You can’t think about what you don’t want to think about without thinking about it. Think about it; better yet, don’t think about it, and you’ll get my point.
If your clients are more focused on what they don’t want, instead of what they do want, they will most likely be getting just that – exactly what they don’t want.
The Athlete who is constantly focusing on ‘not losing’ will typically lose more than the athlete who consistently focuses on ‘always winning’.
If you truly want to be effective as a sport psychology coach or hypnotist for the athletes that you work with, there is one fundamental principle that is an absolute must…
You must be skilled in the process of self-hypnosis, and you must practice it on a consistent basis.
Why is this? Because you will become invincible when working with your client’s excuses for why they can’t use hypnosis on a regular basis. Think about it this way. One of the reasons you are most likely effective as a personal trainer is that you believe in investing time each day or on a regular basis to sculpt your own body and maintain a healthy body. In doing so, the traditional pathetic excuses that the mainstream public uses for not working out has no effect on you. You refuse to buy into their excuses. The same can be said for the mental workouts in the day. If you want to truly inspire your clients, and be congruent when you ask of them to practice the mental aspect of their sports, then you must be willing to do this yourself. But the benefits of self-hypnosis go much deeper: