| Suppose you could look and feel like "Victory?" and | | | | strike the same pose as Brandi Chastain. |
| capture the feeling of momentous triumph at will? | | | | OK. So you don't have to drop to your knees, tear |
| What difference would that make in your success | | | | your shirt off, and so forth. You can empower your |
| journey if you felt like you just scored the winning | | | | mind and feel a sense of "Victory!" all the same. |
| goal in World Cup Soccer? | | | | Here's simple technique that I teach. I've observed it |
| Fortunately, you don't have be a soccer player to | | | | works even for people who know nothing about |
| find out. | | | | soccer! |
| Here's how to look and feel like "Victory!" and | | | | Take a deep breath. |
| experience a great moment of triumph at will. | | | | Elevate your gaze as if looking at an imaginary point |
| On July, 10, 1999, Brandi Chastain scored the winning | | | | just above a distant horizon. |
| goal that earned the U.S. women's soccer team the | | | | Clenched your fists, raise your arms shoulder high, |
| World Cup title. With 90,185 spectators in the Rose | | | | leaned back a bit, and light up your face with a look |
| Bowl and 40 million watching on TV, she also struck a | | | | that proclaims "Victory!" loud and clear. |
| classic victory pose. | | | | Do this a few times in rapid succession. If you are |
| When she scored the winning goal, she ripped off her | | | | alone or you don't care who might think you just lost |
| shirt, sank to her knees, clenched her fists, raised her | | | | your mind, yell out a resounding "Yes!" |
| arms shoulder high, leaned back a bit, looked up, and | | | | As you feel this sense of victory, you will discover |
| lit up her face with a look that proclaimed "Victory!" | | | | that your mind does not care whether you've ever |
| loud and clear. | | | | stepped out onto a soccer field or not. |
| Stated another way, if I had to say what "Victory!" | | | | As you feel the sense of "Victory!" you empower |
| looked like, I'd say "Brandi Chastain scoring the | | | | your mind to achieve victory after victory after |
| winning goal." | | | | victory. Fortunately, your mind feels both imagined |
| And Sports Illustrated added the exclamation point. | | | | and real victory the same way. |
| The cover of the next issue featured Chastain in her | | | | So use the body and the pose of Brandi Chastain to |
| moment of triumph with a big "Yes!" superimposed | | | | capture the feeling of "Victory!" at will. |
| on her image. | | | | Even if you are not a World Cup fan, celebrate your |
| The next time you need a moment of "Victory!" and | | | | own winning moves as you capture the look and feel |
| resounding "Yes!" to empower you toward success, | | | | of "Victory! |