Day 4

Subject: How to upgrade your brain, [firstname]

Hi [firstname],

Oftentimes it helps to think your your brain as a giant computer – one that's constantly performing multiple processes every second.

As every computer user knows, software gets upgraded from time to time; with a new version being released to take changes into account – new hardware or operating systems, for example, or just because the developers have figured out a way of doing things better.

The supercomputer that is your brain may well need reprogramming. You might still be using a software version installed during your childhood.

Most of us are conditioned from childhood not to get our hopes up with regard to what we can achieve. My grandmother used to call it “being sensible”.  Maybe in her day, when things were simpler and people didn't want so much and expected less, her definition of “sensible” was, well, sensible.

But the thing is… 

You're grown up now, and things have moved on from when you were a kid.  Times change, and just because something wasn't possible in the past doesn't mean it's unachievable now!

Think of all the stuff you can do on your Windows 10 laptop today that would have been impossible on a Windows 3.1 desktop 20 years ago.

If you've done your homework and made a plan like we've been talking about over the last couple of days, you should have a pretty good idea whether it's going to work or not. All you have to do is really BELIEVE you can succeed. There's no such word as can't or won't.

Like Henry Ford said: It doesn't matter if you think you can or think you can't; either way you're right.

Once you've got your plan sorted out, you can work towards your goal with confidence in the knowledge you'll be successful.

Don't confuse success with perfection, though.  Perfection is stagnation!  Once you've achieved your goal it's time to move on to the next one.  

Warmly,

[Your Name]

PS. Every upgrade needs a new user manual.  You'll find the one for your latest brain “software” upgrade here [link to sales page].
