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During a recent conversation with a client of ours the direction of the conversation turned to the area of “what if”. I remember when my kids were small and they use to always ask me “what if this happens?” or “what are we going to do if the roof caves in”, etc. It seems some people continue on the thought pattern of “what if” for a multitude of issues in their lives.

For instance, someone could be experiencing a great moment or relationship in their lives. Then for some reason thoughts enter their minds about “what if someone better comes along” or “this isn’t real” or “I don’t deserve this now”. What is the reason that keeps people from enjoying and feeling worthy of the great things in life?

What are you thinking about concerning the many opportunities in your life? Are you thinking about the possibilities or the probabilities involved with them? Albert Einstein was teaching at Oxford in the early 1940s. He had just given a physics exam to a group of students and his teaching assistant asked him if he really gave the same exact exam from the previous year to the same students. Einstein answered “Yes, I gave them the same exam, but the answers have changed!”

What answers are changing for you from last year? Are the things happening now in your life something you would have considered a possibility or a probability a year ago? Whenever we let ourselves plan and consider a possibility and write it down as a goal or a plan there is a better than 90% chance of it actually happening. If we let probabilities dictate the direction of our dreams and lives, things like “might or could”, then nothing gets done or moves forward.

Take some time today to write out some possibilities for yourself. Let your imagination go toward places and things you never gave yourself permission to go before. In reality, what has happened more in your life-the possibilities or the probabilities? If you said the probabilities it might be because you have never given the possibilities room to breathe in your life.

The most successful people around are always thinking about possible business opportunities. They don’t waste their time with what will probably happen if this deal doesn’t happen or product doesn’t work out. They look at what is possible to do next.

Many times people are just too caught up in their own little world to consider other possibilities to a challenge that someone on the outside might be able to help them with. An observer with a keen eye can often spot the most lucrative possibilities and let the probabilities take a one way vacation to never-never land.

To find your observer, look for someone that is trained as a consultant or coach and is not necessarily in your usual business setting. Sometimes the people that are caught up in your same world will have the same exact outlooks. This might not be exactly what you need to see the possibilities in new opportunities in business and life.

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I have been following Anthony Robbins for about 18 years or so now, with his books and in my time, cassette tapes. It was not until last year in May I decided to see him live in London to determine whether this peak performance coach was as good as his tapes. I came away from that event under no illusion that this man was the master of motivation. His skills and relationship with the audience was extraordinary. Within 10 days I had lost a stone and within 5 months I had left my full time job of 19 years to full fill my own destiny and my own business consultancy.
Date of return to London in February 2006, so I decided to recharge my batteries and see if Anthony Robbins was so good the second time around. After all, this time there would be no surprises, as I knew what was coming.
The astonishing thing was that even though I now knew the programme of events it came across totally different. I was sitting next to new friends with different challenges; I had also brought my wife this time. Because there is so much audience interaction and new questions were being asked and new problems were being dealt with and my situation had changed since the first time, I found myself going through a totally different leaning experience to the first event. It fact it was almost as though I had not been there before, although it has to be true that I opened up quicker to those around me the second time.
Anthony Robbins has a mass of energy, he comes on stage at around 9.00am on the Saturday and with only 30 minutes break is still there at 9.45pm. Sunday is even harder, starts at 9.00am and finishes at 11.45pm with only 30 minutes break all day. This is after the Friday where nearly 10,000 people do the fire walk over hot coals at 1200 to 2000 degrees. The last day is the Monday, which is a bit more relaxed. It talks about nutrition and energy and is hosted by Tony?s trainer Joseph. At 52 years old he looks about 30, and gives his all. At about 5,30pm it is all over and just like last year I got in my car for the 4-hour drive home and now I can?t remember a thing about the trip. My mind is going over my goals and what I can do, what I must do and my energy levels and on and on and on etc. My wife has the whole family eating healthy foods, that exercise machine that we used to hang our clothes on has never been used so much as Tony now has a new fan. I have 10 new phone numbers and email addresses from extraordinary people literary from around the world, as there were participants? from 45 countries there this time. I came to the conclusion that Tony Robbins does not do the same seminar over and over again. Each seminar is different even though on paper it appears to be the same. I now know why many people go and see him time and time again. He adapts it to suit the audience and adds new leanings and new ideas as he himself grows and learns. There is doubt in my mind that Anthony Robbins just gets better and better.

