you 2  Price Pritchett

 you 2  Price Pritchett

This is about

the power of
“you squared”
The quantum leap strategy for breakthrough
performance.

Making a quantum leap—going from you to

 you 2  —means accomplishing far more, in less time,
with only a fraction of the effort you’ve been
giving. In  you 2 , Price Pritchett outlines unique,
ynamic methos for leaping beyon orinary
performances an achieving ramatic results.

!uit trying harer.

Think beyon what common sense woul allow.

Make your move before you’re reay.

"ook inside  for
 for opportunity.

#ollow the unconventional strategy of  you 2  to

penetrate imaginary barriers an pursue your true
potential.
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A True Story
I’m sitting in a quiet room at the Millcroft Inn, a
peaceful little place hien behin the pine trees
about an hour out of Toronto. It’s $ust past noon, late
%uly, an I’m listening to the esperate souns of a
life&or&eath struggle going on a few feet away.

There’s a small fly burning out the last of its short

life’s energies in a futile attempt to fly through the
glass of a winowpane. The whining wings tell the
poignant story of the fly’s strategy — try harder .

'ut it’s not working,

The fren(ie effort offers no hope for survival.

Ironically, the struggle is a part of the trap. It is
impossible for the fly to try har enough to succee at
 breaking through the glass.

)evertheless, this little insect has stake its life on

reaching its goal through raw effort an
etermination.

This fly is oome to ie. It will ie there on the

winowsill.

*cross the room, ten steps away, the oor is open.

Ten secons of flying time an this small creature
coul reach the outsie worl it seeks. +ith only a
fraction of the effort now being waste, it coul be
free of this self&impose trap. The breakthrough
possibility is there. It woul be so easy.
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+hy oesn’t the fly try another approach,
something ramatically ifferent -ow i it get so
locke in on the iea that this particular route, an
etermine effort, offers the most promise for success
+hat logic is there in continuing, until eath, to seek
a breakthrough with more of the
th e same/

)o oubt this approach makes sense to the fly.

0egrettably, it’s an iea that will kill.

Trying harer/ isn’t necessarily the solution to

achieving more. It may not offer any real promise for
getting what you want out of life. 1ometimes, in fact,
it’s a big part of the problem.

If you stake your hopes for a breakthrough on trying

harer than ever, you may kill your chances for
success.

 Price Pritchett
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Contents

The Promise

!uantum "eaps

 you 2 

2hange your personal rules for success.

!uit trying harer.

Ignore conventional ways.

Think beyon what common sense woul allow.

1uspen isbelief.

#ocus on ens rather than means.

0ely on the unseen forces.

2hoose a ifferent set of risks.

Trust in the power of pursuit.

1eek failure.

3et uncomfortable.

4pen your gifts.

#all in love.

Make your move before you’re reay.

"ook inside  for the opportunity.

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The Promise
*re you reay for this

0ight now, in this moment, you are capable of 

exponential improvement   in your performance. 5ou can
multiply   your personal effectiveness, hit new highs,
an shatter your ol achievement recors. The results
you can have will be har for you to imagine.

5ou can become you 2 .

5ou on’t have to settle for things as they are now.

That can change. 6ramatically. If you’re reay, life is
prepare to give you a breakthrough e7perience. 5ou
can $ump to a higher orbit of achievement8live the
ream8en$oy a completely ifferent plane of success.

*lso, you on’t have to be content with improving

things incrementally or graually. %ust as your level  of
performance can improve rastically, so can your rate 
of accomplishment. #urthermore, the  you 2   formula
requires far less effort than you’ve given in the past.

5ou haven’t been reaching your full potential. 1o

far, you haven’t even come close. )o matter how you
wish to measure success, regarless of how you efine
achievement, you have barely scratche the surface of
what you personally can accomplish.

'ut maybe the time has come to change all that.

Maybe you’re reay to make a quantum leap.
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You don’t have to be

content with improving

things incrementally or

gradually.
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Quantum eaps
Quantum leap is a term taken from the vocabulary of
the new physics—quantum physics—the science
 behin such technological breakthroughs as lasers,
television, computers, space communication, an
nuclear energy. !uantum physics is escribe as the
most powerful science ever conceive of by human
 beings. It requires a ma$or rethinking of such concepts
as time an space, an how the human consciousness
operates.

!uantum physics also has staggering implications

regaring you, your potential, an the power of the
min. To put it simply, as human beings we are going
to have to reframe our ieas about the universe an
how we fit into it.

#re *lan +olf, in his awar&winning book title

Taking the Quantum Leap, escribes the term as8

the explosive jump that a particle of matter undergoes in

moving from one place to another…in a figurative
 sense, taking the quantum leap means taking a risk,
 going off into an unchartered territory ith no guide to
 follo!

