What is that strange thing the Olympic Athletes were doing?

The Olympics are over…

But the lessons we can learn from them are not!

If you watched any of the downhill skiing or ski jumping or snow boarding, you probably saw a few of the athletes doing some pretty strange things…

Some of them looked like they were swimming or doing some strange slow motion dance…

No matter what it was, 1 thing is for certain…

It looked weird!

What were they doing?

They were visualizing the course or jump ahead of them…

Really powerful stuff when you consider that many of the athletes they showed doing this strange, visualization dance won medals.

We can use that same power in our lives…

But so often we think we will look stupid or that it will take too much time…

Hmm…

Sure seems like it was worth the time and looking a little odd on camera in front of millions of people to Lidsey Vonn before she won the gold…

What do you think?

You can do this with anything…

• A job interview
• Giving a speech or presentation
• Having a specific meeting or phone call
• Putting in a great workout
• Having a highly productive day
• Starting the day in a great mood

Anything…

Let me give you an example from my life…

I was in the Broadway Tour Company of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” and in rehearsals there were some notes in the part I had to play that were almost impossible for me to hit.

They weren’t physically impossible, but I would know they were coming and try to force them and then — well — I would blow it…

When I rehearsed this number, I had small breakthroughs throughout, but nothing significant enough to make me think that when there was an audience I was going to do it right…

This is what happened:

Every night before I fell asleep I would run through the whole show in my head.  I would really “be there” in the performance…

I would feel how it felt to hit those notes effortlessly –

I’m not kidding, I did this every night! I would perform a 90 minute show in my head – I would close my eyes and lie in my bed in the dark and live it…

Now this is how things go when it comes to rehearsal…

You rehearse numbers and then you spend a whole lot of time learning new numbers, so you don’t go back to the first numbers until the run through…

Which means I had several weeks of NOT rehearsing the trouble notes.

It came time for the big run through and we were closing in on having an audience and the creative team and producers were there –

Let’s just say…it was show time…

I got to the parts of the songs that gave me trouble and BAM…the notes were there…EXACTLY how I’d rehearsed it in my head every night!

• Was that worth my time?
• Was it worth my energy?
• Was it worth people looking at me strangely when I told them what I had done?

You tell me…

Leave me a comment and let me know how you can start to use this tool IMMEDIATELY to benefit your life!

Go Big!

Kristen

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What if you can’t visualize?

I do alot of talking about visualization and really seeing what you want to achieve…

I have received many emails crying for help — and here’s why…

There are a lot of you that can’t seem to visualize…

You can’t ’see it like a movie’ or ‘create a picture in your mind’…

So does that mean you won’t get what you want?

NO! Don’t worry!!

There is a way…

Free yourself from being able to ‘See it’…

Here’s what you can do instead…

• Describe it in full detail as if you were describing it to someone else –
• Use your words and imagination to fill in all the blanks…
• Describe exactly what you want a day in your ideal life to be…

BUT — and here’s the key…

Describe it to me, in the present tense!

Make sure you use all your senses — tell me what you see, what you hear, what you smell, what you touch and MOST IMPORTANTLY…

Tell me how you feel…

THAT’S THE KEY!!

How does all of this make you feel?

I promise you that once you start describing all of this in full detail and really get into how it makes you feel, you are ‘Visualizing WITHOUT needing to See it in your mind’…

If you are having trouble ‘Seeing’ and ‘Visualizing’ then do this…

AND if you are having trouble knowing exactly how to describe your ideal life — start smaller — start at the next level (this is something I tell you exactly how to do in the Go Big Now! VIP Monthly Program) –

Leave a comment here and describe to me in full detail — remember to include how you FEEL!!

You are extraordinary!

Go Big!

Kristen

P.S. I’m still taking interviews to see who will work with me 1-on-1 — if you need someone to help you get a plan, handle challenges and hold you accountable, go fill out the interview form now and my Director of Interviews will get in touch with you – http://www.gobigcoach.com/coaching.html

What is Freedom to You?

Today I’ll start with a question:

What is freedom?

Not by definition…I’m asking a more personal question and that is…

What is freedom to you?

It’s different for everyone.

My opinion is that freedom is more valuable than money.

Here we are in the ‘Land of the Free’ but when I look around I see people who feel caged, like they are on the ‘Effect’ side of someone else’s ‘Cause’.

If I asked everyone I met what it was they wanted, I guarantee you if we broke the answer down, we’d find that what they really want is to be free. We all connect freedom to something different, for some that’s money, for some it’s love, time, connection, travel, choice…the list is endless.

The challenge is this…we need to know what freedom is to us if we are going to achieve it (we are all free already, but what will make us realize and feel that freedom is different for everyone.)

I have received quite a few emails recently about ‘Visualizing’ and how to effectively use visualization…

One of the best exercises I can give you is to picture what ‘Freedom is to you’.

Remember do it in great detail…

Don’t tell me Freedom is lots of money, or love or anything else you may answer…

Get specific, tell me what your day will be like when you feel free. Don’t just paint the main part of the picture, fill in the background with as much color and detail as you can.

Leave me a comment, send me an email; I want to know what Freedom is to you. The more detail you give me the more I can help you achieve what it is you desire.

We’ll talk more about finding your purpose and making money from what you love, but based on the questions I’ve been getting from you, I realized we needed to spend more time on getting specific.

I want to know what you desire…share your picture with me…and keep coming back so we can take you step-by-step on your journey…

GO BIG!

Kristen