Emotional Mastery Is The Key To Peak Performance in Your Business

Imagine ...

• Being at the top of your mental game with volition
• Instantly elevating yourself into a peak emotional and mental state within minutes
• Fueling your confidence, passion and motivation on a daily basis that moves you to action,

what would that do to your performance, your success, your bottomline results?

Ninety percent (90%) of your business success boils down to one critical factor: your psychology. Your thoughts drive your behaviors; your behaviors drive your results. Those who achieve massive success share one fundamental power: the ability to harness their emotions and transform them into focused, self-directed action.

The State–Success Connection:

Unlike goals which take time to achieve, your state can change instantly. Below are 7 key strategies for changing your state and rising to the top of your business game … starting now.

1.) Lead From Your Peaks
One of the basic NLP (NeuroLinguistic Programming) presuppositions is that people have all the resources they need to achieve success. Our mental images, self-talk and feelings are the foundations of our “inner” resources. We can use those resources to build any thought, feeling or skill we want.

To build those inner resources, practice leading from your peaks. Imagine a defining moment in your past when you overcame fear or a setback. Notice your physiology at that time. Recall what you said to yourself as you triumphed. Reconnect to that feeling of determination and courage. Anchor those inner resources.

2.) Re-Engineer Your Brain For Bigger Goals and Dreams
Have you ever noticed when you are flying into the vast skies, how small a car or house look from above? Likewise, in a vast world of endless possibilities, our norm is to pursue teeny, tiny goals that are the size of specks compared to our potential. These goals often lack fire and are driven by “shoulds” and “needs” rather than “wants” and “desires.”

Big, bold visions are the fuel of every great business achiever. They are the catalysts of magic. Walt Disney – the ultimate dreamer – had one directive for his project managers in building theme parks: “Build the castle first.” He knew that getting the castle in place was where the magic was. If you could feel the magic, you could go the distance and do the hard stuff.

3.) Upgrade Your “Inner Rule Book”
Your “inner rule book” – namely, your beliefs and convictions -- drive all your behavior, actions and decisions, as well as your state and emotions. They make up the boundary conditions of your thinking and form the parameters of your Business Game. When your beliefs are based on a mindset of limitations, you narrow your possible outcomes. When transformed, they ignite potential and allow you to soar.

Warren Buffet believes that it is easier to create money than spend it. Richard Branson believes that business is fun and creative and anything is possible. The only difference between you and Warren Buffet or Richard Branson is your “inner rule book.”

4.) Make Supreme Confidence a Deliberate Choice
In my 22 years of business and leadership coaching, I have found that more than 70% business owners and leaders are victims of “backwards thinking.” That is, they believe that confidence is a by-product of success, rather than the driver of success.

According to Bill Gates, “supreme confidence is a choice.” You choose it first; then the proof appears later. To cultivate it, you must declare victory before you even step out on the battlefield. Certainty propels you to victory.

5.) Distinguish Between Fact and Interpretation
Another core theme in NLP: “the map is not the territory.” Your perception of reality is only a representation of reality. It’s never reality itself. No more than the map of California is California itself.

Einstein said that ‘there are very few facts,” yet we treat everything as fact. We believe our perceptions are “truth,” when they are really subjective experiences. The meaning you give to an event … your “story” … rather than the event itself will drive your state, your response and your outcomes.

I recently heard a cancer patient say that “she did not see cancer as killing her, but rather it gave her permission to live more fully.” How many people do you know that would respond accordingly? While we may not have control over the events in our lives, we do have choice in how we respond. Our state depends on how we interpret events in our lives. Our interpretation and ultimately our response will drive every outcome.

6.) Amplify What Is Excellent
NLP is the study of human excellence. It provides the tools, technologies and processes for individuals and organizations to achieve rapid breakthroughs and access their unlimited potential. In this spirit, one of the best ways to rise to the top of your game is by amplifying your excellence so much that the roadblocks seem like little bumps in the road. How do you amplify your excellence?

In NLP, we have a process that anchors into your neurology your state of excellence so you can access it on demand when needed. To do something similar, think of a time when you excelled and relive it. Amplify that memory by making it bigger, brighter, more colorful and compelling. Put yourself into that memory as though it is happening now. Imagine utilizing this excellence resource in future situations when you need/want it. Recall another memory of excellence and repeat the process. Stacking and amplifying your excellence will increase your performance exponentially.

7.) Stay Committed To and Aligned With Your Core
Goals by themselves do not motivate actions. They are merely the stepping stones to realize what we deem important: our values. When identifying goals, we answer the question “what do we want?” With values, we answer the question “why?”

Values act like superchargers on our motivations. Strong values ignite strong motivation. When we disconnect from our values, we become de-motivated, feel empty and depressed, and cut off from “our souls.”

Our values are our compass, steering our course based on what we consider important. Staying committed to our values drives authentic power, momentum toward our goals and living a happy, fulfilled life. True success and emotional mastery cannot be obtained without this alignment.

In the words of Thoreau, “For things to change, we must change. One new thought, one new decision, one new belief can change the size and direction of your entire Business Game. Learn how to master your emotions and you are on your way to peak performance.