Visualisation: If It Works In Football Maybe We Should Try It Too?

I am not a huge football fan; though other folks in the GSR2R office are – Mike we love you!

I have been reliably informed that the England squad now have a mindset coach. Apparently the same guy that was responsible for developing the amazing British cycling team at the 2012 Olympics! Good news that’s what I say. Why? Well my own experience is that working with the way you think about things can change your results; massively.

I am not going to get all ‘woo woo’ here and I wanted to share with you a well-documented technique that can make a significant impact on your results. Just like it has for millions of business people worldwide.

Visualisation

Visualisation is the ability to see beyond present reality to invent what does not exist and to become more than we currently are; make sense?

All things are created twice; first mentally and then physically. Think about it; nothing in life ever came about before someone first had the bright idea.

How does this ‘stuff’ work and do we have any proof? Well here is the famous example that has been used many times because it proves visualisation works.

Australian Psychologist Alan Richardson conducted an experiment with a group of basketball players. He divided them into 3 groups and tested each player’s ability to make free throws.

– The first group would practice 20 minutes every day.
– The second would only visualize themselves making free throws, but no real practice was allowed.
– The third one would not practice or visualize.

The results were astounding. There was significant improvement on the group that only visualised; they were almost as good as they guys who actually practiced.

The mind can’t tell the difference between what is real and what is imagined. There are other documented studies where athletes are wired up to monitors and when they visualise performing a certain task their muscles physically move and send out an electrical impulse that is discernable. Amazing stuff.

All well and good you might say; so how does it help me? Visualisation works for all and particularly well in business.

So you want to be an amazing big biller, perhaps even start your own firm one day and then use GSR2R to build your team J

If that is the case you need to start thinking about it now; in detail. This is the exact process that the likes of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates implemented. Both have built massive organisations and both were university dropouts.

When I first started in recruitment I had the vision of my own organisation. I wanted a rec 2 rec company that was different and had a real community feel. Now over ten years later I own the company and have created a great place. It started with my own vision.

It sounds hard and yet it isn’t at all. Just think about exactly how you want things to be. Imagine picking up the phone talking to candidates and clients. See yourself in an amazing office.

‘Visualise’ yourself performing a number of tasks that will take you to your goal. Then watch out for the results.

Till next time,

Cheryl