Physicists stuying quantum mechanics note that

particles make these $umps/ ithout apparent effort 
an ithout covering all the "ases   between the starting
an ening points.

+hat’s going on here -ow oes this happen *n

is it possible for you as an iniviual to o something
very similar in your personal performance
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To put it simply! as human

 beings we are going to have to

reframe our ideas about the

 universe and how we fit into it.

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 you2 
Most people operate with a minset that assumes
success comes one step at a time. The unspoken but
popular notion is that we must move systematically
from our present level of achievement to the ne7t.
Then, the thinking goes, from that stage we can begin
working towar grauating to still the ne7t higher
level in the sequence. 3raual progress.

This is an unfortunate misconception, an it’s

clearly reflecte in the way we function. They go
about, ay to ay, striving to make incremental gains
in their performance. That’s pretty routine. That’s the
pathway of conventional growth.

'ut your life simply oes not always have to operate

that way.

*vancing at a measure pace—step by step from

where you are to a little bit better—orinarily feels
easier, more natural, an even safer. 'ut in certain
areas of your life you can $ust as easily think in terms
of skipping levels. 5ou can move from your present
level of achievement to one that is several stages
higher—irectly.

5ou make the quantum leap. 5ou become  you 2 .

Instea of accepting present circumstances or being
content with graual improvement, you can go for a
 breakthrough.

 you 2   implies an e7plosive $ump/ in your personal

performance that puts you far beyon the ne7t logical
step. It’s a formula for stunning avances in
achievement an the reali(ation of your reams. The
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concept is one of e7ponential gains rather than
incremental progress. 5ou might compare it to
multiplying instea of aing—it means a geometric
progression in your effectiveness.

That’s e7citing as well as provocative, but it gets

even better. 0emember, quantum leaps can come
ithout apparent effort . These are high velocity moves
that carry you to ramatically higher performance
levels without a time&consuming struggle.

!uantum leaps seem to violate common

sense8utterly9 The iea of moving to a higher
orbit,/ an skipping several rungs on the achievement
laer in the process, strikes people as far&fetche,
maybe even outrageous.

*fter the fact, quantum leaps maybe viewe as

practical, sensible, even obvious moves, but they
typically o not come to you as the obvious moves at
the moment. :sually it’s in retrospect that you
perceive their hien logic an elegance. Invariably,
quantum leaps are not comple7 or intricate
maneuvers. They ten to be simple, energy efficient,
an time&saving.

 you 2 , the quantum leap strategy, can eliver those

special reams an ambitions that you instinctively
feel shoul be yours. 'ut the breakthrough emans a
raical eparture from some of your habits.

 you2  implies an "e#plosive $ump% in

your personal performance that puts

you far beyond the ne#t logical step.

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Change your personal rules for

success.
"everaging up your personal effectiveness by an
orer of magnitue—going from you to  you 2  —is not a
commonplace iea. 5ou shoul not be surprise to
hear that unconventional success calls for
unconventional approaches.

!uantum leaps require parao7ical behavior.

:nusual moves. *ctions that on the surface often
seem to contraict common sense.

*s human beings, though, we orinarily go with the

obvious. +e fall into the habit of relying on behaviors
that seem to have worke best for us over the years.
+hen we take an approach that seems to be very
serviceable, an which enables us to perform well an
succee, we become attache to it. +e on’t reaily
relinquish that habit pattern. In fact, there’s a
tenency to follow our favorite approach more an
more often, such that we get better an better at
hanling things that particular way.

This aroitness with a certain approach results in

our over&epenence on the strategies an tactics it
involves. +e resist new maneuvers because they
make us feel clumsy, awkwar, an more at risk.

'ut if you want to accelerate your rate of

achievement rapily, you must search out an
vigorously employ new behaviors. )ew attitues.
5ou must be willing to break out of your routines in
orer to make the quantum leap.
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The things that worke for you in the past very
likely coul, sooner or later, lose their serviceability.
;ven if your customary approach still hols promise
for maintaining your  present   level of performance an
growth curve, it may not help if you want to hit far
higher achievement levels.

*n if you continue to rely on those ol routines,

maybe even leaning on them most when your
performance flattens out or sags, you create a trap for
yourself.

There is a certain irony here. 5our historically most

epenable behaviors can become the ma$or obstacles
to future success. It’s possible for them to cripple your
progress. They may stan as personal bounary lines
that limit what you can accomplish with your life.

There is, however another course of action. It is the

way of the quantum leap.  you 2 .

The following chapters e7plain the peculiar strategy

that is involve.

