What would you say if Tony Robbins said this to you?

Take a moment right now and think of something that you would like to do, but have doubts about whether you can accomplish it.

Got it?

Now take a minute right now to see yourself succeeding at that very project. Something has changed, but you can’t put your finger on it. The task seems easy.

The more you progress, the more you feel you’re more in control. You see yourself moving forward on your goal and you note how your confidence increases each time you run into a snag. You can’t say why, but you know you’ll win in the end. It’s just a matter of time. You ask yourself what has gotten into you, since before you always had problems getting stuff like this done.

Imagine each obstacle you run into to be a naïve, primitive attempt at tripping you up. But trying to stop you is futile. You’re destined to succeed.

At first, you’re surprised at the ease with which you overcome each obstacle, but slowly you see yourself as invincible, picking up speed like a runaway freight train. You begin to believe this is the real you. You’re a winner. All you have to do is apply yourself and work through each setback and ultimately you’ll succeed. It never could have been otherwise. You always win.

STOP!!!

Did you notice your whole attitude was altered just by changing the way you look at yourself? Did you feel more relaxed, more confident, powerful and energetic?

Creating the right mindset for success is not hard, but it’s more than just “positive thinking.” In a way, it’s too simple and that’s why a lot of people try it and immediately return to their old ways of thinking. It does feel strange in the beginning to see yourself as a winner and to take every event or thought and project it helping you to get where you want to go.

But it’s not any sillier than taking everything that happens to you and using as an indication that you have failed or will fail…

Why doesn’t anybody questions that mindset?

Complete strangers will take time out of their busy day to help you find reasons why you’ll fail. They’ll feel quite comfortable welcoming you into the pessimist’s corner.

Hopefully now you’ll choose to point your mind in a positive direction.

Do you really need for the likes of Tony Robbins to suggest that you give yourself the gift of seeing yourself as a winner to transform your life? If not, excellent! If so, no problem, just imagine that he was the one that suggested this to you personally on a one-on-one session with him.

Remember, you’re driving your mind’s bus. If you think this is bizarre, keep in mind that Einstein came up with a lot of his theories of relativity by imagining that he was riding on a beam of light.

So you’ll be in good company.

Leave me a comment below and tell me what you think and if you feel different about any challenge in your life when you apply this exercise. Remember for it to work, it has to be specific and you need to make the images (the movie, really, since it should have moving images) as vivid and real as possible, as if you were actually living it.