A common trope of success is in a chess analogy, that someone who has more than their fair share of success is “they’re playing 3D chess and everyone else is playing checkers.”
Evocative visual. But 3D chess is doing one thing (although doing it quite well): picking up one static piece in your hand and moving it somewhere else. Strategically. A single move. A counter. Rinse, repeat.
The better analogy has to be pool. The long-range decision tree is the same, the best think 4-5 shots ahead, based upon the result of the move that they make right now. The difference is physics. How you make that move is as important as the decision to make it. Too little chalk, a millimeter or two too far from the sweet spot required on the cue ball or the bumper, too much unintended umph on your strike, heck, even an unseen flaw in the felt - all can trash that plan in one go. Furthermore, your unprepared, unskilled opponent on the other side might just get lucky when it’s his turn.
Unlike chess, the move that you make right now is impacted by a myriad of outside forces, not just Point A → Point B. And the result doesn’t end up in a predictable predesignated square.
The most prepared, accomplished people operate with the idea that success is a launch point, not the pinnacle goal. The steps you take as you build on your success are as important as what brought you there.
Take, for example, the CPA who moved into mergers and acquisitions and doubled his income. Or the insurance agent who began to thrive in an area of his business when he’d reached a plateau, falling short of his quota to get to his next level for over 10 years. They each found new heights in their performance by looking at who they are, not what they do.
Until they looked inward, their level had plateaued. Stagnated. Satisfactory. But never more.
Each of them, and many more, found Denise Fuchs. Using her Life Mastery Program, Denise helped them to unlock themselves.
It’s not a business course. It looks at six separate phases of life: Intention, Health, Abundance, Love, Manifestation and Transformation. It’s an inward journey.
And before you dismiss that as Life Coach-speak, keep this in mind: keywords don’t translate into results. Pushing past stalled inertia doesn’t come from memorization, it comes from a commitment to a process of pushing yourself beyond what you think you are.
It doesn’t mean you push harder and double down on work. Instead, it allows you to slow down, earn some clarity, and become intentional.
As the overworked, stalled insurance broker admitted, “I get more done and sell more when I’m calmer and intentional. The biggest difference was not fearing change, believing in my vision, and taking active steps towards my goals.”
The course that they took inspired them to keep going, eventually entering Denise’s high-level VIP program.
It’s not as simple as positive-skewing mantras. It’s about removing those negative thoughts that have likely been in your unconscious mind since you were in preschool.
“The program helps identify the habitual negative, constrictive thinking patterns, and repattern them to more expansive, life giving patterns that align with your vision, with repetition,” Denise explains.
“The subconscious is responsible for 95% of our behavior and is running our life like an old computer program. The subconscious accepts everything we give it, so with enough repetition we can repattern the old negative beliefs.”
“However, the brain likes us to be status quo. Its biological function is to keep us alive, and at a primitive, instinctual level, any change could be deadly. Successful change requires reprogramming that paradigm, those beliefs that keep us stuck, or biologically safe. Change triggers the nervous system that something’s going on, and creates an undertow backlash,” she says. “That’s why so many people who receive a sudden, unexpected windfall of cash lose all their money in five years or people lose 100 pounds and gain 120 back. They didn’t upgrade their beliefs and thinking patterns enough to sustain their success. If we don’t get to the root of why we’ve been stuck, we tend to self-sabotage and go right back to where we began.”
“I teach my clients to learn to go beyond their circumstances and not let the circumstances dictate their thoughts, actions and destiny. Circumstances can change by how we think and respond about a situation. We want to start to act as if we already have achieved the wealth, the health, the success we seek before it comes to pass. The brain cannot distinguish between our imagination and reality. The mind will believe it and it will be yours.”
“This mental reboot causes you to tap into vision-driven thinking, not condition-driven thinking, and you begin to not let the circumstances dictate your thoughts and feelings. You begin to listen to your intuition. You know you can trust it.”
People who look inside themselves to fuel their trajectory aren’t just playing 3D chess. They’re playing 3D pool.
It’s not just about performing in business. It’s holistic change that lifts all aspects of your life - family, home, outlook, relationships, the gamut. And for Denise, it’s not just something she does. Having done the process herself, she believes it truly saved her life.
“Circumstances matter. Many times, we cannot control our circumstances. However, we can control our perception of our circumstances, which makes all the difference!”
Understanding what you can control matters - and who can help you see things that you may not, matters.
Would we know who Helen Keller was without Annie Sullivan? It took one determined woman to unlock a human legend, who’d been hidden away in silent darkness.
I’ll bet Annie Sullivan was a wonderful pool player.
For more about what Denise Fuchs can do to help you reboot and get unstuck, go to her website, dreambuildersbydesign.com, follow her on Instagram (@denisethedreambuilder), or give her a call at 201-961-3666.