&f you want to accelerate

your rate of achievement

rapidly! you must search

out and vigorously

employ new behaviors.

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Quit trying harder.

!uantum leaps cannot be achieve through
incremental steps or through more of the same./

5ou’ve got to shift gears. 5ou have to follow new

patterns of thought an action. The rules of what
works an what oesn’t always change when you are
trying to make a move from normal performance to
 you 2 .

1top an think about it. -ere’s the way it goes— 

more of the same/ usually $ust gives you more of the
same.

4f course, if that’s mainly what you’re after, fine.

Try a little harer an get a little bigger payoff. Try a
lot harer an you can e7pect a lot better results.

0ight

1ooner or later you’re going to reach the point

where you can’t try any harer. It may be that your
spirit flags, or that your physical an mental resources
are stretche to the limit. *n often, well before you
come to that set of circumstances, you reach the point
of iminishing returns—trying harer an harer
starts proucing less an less. 1ometimes, in fact,
intensifying your efforts prouces nothing e7cept
 bigger problems.

*s a case in point, go back to the story of the fly.

That little insect coul have turne away from the
winow <=> egrees an followe the path of least
resistance as it flew to the open oor. * quantum leap
to freeom. Ten secons of effortless flight woul
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have prouce total success, while hours of
frustration an panic spent beating its wings against
the glass were estine to en fruitlessly in eath on
the usty winowsill.

)ow this is not the argument against self&iscipline

or persistence. Those are true virtues. 4ver a lifetime
they can make a powerful contribution to success an
achievement.

They are funamental to the evelopment of your

talents. It’s e7tremely important to apply yourself
iligently, an sometimes staying power/ is what
elivers a big win.

'ut orinarily you will fin that trying harer

prouces only incremental gains, not quantum leaps.
*lso keep in min that trying harer ?even a lot
harer@ sometimes offers little more than a straight
path to burnout. *ttempting to succee through
more of the same,/ being resolute an relying on
committe effort, can blin you to better pathways.

If you want to make a quantum leap, quit thinking

about trying harer. More effort isn’t the answer.

"'ore of the same%

 usually $ust gives you

more of the same.

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&gnore conventional ways.

3et ruthless about trying something ifferent.

4rinarily we achieve conventional growth because

we think along conventional lines. +e e7perience
reasonable performance gains because we rely on
reasonable approaches. +e fin ways to make moest
improvements in our level of success because we go
looking for nothing more.

!uantum leaps require you to abanon the status

quo. Instea of once again trying what you have
always one, maybe with even more intensity an
etermination, ignore the usual.

 you 2  requires abrupt change in behavior.

"ook for a parao7ical move. #or e7ample,

consier reversing your fiel. Try being illogical.
0icochet. If you’re pushing against the wall, open a
oor an walk through. If you’re pushing against the
river, try going with the flow. :se finesse instea of
effort.

5ou must o something new9

The tenency, when you stall out or begin to level

off in your performance, is to go back to the basics
an o what you o best./ 'ut oing what you o
 best can be the worst thing you coul o. It really
oesn’t matter how well you can o something if it’s
the wrong thing to o.

#aith in the familiar/ sets the trap. *n you spring

it when you reinvest yourself in what logically seems
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like it woul work because it usually worke in the
past.

To make a quantum leap, you’ve got to break out of

the rut where you’ve been running. 1econ&guess
your routines. 4vercome the aiction to your ol
methoologies. 1et a new pattern.

If the things you’re oing have quit working, stop

oing them. #ocus on what works. If you’ll $ust quit
what you’ve been oing, instea of oggely oing it
harer, you at least create an opportunity—some
space/—to o something else.

!uantum leaps come when you seek the elegant

solution. 1o look for an approach characteri(e by
simplicity, precision, efficiency, neatness. It won’t be
as comple7 or time consuming as your present
struggle. 4verall, it will be less emaning of your
energies an emotions. *n it probably will not be
familiar to you.

 you 2  calls for a fresh perspective, a eft move, a path

of less resistance. There is a way you can o more
with less.

(icochet. &f you’re

Trying to climb over the

wall! open a door and

wal) through. &f you’re

pushing against the river!

try going with the flow.

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Thin) beyond what common

sense would allow.
Most of us can be foun flying too close to the
groun. Too often we on’t give ourselves permission
to soar.

It’s time to start focusing on possibilities, rather

than on limits or obstacles. Making a quantum leap
means moving outsie your mental bounaries. If you
will rethink how you’re thinking, you can multiply
your performance potential. 5ou must let your esires
guie you, instea of allowing yourself to be bo7e in
 by perceive constraints.

