NLP coaching tip - How to make Breakthroughs by Paul Lemberg.
I would think of things I’d never thunk before...
Scarecrow, in The Wizard of Oz
A breakthrough occurs first in the mind.
You create breakthroughs by thinking things you haven’t thought before and by doing things you haven’t done before. By definition, whatever you’ve done up until now is factored into whatever results you’ve gotten. So now you’re going to have to do something different.
Breakthroughs are produced by locating a space you haven’t been in before, and stepping in. It could be the space of transcendental effort. It could be the space of uniquely innovative action design. Or the space of letting go – giving up control of some key process. Or the space of strategic partnerships and high-leverage relationships. Or the space of time dedicated to thinking. Or the space created by employees who have total buy-in. Or the space of powerful vision energizing all participants.
It might be anything. You don’t know ahead of time. By searching the world of what you don’t know and don’t know that you don’t know – asking the right questions and keeping your mind open to infinite possibility, you uncover the lever which lets you transform your venture into a breakthrough.
What have you “never thunk before?”
Copyright 2002-06 ©Paul Lemberg used with his expressed written permission

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