Part 2: How to Use the “Hero Technique” to achieve your dreams!
(Note: This article requires a background understanding of how to apply EFT. If you want to use this
technique and don’t already feel comfortable with EFT, please read the manual. I’ve also found the first
series of DVDs are invaluable if there is no one to teach you this wonderful tool in your area.)
Here is the process I’ve used with clients and my self to achieve their goals. I also like to share this in
EFT classes to help students have a format to begin working on their prosperity consciousness and to
attract the kind of work they want to do.
Apply this to your self and teach it to others!
Step 1: Choose something you would like to achieve in life. This needs to be a goal that when you think
about it, it just makes you giddy inside. This is a not a goal that others think you should want or achieve,
or even something you think you should want to achieve because it is “good for you”, but something you
really really burn for, something that just makes you extremely happy inside. The type of goal I am
talking about is the one that when you share it with a friend, they say, “If only you could see the look on
your face when you talk about that! You’re glowing!”
Step 2: Now think of someone you greatly admire who has achieved this dream already. This will be
your hero to assist you in the process. For example, to improve my guitar playing my hero was Jimmy
Page from Led Zeppelin. The client who had cancer chose Lance Armstrong, because of Lance’s ability
to heal his own life. A person working towards greater fitness may choose a famous athlete or a person
aiming to attract more financial success might choose Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Oprah, or Andrew
Carnegie. It is also helpful if this person is someone you already look up to and admire instead of
picking someone at random.
Step 3: Find out all you can about your hero. Read their biography. Read books they’ve written.
Watch video clips or interviews of them. Take note of how you feel when you think of achieving what
they have achieved. Take note of how your feel when you think of being as powerful as them in their
chosen field of success. Listen to their words or writings and note your state of mind when you read
them. Does it make you feel good, jealous, happy, sad, frustrated to think of being like them?
The key here is to be acutely aware of your thoughts about their successes and your ability to do that
too. Reading about them, watching them, listening to them, etc. are all ways to get you in tune with
emotions about achieving that same thing.
Start with one emotion at a time. Read a little about them. Then think of achieving what you want.
When emotions come up, identify them and tap on them.
For example: Think of achieving the wealth of Bill Gates. Find some information about how he did it and
read it. Then think about being that successful again.
The emotion of futility may come up and you may think: I’m not that lucky. He was in the right place at
the right time.
So tune into that emotion and tap through the basic recipe on the following phrase: “Even though it’s
pointless to try being as rich as Bill Gates, I deeply and completely accept myself.”
Tap until the feeling is gone. Then tune again to being that rich. A new thought/emotion combo may
come up. You may feel overwhelmed by all the responsibility of managing that much money and decide
it’s not really worth it.
Then tune into the emotion of being overwhelmed and tap on the phrase: “Even though all that
responsibility is not worth all that money, I deeply and completely accept myself.”
Continue thinking about your goal and your hero and tuning into the emotions that arise around
achieving it what you want. Continue tapping on all the negative feelings that arise until you are bored
with the process. In my experience this indicates, you’ve probably tapped out as much as you can for
the day.
If you begin to get even more excited about being as successful as your chosen hero instead of coming
up with negative emotions, tap on those positive emotions.
For example:
“I love the idea of being as rich as Bill Gates.”
“I love how happy it makes me to be open to this opportunity.” (Say this while tuning into the thought of
achieving your goal.)
Continue reading, watching, and thinking about being as successful as your hero. Tap on anything that
arises. You really want to resonate with their state of consciousness and feel like it is completely natural
for you to do that too. You want to feel as though you are in their circle and that they are really nothing
special, because you are just as good at what they are good at.
Step 2:
Now to follow this up, make a list of all the things you think would be bad about achieving the goal you’ve
chosen.
I usually have clients pick 5 things at a time.
For example:
In regards to playing in a rock and roll band like Jimmy Page, I realize these 5 things would be
unpleasant.
1) Getting up in front of a crowd. (I was nervous!)
2) I’d have to memorize and learn all those songs and solos. (That was more effort than I wanted to
put into it.)
3) I’d have to try and get along with other musicians. (In my experience, they were very hard to deal
with)
4) I was afraid of messing up the songs I loved.
5) I’d have to play in bars until way past my bed time and that would throw off my schedule I liked to
be on.
So I took each one of these and tapped on what I thought was so bad about each aspect until they didn’t
really seem like they were that important.
