with your eye firmly on the prize.
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It has to deliver certain key things, but day after day you
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dedicate your time to doing those things and you notice
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progress. And there are some setbacks.
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But even this setbacks give you wisdom, a feedback loop to
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improve the proposition. Day after day, week after week,
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you're making progress. And maybe there's the occasional
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meeting where you present progress and development, but
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you are the lead. Imagine getting to the end of
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the bridge and then presenting. Presenting what you've created
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to the client and it delivering on every single one of those
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metrics. The client is delighted.
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They pay their invoice in full. But here's the interesting
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thing. The client has the product, but
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you have all of the intellectual property related to that
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product. And if this client would
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benefit, maybe other similar businesses would also benefit.
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You've got the money, the experience, the wisdom, and the
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intellectual property. And I want you to come to the
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conclusion that even if the money wasn't there, this was
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still a bridge worth crossing because the intellectual
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property built you that minimal viable product.
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It turned inertia into momentum. It turned an intention into a
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test drive. You were already living the role
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of being self-employed. Not one day, someday, you were
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experiencing it. And if this feels like a more
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desirable way to get to that future point in time, let me
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know by nodding your head. And all it requires is to turn a
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thought experiment into a project and to act as if you
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already have your very first client.
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Because in doing so, you turn that intention into reality
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immediately. It's time to leave this place.
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But you leave this place taking a new way of thinking about
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things. What once was daunting now feels
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exciting. You feel that you are unleashing
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all of the enthusiasm necessary to take the very first step.
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So take a deep breath in through your nose and out through your
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nose. Just wiggle your fingers, wiggle
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your toes. That's it.
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Connect and calibrate into the here and the now as I now count
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from 1:00 to 10:00 to awaken you.
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Starting to count 123 Waking up 456.
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More alert 7-8 Open your eyes. Open your eyes 910.
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Wide awake, Wide awake. Wide awake.
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