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Don’t go to the movies

Here is a bizarre and little-known fact. Your brain and body can’t tell the difference between something you vividly imagine and reality. Truly. Almost all world-class sportsmen and women are visualisers. As are other peak performers in just about any other field you care to mention. All these people see it, they feel it, and they experience it, before they actually do it. As a formula this would be: I x V = R ((Imagination x Vividness = Reality). The secret is the symbol in the middle, repetition. ...

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