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ence as you normally would, it is doubtful that you will learn anything from it. However, by changing your physiology so that it is in a peak state, and then remembering the event, and asking yourself empowering questions, you greatly enhance your chances of gaining a new, positive perspective. So how do you change your physiology? Easy! If you want to change your physiology so that it is totally confident, then ask yourself a question. "Can I remember a time that I had total certainty that I could accomplish any task? Can I remember a time that I was totally confident of my abilities?" Then as you remember those experiences from your past, take the time to fully remember each event using all five senses. What were you seeing, hearing, feeling, touching, and smelling? The last step is to adopt the same physiology as you had then. Breathe, move, and speak the same way. Now you have the physiology of a confident person. What happens if you have never felt totally certain? If you are sure that you have never experienced a feeling of certainty, then find a good role model and adopt his or her physiology. Alan Greenspan comes to mind. When he goes on stage, does he move like he is doubtful? Of course not. He is absolutely certain about his outcome. |
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Now that you have changed your physiology into a confident state, ask yourself questions that will help you perceive the event differently. With the limit-down market experience, you might ask: "Was the market attempting to give me information that I ignored? How might I have interpreted the market action so as to exit the long position before the market went limit down? Was there a way I could have hedged or offset my loss in a different market? How did I behave? If there was a valuable lesson in this experience, what was it? How might I decrease my overall risk of being caught in a limit move in the future?" Your goal in asking yourself questions is to change your perception of the event enough so that you can learn something valuable about it. The pain you experienced will remain; however, by learning something valuable from the experience, you can perhaps lessen the pain. |
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Whenever we reexperience an event while we are in a peak state, our perception improves. This is why we will often find a nugget of wisdom that was overlooked initially. We can also obtain more references by using our imagination. Imagination is ten times more powerful than willpower. By using our imagination, we can provide our mind with a clear vision and certainty. The secret of references is that the more we get that empower us, the better we become at evaluating references. The more our evaluation process improves, the higher the quality of our decisions. In addition, as we obtain more references, we become better at living life and experiencing empowering feelings. |
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