Envision an evolved self then make it real
The most miraculous human ability is this: you can form a vivid picture of a more evolved version of yourself in your mind, and then systematically make that picture come true in reality. No other species can do this with anywhere near the same precision. Olympic athletes manufacture optimism by visualizing winning — they feel what victory will feel like before the race even starts. This is not wishful thinking; it's a skill you can train. Practice creating mental pictures of yourself performing perfectly, then layer in stories of how things went right in the past and will go right in the future. The more specific the visualization — the sensations, the outcome, the environment — the more powerfully your neurology begins organizing itself around that future state.
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Olympic Athletes Manufacture Optimism by Visualizing Winning
Practice creating mental pictures of yourself performing perfectly and succeeding, combined with telling stories of how things went right in the past and will go right in the future. Olympic athletes manufacture optimism by visualizing winning and feeling what victory will feel like.
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The Miraculous Human Ability to Envision and Become
The miraculous human ability is being able to envision a more evolved version of yourself in your mind and then make it come true in reality.