Imagine that you and I are now in 1964.

You and I are both wearing what people in the 60’s wore and just for the fun of it, let’s imagine that we’re in a black and white television world.

We have never heard of Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali’s name before he became a Muslim)

And we’re about to hear him speak. Let’s listen in :

We have just heard him recite this poem with vigor and enthusiasm.

“What do you think of him?”, you ask me.

I don’t know about you but after listening to that, I believe him.

I was entertained but I also bought into what he was selling me - his vision.

Here’s a 22 year-old kid who’s going to challenge Sonny Liston and believes that he will be the Heavyweight Champion of the World.

I don’t know if he’s going to win since they’ve given Sonny 7-1 odds of winnng the match but I like his character and determination, so I’ll put my money on him.

STOP!

All right, let’s come back to 2008.

History reveals that Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston and went on to become the greatest boxer and in my opinion, one of sport’s greatest living legends.

So, do you want to know his secret?

Before I tell you that, I just want to tell you that sure, I’ve heard of the name Muhammad Ali before and how greatness he was I never understood why…

Until I watched the movie “Ali” acted by Will Smith, which documented the living legend’s life.

And as much as Ali was a great boxer, I don’t believe he was the greatest in terms of ability.

However, he was the greatest because he always managed to bring down those better than him through the power of his mind.

More specifically, his mind-games.

What you have just witnessed is a very mild version of his mind games.

I’ll go more into that in a future post but for now, I intend to create my very own “I am the greatest speech” and make it into a video soon!

Look out for that! That’s going to be really fun!

It’s also a great visualization tool that I’m going to use since it really resonates with me =)

If you’d like to create your own and have some fun while co-creating your future, below are some tips.

How To Create Your Own “I Am The Greatest Speech”

I believe the power of Muhammad Ali’s speeches really come through because he makes others visualize what he wants to see manifest in his life.

And as a result, he gets people participating in his vision and as a result greater energy is driven into that vision, thus making almost every one of Ali’s predictions come through.

But he doesn’t do that by telling people, he does that by making it fun and memorable through the funny rhymes and situations intertwined with his ultimate vision (being the heavyweight champion of the world and consequently, the greatest.)

So here are the elements I noticed:

1) The Ultimate Vision Is Repeated

The ultimate vision of being the greatest is in the title, the ending and it is interspersed at appropriate junctures just as you begin to visualize with him.

This keeps reminding people of the ultimate vision and repetition will always get into the subconscious mind, which as we all know is where the magic of the law of attraction really happens.

2) Acting As If Principle

Notice how the first line is, “This is the legend of Cassius Clay”.

He didn’t say story because he wants to be a legend and that’s what he is right now.

How about, “A champion you can tell you kids to be like”?

Coincidence? Don’t think so!

3) Cocky Comedy

If you’ve heard of David DeAngelo you’d know that the term Cocky Comedy was taken from a pick-up book.

Here’s a great example from the video:

“I am so modest that I can admit my own fault.

My only fault is I don’t realize how great I really am.”

This is great!

In the Law of Inspired Action report, I revealed that I discovered that the best way to attract something is to have child-like wanting and curiosity of what will happen when you intend on receiving something from the Universe.

And I believe that’s what Ali is doing here.

Remember, the key to attracting what you want is being involved in the creation process but not so involved until you become attached to the outcome.

And the best way of letting go is to have child-like playful wanting.

Come on, you remember how you felt when you told your mom you wanted that toy and hoped you got it for your birthday!

4) Hypnotic Writing

I write the way I do because I learnt Joe Vitale’s Hypnotic Writing.

And Hypnotic Writing is all about leading you into a trance by doing two things.

1) Meeting you at where you are.

2) Slowly leading you to where I want you to go.

Ali did the same thing here.

He explains the situation of how the boxing world is at present :

“The fistic world was dull and weary.

With a champ like Liston, things had to be dreary”

And then he led you to where he wants you to go :

“Then someone of color, someone with dash

Brought fight fans a-running with cash”

After which he adds other elements to make him look like the hero of the poem.

5) Shared Visualization

Ali was smart in that he employed the word “you” to involve us in his visualization.

“And as you lie on the floor while the Ref counts 10

You pray that you won’t have to fight him again.”

Of course, this was directed to Sonny Liston and we all know that so this shared vision ultimately has a part in creating the eventual reality.

However, it’s also interesting to note how he also accomplishes to make us think of him in his desired way when we visualize ourselves in the ring with him.

6) The 3rd Person’s Perspective

I think among everything else, this is probably the best element he used to quickly elevate himself to the status of “The Greatest”.

If you’ve been through my Law of Attraction Inner Circle Coaching, you’d know that I shared the best way to manifest an intention on Day 3.

In it, I told the story of Jackie Robinson and how he managed to become a sporting legend :

“I committed to something BIGGER than myself.”

In a way, Ali was doing this as well when he referred to himself in the 3rd Person.

And I think it’s also interesting to note that he said this :

“I don’t ask what Boxing can do for me,

I ask what I can do for Boxing.”

This isn’t just a parody of what President Kennedy said, this is more of what I always do.

I don’t ask if I’m worthy of an intention.

I ask if this intention is something that’s worthy of me.

And that my friend is one of the biggest secrets of my success.

That last two lines alone could be worth a fortune to you…

If you use it.

So, what are you going to do my friend?

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