1eeking the quantum leap means violating the

 bounary of the probable. It means achieving well
 beyon the obvious. 1o on’t limit your esires to
what you think you can have/8start going after
what you want./ This means you must give yourself
permission to ream, to risk. 5ou must set yourself
free.

* ten or twenty percent improvement isn’t the iea

at all. That woul represent only incremental gains.
That might be an impressive performance in some
situations, like if there were unusual obstacles or a
very challenging set of circumstances. 'ut while such
a goal might be challenging, it woul not represent a
quantum leap. Instea of an aitional ten percent
or so,/ a quantum leap prouces a ramatic an
multiple gain, an e7ponential increase. !uantum
leaps are by efinition rather astouning, certainly
unconventional.
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6on’t get the iea that anything you can think of is
possible. 'ut in some areas of your life what lies
within your reach is enough to stagger the min. 5ou
can ouble your level of success. Triple it. #ar beyon
that, you can leverage up your performance to the
secon or thir or fourth power8or beyon.

True, there are limits, but you on’t nee to worry

about them. 5our real limits are far beyon your
artificial mental bounaries. The real limits won’t bo7
you in, but the false one you’re carrying aroun in
your min are a self&impose prison.

1o how o you break out of this $ail Through

surrener.

5ou have to give up some of your ol beliefs an

sacrifice some of those sensible/ thinking patterns.
1o&calle common sense can be a curse that puts a
ceiling on how far you reach or how high you fly.

 you 2 , the quantum leap strategy, is bases on

uncommon sense.

A ten or twenty

percent improvement

isn’t the idea at all.

that would represent

only incremental gains.

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Suspend disbelief.
*ct as if your success is certain.

Instea of holing back because you on’t have

har proof that you can  make a quantum leap, see if
you en up with evience proving you can#t . %ust
make the $ump—act as if your success is guarantee— 
an then see which set of ieas shoul you believe in.

5our minset for the moment may be flawe by

oubt an skepticism. The iea of making a quantum
leap in your performance, $umping from your present
level of achievement to one several stages higher in
one bol stroke, is an alien iea. 5ou haven’t been
traine to think that way. 5ou may have efinite
reservations about the possibility that you can make
such e7ponential improvement at all, particularly
with less effort an in an abbreviate time frame.

The e7perts generally agree, though, that people

typically use only about ten percent of their true
potential. If we accept that argument, an even if
there were no other resources outsie yourself that
you coul bring to bear on the situation, you still
coul o ten times as well as you’ve been oing.

5our skepticism, which you presume is base on

rational thinking an on ob$ective assessment of
factual ata about yourself, is roote in mental $unk.
5our oubts are not the prouct of accurate thinking,
 but habitual thinking. 5ears ago you accepte flawe
conclusions as correct, began to live your life as if
those warpe ieas about your potential were true,
an cease the bol e7periment in living that brought
you many breakthrough behaviors as a chil. )ow it’s
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time for you to fin that faith you ha in yourself
 before.

If you want to be skeptical of some ieas that truly

eserve to be calle in question, challenge the
thoughts an beliefs that have been argue against
your taking a quantum leap. Put those ol inhibiting
ieas to the test by going for it with everything you’ve
got.

#or right now $ust suspen isbelief. 5ou on’t

have to be convince that you can succee in making
a quantum leap, but on’t keep on believing those ol
ieas you’ve been carrying aroun about your
personal limits. If it will make it easier, hol off for a
while on believing anything.

%ust act   like you have complete faith. Merely o

what you’ o if you knew you were going to
succee. 'ehave like you have that total conviction.

6oubt is what oes the most amage. 1o on’t give

it any mental space. Procee bolly, as if it is
completely inconceivable that you will e7perience
anything other than a successful quantum leap.

If you must oubt something, oubt your limits.

&f you must doubt

something! doubt

your limits.
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*ocus on ends rather than

means.
5ou on’t have to know how you’re going to get
there, but you nee to know where you want to go.

It is crucial to have a crystal clear picture of what

you want to accomplish. 4perate with a sharply
efine mental image of the outcome you seek. 0ivet
your attention on the spot where you are to lan at
the en of your quantum leap. Aisuali(e your arrival.
+hen you o that, it’s like you magneti(e/ yourself
to the ways an means involve in the methoology
for getting there. The solutions begin to appear.
*nswers come to you.

If you start worrying about everything that will be

involve in getting from here to there, you are boun
to bog own in the questions about the methoology.
People always get hung up on the how to/ aspects
regaring a quantum leap.

1kip it9 The answers will come to you. *n when

they o, you probably will fin them to be simple,
streamline solutions.

1ee, a quantum leap is a move you#ve already prepared to

make! $ou just haven#t done it yet!

