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Описание: There's a pressure you've been feeling lately.


A quiet sense that your current results, identity, or life no longer fit who you're capable of becoming.


And here's the truth most people don't want to admit: growth doesn't feel like confidence — it feels like discomfort.


Expansion feels like uncertainty. It feels like being stretched. It feels like something has to change… but you're not sure what.


In this episode, I break down what expansion really requires. Not just chasing bigger goals — but becoming the person capable of holding bigger goals. Because you can't expand while protecting the identity that created your current results.


In this episode, you'll learn:


• Why growth begins with discomfort — not clarity

• How holding onto what's familiar is secretly suffocating your expansion

• Why your current identity is producing your current results

• The lobster molting metaphor and how it applies to your life and performance

• How to create energetic capacity for success through release

• Four powerful reflection questions to identify what you must let go of

• One simple but bold action step to initiate your next level


If you want lower scores, greater success, more impact, more peace, or more freedom — this conversation will challenge you to let go before you level up.


Expansion isn't about getting more.


It's about becoming more.


Get your pencils ready and start listening.


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Paul Salter - known as The Golf Hypnotherapist - is a High-Performance Hypnotherapist and Mindset Coach who leverages hypnosis and powerful subconscious reprogramming techniques to help golfers of all ages and skill levels overcome the mental hazards of their minds so they can shoot lower scores and play to their potential.


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Key Takeaways:


• Growth begins with discomfort, not clarity — the pressure you feel is evidence you've outgrown your current identity.

• You must release before you receive — expansion requires letting go of old beliefs, habits, and commitments to create space for more.

• Your current identity is producing your current results — different outcomes require becoming a different person at the core.

• Expansion includes a period of vulnerability — temporary uncertainty is the price of increased capacity.

• Expansion is a lifelong cycle — pressure, release, reorganization, and greater capacity repeat at every new level.


Key Quotes:


• "Growth does not begin with clarity. It begins with discomfort."

• "The life you want cannot fit inside the identity you're currently protecting."

• "Holding on to what is familiar suffocates growth."

• "The shell that once protected you eventually becomes the shell that limits you."

• "Expansion begins the moment you stop protecting who you were and start building who you're becoming."


Time Stamps:


• 00:00: The Tension of Growth

• 02:34: Understanding Expansion

• 11:00: Introducing the Golf Identity Upgrade Accelerator

• 13:42: The Process of Letting Go

• 16:38: The Lobster Metaphor for Expansion

• 19:26: Questions for Reflection

• 27:08: Creating Space for New Possibilities

• 29:44: Taking Action Towards Expansion