Beliefs are the power

I will continue writing about the supporting variables regarding performance.

Beliefs are the single important variable in regard to performance.

I sort beliefs into two categories, one is beliefs supported by facts and factual references and beliefs purely hypotetical opinions, ideas, and such where its more important being right than correct ;)

What I do is to sort trough what the basis is for the performance, then I ask several questions to make sure the evidence that someone has for what they do are supported.

An example: A golfer leaves the putts short, when asked why he leaves them short, it was due to him being careful, he leaves them short since he dont want to leave them long, and when confronted with a counterexample based on factual event, namely this, so if a putt is 1m short or 1m long, which one is easier/harder to putt?

Confronted with factual events, he could notice his own belief that was running his putting and change to putting the putt where they should be.

Why he had got this belief about putts going past the hole was harder than leaving them short was from some golf trainer who stated that and he as a junior didnt know better and took it as truth.

So, what do you believe about your performance that has its roots in factual events?

If there isnt a physical hindrance there is no limit to what someone could do.
In basketball it helps if your 2m long, 1.50cm just dont cut it in basket due to the handicapp of length, no one has ever started a basket league for short people??
I wanna have one on my own.
Being 1.65cm is just ruining my basketball dream....

To have the best performance you need beliefs that support your performance based on facts. You need to know if your going to do something will work or not before you do it.

I set up some performance goals in golf this year.
I wanted to play scratch level of play, at current 11.1 handicap I need to shave of 11 strokes of my game this season.
Obviously, my perfomance isnt up to scratch play previous seasons.

However, I have had days when I played really well, where my personal bests is +1 over 18 holes if the best 9 holes are to put togheter. My eclectic score is 52 shot since I birdie all holes and had one eagle on my home course.
So, if I can play at my best that would most likely allow a scratch level of play.
But how to achive that?

I set up the outcome for the season, I want to be able to play a qualification for next years tour here, to do so I need to perform at scratch level.
So, this now is the factual event, I need a specific level of performance to match the qualification due to knowing what level of performance is needed there.

Now, I measure that against my current level which allowed me to look at my baseline today and what I need to have.
Not a pretty sight I my add.

Now, most will give up now, due to having an overwealming steep curve to make that level of performance.
But that is a belief about opinions, not facts.
Notice that difference?

I dont know if its possible or not, and I also know that it is possible.
Why?
I havent even tried to do it yet.

A lot of people when seeing the facts and what they think they are often become helpless, its no idea, its to late, its not possible to your age, your skill level etc...

Instead of limiting myself....

I started to do this,
I needed a belief that helps me achive that level of perfomance.
I sat down, I am a professional elitgolfer.
That is my belief, that btw has no relevance to factual events.
It has however bearing to becoming that level of performance and when I reach that level of performance scratch level of play I would have such a belief naturally due to then I am so good. (this is based on the evidence and structural format of how beliefs are formed and proven true)

So, beliefs have the power to do just about anything if they are matched and based on actual events, either it is the current skill level or a coming one.

The first response I had was that the golfers on the TV shrunked.
I looked at the TV broadcasted events, and suddenly the people there had shrunked. I looked at my TV and wondering about my eyesight.
Nope, it was all fine.

So what did happen?

My brain accepted that when I play in the future this level of game, then my belief would be this one, this automatically shifted my perception to a future oriented one.
One result obviously, my collegues who plays golf at that level shrunked.

Why this happen is to show how beliefs shift our perception, it shifts our behaviour and how we think.

Beliefs that match what you want to do in the future must be set first if your going to get that level of performance.

The next thing that did happen was that I needed to set a plan to improve my game stats.
Hitting 35% or so greens is not good enough. I need to double that. I also need more distance with tee shots, and I also need more consistent play.
Its a lot.

So, I find sources in what to do and how to do it.

This approach allows me to plan ahead, I already know what beliefs I need to have to play my level of performance I want to have, I can then plan my game improvement based on actual facts, how good am I today, what do I need to improve to match the best in the sport?

• I need to hit the driver 300 yards.
• I need to know that the distance I hit with every club is in 1 yard distances.
• I need to be able to play consistently.
• I need to putt less than 30 putts a round.

Dang, looking at all that could make anyone to go to bed and give up right away, right?
But I installed a belief that I am so good in the future, now I dont have such limitations learning to improve my game due to me already having that level of skill and performance.

So my training and practice now will be set from that baseline of the future skill and I need to improve fast and doing so requires a good feedback and a great tool set to have.

I need to improve my physical status, My weight is 90kilograms, I need to loose fat, and gain muscles, I need to drop a few kilograms and add muscles and becoming more fit.
Hitting the ball 300 yards, requires stamina and strength.
So, its all or nothing to get there.

I need to check my eating habits, I need to check what food allows drop of fat and gain to muscles, I need to find out methods of training that does this fast.

Over a month, I have found out all I need to do to make that level of performance.

Why?

I set the outcome, I used a futurebased one, I then checked my factual skill and what I needed to have to allow such performance I wanted to have.

Now, what is needed to do is to practice all this and to ingrain all this and use feedback to measure my improvement daily.

For my sake this means,

• set up a test to measure my driver distance (300 yards).
• set a test to measure my short game in regard to tourpro.
• set up my putting to a level of tourpro.

Tests allow me to see, did I improve or not?
I want to improve, to get better, measure how much better I get, to find out is the training doing the thing I expect it to do or not?

All this started from setting my outcome, setting the belief to match the future based performance.

Now, its all about grinding and doing the homework fully.

One guy set a outcome to play under par in his homecourse in one year, he was shooting 103 and a high handicapper, did people tell him that it wasnt possible?
U bet, and did he make it?

Yes, with 2 days to spare.
He also had a plan.
103 to 70 in a year?

Beliefs needs to be examined and tested agaisnt actual factual evidence based as far its possible.
Then that allow someone to have an edge in performance, he/she will know that they have a level of performance that they own.

Bulding a lot of tidewaves with confidence, fun and glory.

Enjoy

/Robert Johansson
Re-New NLP.