5ou have the potential, the resources are available,

the opportunity is there. +hat has been missing is
your ecision to go for it.

Maybe this will help you frame the situation a lot

 better. The quantum leap is something you’ve been
keeping from happening. It’s not something you have
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to struggle to make happen. 5ou on’t really force it
into e7istence8you $ust let it occur. The key is not to
get in the way9

* quantum leap is the une7pecte that comes to

you with suen grace. 5ou can open yourself to
such a breakthrough, you can even invite it, but you
can’t make it happen by struggling harer or insisting
on first eveloping the perfect plan.

 you 2   is achieve through an intuitive, instinctive

iscovery process base on a sense of irection an
action. If you have the answers an structure an
certainly up front, it’s not  a quantum leap.

The formula oes not involve getting everything

neatly organi(e an all the risks eliminate before
you make the move. There’s an element of hip&
shooting involve here. 6on’t count on having all the
proceural issues for the $ourney buttone own
 before you begin the trip.

5ou must be willing to tolerate ambiguity,

confusion, possibly even chaos for a while, shaping
your game plan as you go. *llow some isorer in
your life.

If you get too concerne with the step&by&step plan

of action to be followe, you’ll fin yourself brooing
over the potential problems an roablocks that coul
 be encountere.

#or now all you nee in an aiming point, an

action.
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* quantum leap, by efinition, means moving into
unchartere territory with no guie to follow. 5ou
personally raw the map as you go.

"ook at it this way—you’re not suppose to be

concerne about what happens in the mile of a
 $ump8you’re suppose to be thinking about where
you’re going to lan.

The )ey is not to

get in the way+

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(ely on unseen forces.

Improving your performance by an orer of
magnitue—   you 2  —can soun unrealistic if you think
of it as something you have to o all by yourself.

'ut you on’t.

#orget the iea that you shoul be able to see,

tangibly an in full view, all the resources necessary
to leverage your performance ramatically. There are
resources you can access that cannot be seen, an
they are far greater an more powerful than the
resources you might reaily observe.

*bsence of evience is not evience of their

absence. Think of an iceberg, where you see only the
tip of what’s really there. %ust as real, though out of
sight, are invisible resources reay to make a
profoun ifference in what you can achieve. *ll you
have to o is open up an let them in.

!uantum leaps are merely the process of using

yourself an your worl ifferently, thus alloing 
other possibilities that e7ist to actually materiali(e.
5our illingness   to make a quantum leap is the
enabler.

5ou o not achieve your reams, your full

potential, through your own singular struggle. *s
mentione earlier, neither raw effort nor sheer
willpower is the answer. Trying as har as you can/
will fall far short of taking you as far as you are
capable of going. 5ou must take avantage of the
support systems you can’t see.
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In a sense, making the quantum leap is like playing
 brige. 5ou on’t bi your han alone8your biing
is also base on the power of your partner’s cars.
5ou on’t really get to see those cars until it’s time
to play them, but you trust that they will bring
valuable strength to your own han.

The unseen forces are phantom powers that cannot

 be fully e7plaine. Maybe they strike you as rather
mystical phenomena, but the truth is they will make
ama(ing contributions to your efforts. These unseen
forces seem to operate through your subconscious
min, mental imagery, intuition an luck./ 5ou
might be hit with a flash of inspiration uring a
moment of solitue. * creative solution to a problem
may come to you in a ream. * breakthrough iea
can flash through your min while you’re visuali(ing
your goal. 1omehow the resources you nee $ust seem
to appear by coincience.

Paint a vivi picture in your min for these forces to

know precisely what you want. In one way or
another, the unseen forces will a((le you with their
impact. 2ount on it.

!uantum leaps come easy when you plug into this

remarkable power source. 5ou on’t have to
unerstan it totally in orer to use it, $ust as you
on’t have to comprehen the intricate physics of
electrical energy to flip a lamp switch an floo the
room with light.

+hen you focus constantly on a clear picture of

what you want to accomplish, an move towar it
confiently, the unseen forces will rally to your
support. These unknowns, these invisible resources,
 you 2  Price Pritchett
are the most powerful factors available to assist you in
making the quantum leap to  you 2 .

,ust as real! though out of sight!

are invisible resources ready to

ma)e a profound difference in what

you can achieve.

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Choose a different set of ris)s.

3oing for the quantum leap feels chancy. The risks
hit you as rather apparent, an may be quite
threatening, but you must stack them up against the
hien risks you accept when you ecie to live with
the status quo.

*sk yourself what you’re risking if you o not go

for the quantum leap. The risk is that you won’t get
what you really want out of life.

