One of the main things I have learnt as a coach is the power of belief and that we do actually get what we believe is true for us. If you've spent most of your life believing you can't draw or can't write well, then guess what ...................... that's exactly what you will get! Reading Maximum Achievement by Brian Tracy recently, illustrated this point very powerfully. He tells the story of an American student who graduated from high school with straight A's and on applying for state university he was asked to take the standard scholastic aptitude test.

A few weeks later he received a letter informing him that he had scored in the 99th percentile on the test and was accepted for the next term. He was happy to be accepted, but didn't understand about percentiles and thought that 99th percentile was his IQ score. He concluded that the average IQ was 100, therefore could never do university level work with his "limited" intelligence. For the entire term he failed or nearly failed every course and finally his counsellor called him in and asked him why he was doing so poorly. He replied "you can't blame me, I've only got a 99 IQ". The counsellor asked why he thought that and the student replied "that's what it said in my letter of admission to the university".

The counsellor explained that a 99th percentile meant he scored equal or higher than 99 % of all students in America who took the test and that he was in fact one of the brightest students on campus. When he realised his mistake, the student went back to his studies with a new sense of competence and confidence and eventually graduated in the top 10 of his class.

This is a valuable lesson for us all in how our thoughts and beliefs drive our actions and results and that we are often too ready to believe that we are limited in some way. How are you limiting yourself by your thoughts?!

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