Michael Neill - Talking All Things Great Performance (Pt 1/5)
Jan 7, 2018
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Michael Neill, transformative coach and bestselling author, discusses the inspiration behind his book, Creating The Impossible, and the excitement of tapping into a deeper part of oneself. He explains the characteristics of great performance and how understanding the mind helps explain it. The podcast also explores redefining sports psychology for harnessing untapped mental energy.
It's easier to create what you truly want than what you think you can get, inviting you to go beyond your perceived limits and live from a deeper part of yourself.
Understanding the mind and tapping into a deeper part of yourself can lead to peak performance and a state of flow, replacing superstitions and mental practices with a deeper understanding of the mind-body connection.
Deep dives
Creating the Impossible: Going Beyond Self-Limiting Beliefs
In his book 'Creating the Impossible,' Michael Neil explores the concept that many of the limits people impose on themselves are based on the idea that it's only worthwhile to do something if success is guaranteed. However, Neil argues that it's easier for individuals to create what they truly desire rather than settling for what they perceive as realistic. He suggests that by tapping into their innate intelligence and going beyond their comfort zones, individuals can call forth their greatness and achieve things beyond their initial expectations. This book serves as an invitation to live from a deeper part of oneself and experience life as a thrilling adventure.
Performing from Source: The Power of Wisdom in Sports
Understanding the principles behind the human experience and how the mind works can greatly benefit athletes and performers. Michael Neil explains that when athletes tap into a deeper part of themselves, they become alive and perform at their best. By letting go of limiting beliefs and getting out of their heads, athletes can access their true potential and experience a state of flow. This understanding provides athletes with a more effective and reliable way to enhance their performance, replacing superstitions and mental practices with a deeper understanding of the mind-body connection.
Challenging Traditional Psychology and Disciplining the Mind
Michael Neil challenges the traditional psychology approach of disciplining the mind, which aims to control and tame the thoughts. He argues that this model promotes mediocrity by taking away the highs and lows of the mind. Instead, Neil suggests a different approach—a mindset that views the mind as a raw potential energy that needs harnessing rather than taming. By tapping into this potential and becoming a vehicle for it, individuals can unleash their true power and experience life at a whole new level of greatness.
Special guest Michael Neill, an internally renowned transformative coach and the best-selling author of six books including, The Inside Out Revolution and, The Space Within, explains the inspiration behind writing his new book, Creating The Impossible. “It’s easier for people to create what they actually want than what they think they can get – it brings something different out of them”. “It’s a call to go beyond yourself, to go beyond what you think you are capable of, to live from a deeper part of yourself and there is nothing more exciting for people than when they tap into that and start to live from it”. Understanding how the mind works helps to explain great performance which shares certain characteristics; the most common is the feeling of, being lived, being the vehicle for performance not the cause of it, in the flow state.
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