5ou’ve got to unerstan that you can never escape

risk. It’s not something you can ecie to live with or
without. 1omething is always at stake. 5ou can only
ecie which risks to take.

+hether you choose to go for the quantum leap, or

to follow your usual routines, you are putting
something on the line. 1o choose carefully, an on’t
ki yourself with the iea that playing it safe/ by
living with the status quo gives you the best os.
That may be the surest way of losing.

!uantum leaps o mean that to some egree you

must move beyon the (one of familiarity, security,
an comfort. 'ut you can make the $ump to  you 2 
without being reckless or impulsive.

#rankly, making a quantum leap is not mere

gambling. It’s not a crapshoot. 5ou simply move on
an opportunity you’ve been ignoring. 5ou abanon
your e7cuses. 5ou reframe the problem. 5ou take a
completely different   chance. * quantum leap is risking
in a way that unmasks the truth, revealing how the
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only thing of significance that has been staning in
the way is you.

0isk believing in yourself. 0isk acting on the

assumption that you can succee in making a
quantum leap. 4therwise, the risk is that you will
settle for only a fraction of what life has to give you.

This isn’t a case of taking a big chance, it’s a matter

of giving yourself a big chance.

The ma$or obstacle to overcoming the os is never

challenging them. :ntil you test the limits regaring
what you can achieve, you can’t truly know what
your chances really are. *n the os change in your
favor when you begin to challenge them.

'ut if you try to minimi(e your vulnerability by

avoiing a new set of risks, you kill your chances for a
quantum leap.

The biggest obstacle to

overcoming the odds is

never challenging them.

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Trust in the power of pursuit.

5ou’ve reame many reams that were yours for
the taking. In fact, almost all of them were well within
your reach. ;ven now, most of what you ream of
can be yours.

The simple secret is the seeking.  Pursuit%   6reams

 begin to crystalli(e into reality when they are pursue.

The worl behave ifferently when you actually

take action to go after what you want. +hat you wish
coul be/ starts becoming. The ream moves in your
irection, begins to come to you, even as you reach
for it.

2onsier this—the reams you have reali(e in life

are those which you actively sought. That which you
have achieve is what you ecie to go for in one
way or another. 5ou can think positively/ all ay
long, all year, but positive action is what counts.

+ishing, longing, wanting, esiring8these are not

the same as pursuing a ream. These are mental
states, an can play an important role in the process
of becoming  you 2 . 'ut they are essentially passive.
Pursuit, on the other han, is active. 0eaching for
your ream is behaving—moving—an it shortens the
istance between you an your esire ob$ective.

Most people confuse wishing an wanting with

pursuing. Their esire for a ream may be esperate
an eep. 'ut when that esire fails to prouce, they
conclue the ream cannot be theirs. *ctually, the
only proof they have is that the longing is not enough.
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The ata at han merely prove that esire alone oes
not—cannot—eliver.

Pursuit is what makes the ifference. 0eaching for

what you want alters the os immeiately, an
rastically, of getting it. +hat you want/ becomes
part of a ynamic e7change, with the worl an you
in partnership, when you act an e7ten yourself
towar the ream.

 you 2   is firmly base on the premise of pursuit.

!uantum leaps require you to take the offensive. 5ou
can’t achieve e7ponential gains in your success from a
efensive posture. 5ou can’t remain in a passive
stance an make a quantum $ump.

5ou must move on the ream. That means you

must leave the cover, the safety, that goes with merely
wishing for something. 5ou must place your trust in
action.

*sk8seek8knock8an the ream shall be yours.

'ost people confuse

wishing and wanting

with pursuing.

You must place your trust

in action.
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See) failure.
!uantum leaps eman a willingness to make
mistakes.

5ou cannot hole up in the safe (one of behavior

where you have beaten the os of failing. *n
unwillingness to encounter efeat or run into the
problems outlaws quantum leaps. :nless you allow
yourself to make mistakes, to fail, you will never have
the opportunity to test the limits of what you truly are
capable of accomplishing.

5ou must reali(e that if you’re e7periencing no

ifficulties, problems, or pain, you probably have
aime too low. 5ou’ve levele off in your growth an
achievement. 5ou probably are far from reaching
your limits.

1o think of problems or pain or slippage in

performance as a positive sign. * performance lag
orinarily occurs at the very outset when you are
making a quantum leap. It’s the pause uring which
you poise for the $ump, the temporary loss of
momentum that occurs in the process of changing
gears./

5ou eliberately estabili(e yourself when you

 break out of the habit patterns that represent the status
quo. 5ou create some inner chaos for yourself. 1o be
prepare for the possibility of confusion, an7iety an
failure. That’s part of opening yourself up to a new
methoology that has the potential to eliver
e7ponential performance gains.
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1o often in life, it seems things first get worse on the
way towar getting better. 'e prepare for that sort of
evelopment. Problems belong in the process. They
are part of the equation that prouces  you 2 . They are
not proof that your ambitions are futile or that you
shoul give up.

