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I was recently listening to an interview with author Daniel Pink where he was talking about recent research into the types of people who are most successful in making sales. One of the things I love about Dan is that he is willing to look past conventional wisdom and analyze real data to see what works and what doesn’t.

One of the pieces of research he discussed dealt with what happens when we make positive statements about how we would like things to turn out.

The example he gave in the interview was a comparison of salesmen. One group said, “I am going to kill this sale,” while the other group asked, “Am I going to make this sale?”

The group that asked the question was much more successful in making sales.

The reason being that when we ask questions like that we name the proof that we already have that we could be successful at the task. A salesman might think, “I know this client. I know my product and I know that it can improve their life. If I share that honestly they will see it is a good fit.”

Whereas the statement, “I am going to kill this sale!” might feel like false bravado and the salesman will approach the sale with less conviction.

We can add the use of these questions to our tapping practice AND tap while we use them to add extra effect.

The next time you want to do something instead of saying, “I am going to do this!” ask yourself the question, “Can I do this?” (I would recommend that you tap the whole time you do this.)

One of two things will happen.

1) You will start to list all the proof as to why you can do this and action will become easier with confidence and a plan.

2) You will uncover all the negative self-talk as to why you can’t do it so you will then have the root causes to tap on.

Either way you win!

Please let me know how asking these types of questions works for you.

One of the biggest mistakes people make when crafting goals is they name a goal that is so unreasonably big that their mind can’t grasp it as real.

Making $1,000,000 this year is the perfect example of that. For most people 1,000,000 is just a one followed by a whole bunch of zeros. The number isn’t real. At least for me, once we get over $10,000 it is hard for me to have any real concept of what we are talking about.

Once numbers get to a certain size they seem similar. In my mind $300,000 isn’t much different than $1,000,000.

It’s nearly impossible to work towards a goal we can’t comfortably imagine.

As un-useful as big, ill-defined goals can be, micro-goals can be powerful and useful.

I was first introduced to the idea of micro-goals when I read about the Japanese idea of “kaizen”.

Kaizen is the idea of taking lots of very small steps which over time add up to something big.

The first example I was taught was of a man who wanted to eat more healthily. Every day he ate at a fast food place near his office. He decided to start with his french fries. After buying his meal he threw away one french fry and then ate his meal as normal. The next day he threw away two fries. Each day this continued, deducting one fry at a time until he had slowly worked his way to a healthier diet without missing the greasy food he loved.

Eating healthily might seem too big a step to take all at once, but the micro-goal of eating one french fry fewer than the day before is so trivial that it seems easy.

Here is an example from my own life. A number of years ago I wanted to get up 90 minutes earlier every day in order to do more writing. There was no way I was going to find changing my wake up time from 7:00am to 5:30am easy. So what I did instead was to set my alarm for 6:58am. I wasn’t going to miss two minutes of sleep. The next day I set it for 6:56am, and the next for 6:54am.

In six weeks I was getting up at 5:30am without much effort. Today, it has become so much of a habit it’s unusual for me to sleep past 5:30am even without an alarm.

I want you to give kaizen a try. Pick one of your goals and break it down into the smallest possible step and commit to doing that today. With each successive day add another small step.

Change will happen before you know it.

Our physical health is central to our overall well being and ability to make good choices. When I am feeling below par I know that I am much more likely to make emotional choices, which are generally poor ones.

Below you will find the tapping script that I use to stay healthy. It is broken up into three parts. You can tap through the whole thing or any of the three parts depending on time and needs.

Part 1
My system is a powerful healing machine.

My system is made for health and well being.

I appreciate everything that my system does on unconscious and subconscious levels all day and night to keep me healthy and safe.

I know my system isn’t perfect in doing this, but it is truly amazing in what it does.

I know that there are choices that I make that make it harder for my system to heal and grow.

There are thoughts that I have, emotions that I feel, beliefs that I hold, things that I eat and drink, and choices I make that make it harder for my system to maintain optimum health.

I apologize to my system for any of these that I have done, especially in the last 24 hours.

I appreciate the fact that my system is willing to keep working towards my health and well being.

There are many things that my system is holding on to that are slowing healing and growth.

These can be in the form of thoughts, emotions, beliefs, and substances in my physical body.

Some of these are known, whilst others are unknown or hidden.

At one point the system thought that these were helpful or still thinks are helpful.

I give my system permission to release anything that is blocking health and well being and to know that if it needs these things in the future they will be available to me again.

I give my system permission to let them go even if it doesn’t understand what they are or why it thought they were helpful at one point.

My system is a powerful healing machine.

I give my system permission to exert its healing power not just right now but throughout the day and as I sleep tonight.

I do not need to be conscious of this healing and growth.

My system has permission to heal.

Part 2
There are many systems in my body that do so many amazing things.

There might be blocks and impediments to these parts working to their optimum.

I give my body permission and energy to remove any blocks and provide health and healing to my digestive system for optimum health and well being.

I give my body permission and energy to remove any blocks and provide health and healing to my respiratory system for optimum health and well being.

I give my body permission and energy to remove any blocks and provide health and healing to my circulatory system for optimum health and well being.

I give my body permission and energy to remove any blocks and provide health and healing to my nervous system for optimum health and well being.

I give my body permission and energy to remove any blocks and provide health and healing to my endocrine system for optimum health and well being.

I give my body permission and energy to remove any blocks and provide health and healing to my limbic system for optimum health and well being.

I give my body permission and energy to remove any blocks and provide health and healing to my glandular system for optimum health and well being.

I give my body permission and energy to remove any blocks and provide health and healing to my reproductive system for optimum health and well being.

I know that as I move through the day I encounter many things that can be hard for my system to process.

My system and my immune system do an amazing job of keeping me healthy as I encounter things through my day that are working against my health and well being.

Part 3
I want my immune system to know how much I appreciate how hard it works and that it is not the only part of me that is trying to keep my safe and healthy.

I give my immune system permission to access other parts of my system to ensure that I stay safe and healthy.

I give my system permission to heal and remove any known, unknown, and hidden viruses that are preventing health and well being.

I give my system permission to heal and remove any known, unknown, and hidden bacteria that are preventing health and well being.

I give my system permission to heal and remove any known, unknown, and hidden fungi that are preventing health and well being.

I give my system permission to heal and remove any known, unknown, and hidden ingestants that are preventing health and well being.

I give my system permission to heal and remove any known, unknown, and hidden inhalants that are preventing health and well being.

I give my system permission to heal and remove any known, unknown, and hidden contactants that are preventing health and well being.

I give my system permission to heal and remove any known, unknown, and hidden injectants that are preventing health and well being.

I give my system permission to heal and remove any known, unknown, and hidden emotions that are preventing health and well being.

I give my system permission to heal and remove any known, unknown, and hidden memories that are preventing health and well being.

I give my system permission to heal and remove any known, unknown, and hidden beliefs that are preventing health and well being.

I give my system permission to heal and remove any known, unknown, and hidden darkness that is preventing health and well being.

My system is a powerful healing machine.