Achieving your own impossible dream

If you play tennis with someone who is better than you, what happens to your game?  You tend to improve. They aren’t breaking down the process about how to hold the racket and swing it: you are picking up skills by osmosis.

You have an entire subconscious ability to learn things at profound levels in short periods of time if you let yourself. Think of it like downloading information off somebody else’s website.  Let’s call the process, “genius downloads”. For example, I notice I am more organized and punctual when I’m working on a project with someone who has those skills in spades.  I am funnier when I’m hanging around with friends who have a better sense of humour than I do. I’m more articulate when I’m hanging around my writer friends.

A habit to go beyond the naysaying mind

Many people intellectually understand a concept like this and can logically see the benefit in utilizing it, but they simply don’t do it. They already have a set of habits in place that keep the framework of “That’s impossible” running the show.

Neuroscience, however, has shown us that a small habit performed regularly forms a new neuron pathway in your brain. If you make the new choice often enough that neuron pathway gets larger and eventually becomes your default. For example, perhaps you used to think, “It is impossible for me to speak before a large audience and feel confident about it”. Now you do it all the time. Somewhere along the way the neuron pathway that says, “It is possible for me to speak in front of large groups” became your default. It helps to pay attention to what changes your default from impossible to possible.

What makes your mindset switch from impossible to possible?

You have, at some time your life, faced something that felt impossible at first but which became possible. For example, running a marathon, getting the job you have now, finding the right partner, overcoming a bad habit, turning around your financial situation, writing a book, starting a business, getting your health back, etc.

What made your mindset switch from impossible to possible? When we survey people it’s usually some form of:

Embedded within your mind right now is the answer to making your present impossible task possible. You just need to unleash your innate wisdom.