*s someone has sai, ;verything looks like a

failure in the mile./ 5ou can’t bake a cake without
getting the kitchen messy. -alfway through surgery it
looks like there’s been a murer in the operating
room. If you sen a rocket towar the moon, about
ninety percent of the time it’s off course—it fails/ its
way to the moon by continually making mistakes an
correcting them.

*t the outset you may feel high because going for

the quantum is heay stuff. 'ut then the har reality
of problems/ may slap you in the face. Progress
often masqueraes as trouble.

It’s easy to lose faith, because other people may

withraw their support an be critical of your efforts.
That, plus your own an7ieties an uncertainties, can
tempt you to turn on yourself.

This is the critical point in the progress—on’t give

up9 #ailure belongs here. It’s a sign of progress9

The stress will seuce you towar retreat to the

safety/ of the status quo, the trap of the familiar. %ust
remember thisB #ailure oes not mean you’re
efeate.

*ctually, the struggle gives you strength. It’s like

tempering the steel, or the soreness involve in
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eveloping muscle. The ifficulties are $ust evience
that you’re learning an progressing.

1o go looking for failure8an then use it. 6on’t

interpret problems or breakowns as proof that you
shoul quit, but instea take them as evience if your
growth an improvement.

#ailure is a resource. It helps you fin the ege of

your capacities.

*ailure is a resource. &t

helps you find the edge

of your capacities.
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-et uncomfortable.
!uantum leaps $erk you out of your comfort (one.

Prepare yourself for a pretty wil rie. 5ou’re going

to cover some unfamiliar terrain an encounter
obstacles you’ve never face before. It can feel like the
safety chain linking you with behavior patterns that
worke in the past is being stretche to the limit. *t
times you may woner if the situation is about to spin
out of control.

The normal reaction is to want to hol on tightly.

'ut you’re going to have to learn to let go.  you 2  is
achieve through release.

1o turn loose if you want to $ump.

6on’t be surprise if you grow uneasy—that’s a

preictable part of the process. +hen you take the
quantum leap you ride   the situation, but you on’t
really control   it all that much. In fact, the only way
you control it is by ?<@ knowing where you’re going,
?C@ continuing the pursuit, an ?D@ learning from your
mistakes.

* quantum leap is an act of faith, e7hilarating an

possibly scary at the same time. 5ou have to give up a
large egree of security an safety, plow through
greater amounts of ambiguity an confusion an
uncertainty, wrestle with a totally new set of
problems, invite failure, an possibly conten with
criticism from other people who have been part of
your support group in the past.

Make you uncomfortable

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That’s a goo sign.

If you’re e7periencing no an7iety or iscomfort, the

risk you’re taking probably isn’t worthy of you. The
only risks that aren’t a little scary are the ones you’ve
outgrown. * high comfort level provies soli
evience that you’re playing it safe,/ not growing,
not really testing your limits at all, an not in the
process of a quantum leap. 5ou might be making
graual progress—that’s possible—but you’re not
going for a breakthrough.

 you 2   carries you beyon your commonplace,

everyay habits an calls for little more nerve. 1o $ust
go into this e7pecting a touch of an7iety. :neasiness
is a preictable psychological reaction when a
quantum leap is uner way.

It has been sai that if you will o the thing you

fear, eath of fear is certain. 2ourage is not the
absence of fear an an7iety, it’s proceeing in spite of
those feelings.

1o press on.

neasiness is a

predictable psychological

reaction when a /uantum

leap is under way.

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0pen your gifts.

5ou have many gifts that you’ve never opene.
These are gifts of talent, ability, an reach/ that are
yours for the taking.

The people we call gifte are ifferent from the

crow in one very special way. They accepte their
gifts. They let it happen./ The high achievers, the
persons you amire, are those iniviuals who
opene their gifts. These winners have more gifts
 because they claime them, took them out of the
wrapping, an use them.

)ow it’s time for you to o something with your

gifts. 2laim them, an you create them. 0each for
them, an they materiali(e. :se them, an they grow
to serve you still better.

If you look at those particular skills you have

evelope over the years, the talents that you have
e7hibite, you will fin they are the gifts you opene
an en$oye.

'ut how many others are there within your reach

#or every gift you’ve opene over the years, there are
hunres that you’ve never unwrappe an taken out
of the package. This unuse potential hies there, $ust
waiting to play a role in your quantum leap.

