Last week we explored ways you can get leverage for breaking old habits &
creating new ones. This week, we're going to look at one of the most
incredibly powerful forces there is in human beings – a force that is often
under-rated or even scorned. In this article, I'm going to reveal the power
of possibility.
Unless you've spent the past few days on a silent meditation retreat, you're
already aware that Barack Obama has been elected as the first
African-American president of the
United States.
As I watched & listened to his victory speech, I felt deeply moved by the
knowledge that millions of people had been stirred to action by the
possibility of a brighter & more positive future.
Obama spoke of his victory as being “...the answer that led those who’ve
been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful
about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend
it once more toward the hope of a better day.”
Hope.
He
used this short word half a dozen times in the course of his speech, & I
started wondering “What is hope?”
The
American Heritage Dictionary defines hope as “A wish or desire
accompanied by confident expectation of its fulfilment.”
What gets thousands of people turning out to vote who have never voted
before? Hope.
What encourages people to line up for 3 & 4 hours to vote? Hope.
What was it that makes me think that, despite all the challenges, problems &
issues in the world & its political systems, it's possible for us to
transcend history & create a new world for ourselves, our children & our
descendants? Hope.
It
seems that when people have hope, they will persist in sometimes seemingly
impossible circumstances.
You
may have heard people say that it's wrong to give people “false hope”, but
as my friend Michael Neill points, there's no such thing as false hope –
there's just hope.
Of
course, in my opinion, hope is a great starting point, but it's also useful
to take action.
I
remember back when I stopped drinking, & life was looking pretty bleak, &
people told me it was possible to have a wonderful life without alcohol, & I
didn't believe them. I wanted to believe them, but I knew that there was no
way that was possible for me.
Then one day, I thought to myself “Even though I know it's not possible for
me to have a wonderful life without alcohol, maybe it could happen anyway.
Maybe there's something that I don't know, in the domain of possibility...”
12
years later, my life is so completely different to how it was back then. As
a result of hope.
If
there's something in your life that you have been thinking is impossible to
change / solve / achieve or eliminate, maybe there's grounds for hope.
·
If you've
never believed that you could get fit & healthy.
·
If you
don't think you could ever be wealthy.
·
If you
think it's impossible for you to get really good at NLP.
·
Whatever
it is or has been, there's hope!
So
experiment with hope this week. If you feel like it, check out Obama's
victory speech & notice how he used this powerful word to move his audiences
around the world.
By the
way, By the way, there are a variety of videos & articles to help you
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Have a great week!
To your success!
Your friend
Jamie
Jamie
Smart
Jamie Smart
CEO
jamie.smart@saladltd.co.uk
jamie.smart@saladltd.co.uk