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I have been following Anthony Robbins for about 18 years or so now, with his books and in my time, cassette tapes. It was not until last year in May I decided to see him live in London to determine whether this peak performance coach was as good as his tapes. I came away from that event under no illusion that this man was the master of motivation. His skills and relationship with the audience was extraordinary. Within 10 days I had lost a stone and within 5 months I had left my full time job of 19 years to full fill my own destiny and my own business consultancy.
His return date to London was February 2006, so I decided to recharge my batteries and see if this Anthony Robbins was as good the second time around. After all, this time there were going to be no surprises, as I knew what was coming.
The amazing thing was that although I knew now the program of events, it came across differently. I sat next to new friends with different challenges, and I also had my wife brought this time. There's so much audience interaction, and new questions are asked and new issues have been dealt with and my situation has changed since the first time, I found myself going through a very different experience, rejected the first event. The fact it was almost as if I had not been there, though it to be true, that I fast, which opened to me the second time.
Anthony Robbins has a mass of energy, he comes on stage at around 9.00am on the Saturday and with only 30 minutes break is still there at 9.45pm. Sunday is even harder, starts at 9.00am and finishes at 11.45pm with only 30 minutes break all day. This is after the Friday where nearly 10,000 people do the fire walk over hot coals at 1200 to 2000 degrees. The last day is the Monday, which is a bit more relaxed. It talks about nutrition and energy and is hosted by Tony?s trainer Joseph. At 52 years old he looks about 30, and gives his all. At about 5,30pm it is all over and just like last year I got in my car for the 4-hour drive home and now I can?t remember a thing about the trip. My mind is going over my goals and what I can do, what I must do and my energy levels and on and on and on etc. My wife has the whole family eating healthy foods, that exercise machine that we used to hang our clothes on has never been used so much as Tony now has a new fan. I have 10 new phone numbers and email addresses from extraordinary people literary from around the world, as there were participants? from 45 countries there this time. I came to the conclusion that Tony Robbins does not do the same seminar over and over again. Each seminar is different even though on paper it appears to be the same. I now know why many people go and see him time and time again. He adapts it to suit the audience and adds new leanings and new ideas as he himself grows and learns. There is doubt in my mind that Anthony Robbins just gets better and better.

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UK residential property prices rose on an annual basis for the first time in 16 months fuelled by a lack of supply, according to figures released today by Rightmove.

Asking prices increased year on year by 0.2% and by 2.8% this month, the biggest monthly increase since February and the largest for the month of October in six years, Rightmove said. But there is still consierable concerns in the property industry about volatility in the market especially since there is to be a crackdown on ?lax? lending in the UK with the country?s Financial Services Authority outlawing self certified loans and demanding that lenders carry out more stringent checks to make sure home buyers can pay back what they take on.

Other concerns centre around rising unemployment and the impact of an expected change of government when the UK general election is held next year. Experts believe it will prompt a slowdown in the market as buyers and sellers wait to assess the outcome.

?Current price recovery is based on an unusually thin market with transaction levels still 54% down on 2007,? Rightmove said.

?Ongoing lack of supply is driven by home owners deciding not to move given the current economic backdrop.?

London led October?s gains, with prices up by 5.2% on the year and 6.5% on the month, taking the average asking price to a record high of ?416,157.

?Lack of fresh stock is the driving factor behind this record high,? Rightmove added.

A return to banks paying large bonuses to staff may also be fuelling demand in London with some of the capital?s most expensive areas increasing sharply in price, suggesting deals are primarily being done at the higher end of the market. Rightmove has found that there is a shortage of cheaper properties available at present with some agents virtually ?sold out?. But Miles Shipside, commercial director of Rightmove, pointed out that a market so advantageous to sellers was ?highly unusual? in October, which is generally subdued.

?With political and economic uncertainties ahead, this does not seem to constitute a return to boom times,? he warned.