+hen you make a quantum leap you fin out many

new things about yourself.  you 2   is a fascinating
e7perience in self&iscovery. * transformation occurs,
a metamorphosis.
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Think of a stripe caterpillar humbly crawling along
the stem of a milkwee plant a few inches from
Mother ;arth, changing into a strikingly beautiful
monarch butterfly that soars high in the air an
 bravely $ourneys thousans of miles in its yearly
pilgrimage. To become a monarch, to free those
shining auburn wings, to fly high an free, the
creature must break out of the cocoon of safety an
open its gifts.

4pen some more of yours. #in your wings.

&f you loo) at those particular

s)ills you have developed over the

years! the talents that you have

e#hibited! you will find they are the

gifts you opened and en$oyed.

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*all in love.
!uantum leaps won’t happen if you’re living life
with a lukewarm heart.

Passion is a very important part of the process. It

fires the soul an fills the spirit, energi(ing your heart
an min for the quantum leap to a higher plane of
performance. Passion also keeps you going when
you’re hit with problems an uncertainty.

'ut passion itself must be fuele, an you fee that

flame with visions of a ream that is ramatic. The
emotional intensity insie must burn hot enough to
protect you against the chilling effects of oubt,
uncertainty, criticism, an failure. 4nly eep esire
can generate such heat.

#or you to care this intensely, of course, there must

 be something worth caring about—something
remarkable, special, an precious enough to light the
fire in your heart.

This means you must loosen the limits on your

thinking, an give yourself permission to pursue what
you want most. The climate is right for a quantum
leap only when you are passionately rawn to a
particular goal.

1o let your eepest esires irect your aim. 1et your

sights far above the reasonable/ target. The power of
purpose is profoun only if you have a esire that stirs
the heart.

The inner rive must be strong enough to carry you

past the point of wishful thinking. The ream must
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consume you, control you, rive you to action,
isallowing halfhearte effort in the pursuit.

!uantum leaps are an act of love, a passionate

statement of how you care for the thing you seek.
4nly an emotional move hols the power to carry
you the istance from you to  you 2 .

"et the heart take charge of your boy. If you have

a magnificent obsession,/ you are poise for a
quantum leap.

There must be something

worth caring about1

something remar)able!

special! and precious

enough to light the fire

in your heart.
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'a)e your move before you’re

ready.
6on’t bog own in getting prepare for this.
+hatever else you nee will come as you go.

* person coul make a career out of laying the

grounwork to o something really big. Please
unerstan—you on’t prepare/ for a quantum leap.
5ou make it, an then fine tune your approach. 5ou
go for it, instea of forever getting reay so you will
 be sure to get in right. Eero efects/ is a hostile
concept in the pursuit of you 2 .

#irst you act, then you frame out the etails of your
strategy. Move on your ream8 start 8an let what
happens help you evelop a coherent game plan.
Mobility is the crucial element. 1trategy formulation
then evolves naturally out of your iscovery process.
5ou’ll iscover, once unerway, that you know more
than you know you know. %ust trust your instincts.

4nce again, a quantum leap is something you are

already prepared to do%   It’s not some absur, wil&eye
scheme that calls for a fantastic stroke of luck $ust to
have an outsie chance of working. It’s not an
e7ample of your reach e7ceeing your grasp. *n it’s
most efinitely not a matter of going for some gran
goal that calls for painstaking preparation.

* quantum leap is a move that is yours for the

taking. 0ight now. It represents a giant step you can
make merely by eciing to an opening yourself up
to the resources presently available to serve you.
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3etting reay/ is, quite frankly, a stalling tactic, an
act of an7iety, a con game you’re working on
yourself.

5ou are alreay positione to escape to a higher

plane of performance. If you wait until you can get it
perfect, you will never get it at all.

The time to start is now.  you 2  can only occur in the

present.

You’ll discover! once

 underway! that you )now

more than you )now you

)now.
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oo) inside  for opportunity.

;verything else that’s neee, right now, comes
from insie of you. The opportunity, the timing, the
power to perform—these are in you, not in the
situation.

The formula for  you 2 , the strategy for making the

quantum leap, has been covere here. 5ou have those
answers. The answers to questions that remain must
come from the voice within. )ow you must listen to
yourself. Those are the souns no one else can hear.

5our reams, your esires, the thoughts that burn

the hottest in your min, they carry the messages that
help you fin your own magnetic north./ They point
the way towar the breakthrough to  you 2 .

"ook insie at what pulls at your consciousness, for

there you’ll fin irection.

;verything else is in position. +aiting for you.

%ust o it.

Make the quantum leap9

,ust do it.

'a)e the /uantum leap+