If there are more negative concepts that would result from achieving a person’s goals after the first 5
were addressed I would have clients make a list of 5 more and work on those until there was really
nothing they could think of that would be unpleasant.
Typically, after tapping on the negative consequences of achieving their goal most people either
realized what they thought was a consequence didn’t need to happen, or they found an easy solution to
manage it and weren’t paralyzed by the negative expectation anymore.
Step 3:
After feeling clear and confident implementing steps 1 and 2, I recommend turning thoughts with more
energy to the positive expression of their goals. So I have them think about all the great things that will
occur from achieving the goal and tap on those positive feelings. Most clients find this really energizing.
For example:
Here are a few positive examples from the client who emulated Lance Armstrong to assist in his healing
process.
He realized he would be able to go hiking and spend more time in nature with plenty of energy.
He discovered that he would love to be able to begin and finish a book he’d had in his mind.
He was excited about the idea of building a cooperative eco-conscious community.
He was elated, that he didn’t have to go back to work where he was last employed.
The possibility of achieving all these things once he was healed provided some serious motivation. So I
had him tune into the joy of achieving these goals, as if his body was already completely healed, and he
had already achieved them and had him tap on similar phrases to the following:
“I love knowing how good it feels to hike all I want in nature with boundless energy.”
“I love the feeling that I have finally completed my book.”
“I love the joy of being a part of this community I’ve always dreamt about.”
“I love knowing I don’t have to work in a job like that ever again!”
I advise people to tap and really get into the positive side of their dreams and goals. It is my feeling that
the more joy you can drum up and “tap in” the better!
Step 4:
Now is the time for action. Once you have been doing this for a while and are starting to run out of
things to tap on, the time has come to begin doing what is necessary to achieve your goal. This may
include taking simple baby steps that you know will get you there or simply find out what a good first step
would be. The key is to begin in some way to work towards what you want.
Once you’ve taken steps 1-3 as far as you can, you are now energetically aligned to attract and achieve
what you want. This part of the process acknowledges to the universe that you are ready to work for
what you want. It also brings more awareness to aspects you need to tap on that you missed earlier.
Use of EFT and imagination are great, but what most people miss is that they also need to “DO”
something to achieve what they want. Sitting around and waiting for an opportunity is great and may
very well pay off, but if you find yourself sitting around too long, start doing something, anything, that will
get you started toward your goal. Then more than likely opportunities will begin to appear, and the
universe will help you out in ways you won’t expect.
By Ryan Kurczak
Copyright 2007
www.healingeasy.com
(Note: This article requires a background understanding of how to apply EFT. If you want to use this
technique and don’t already feel comfortable with EFT, please read the manual. I’ve also found the first
series of DVDs are invaluable if there is no one to teach you this wonderful tool in your area.)
Here is the process I’ve used with clients and my self to achieve their goals. I also like to share this in
EFT classes to help students have a format to begin working on their prosperity consciousness and to
attract the kind of work they want to do.
Apply this to your self and teach it to others!
Step 1: Choose something you would like to achieve in life. This needs to be a goal that when you think
about it, it just makes you giddy inside. This is a not a goal that others think you should want or achieve,
or even something you think you should want to achieve because it is “good for you”, but something you
really really burn for, something that just makes you extremely happy inside. The type of goal I am
talking about is the one that when you share it with a friend, they say, “If only you could see the look on
your face when you talk about that! You’re glowing!”
Step 2: Now think of someone you greatly admire who has achieved this dream already. This will be
your hero to assist you in the process. For example, to improve my guitar playing my hero was Jimmy
Page from Led Zeppelin. The client who had cancer chose Lance Armstrong, because of Lance’s ability
to heal his own life. A person working towards greater fitness may choose a famous athlete or a person
aiming to attract more financial success might choose Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Oprah, or Andrew
Carnegie. It is also helpful if this person is someone you already look up to and admire instead of
picking someone at random.
Step 3: Find out all you can about your hero. Read their biography. Read books they’ve written.
Watch video clips or interviews of them. Take note of how you feel when you think of achieving what
they have achieved. Take note of how your feel when you think of being as powerful as them in their
chosen field of success. Listen to their words or writings and note your state of mind when you read
them. Does it make you feel good, jealous, happy, sad, frustrated to think of being like them?
The key here is to be acutely aware of your thoughts about their successes and your ability to do that
too. Reading about them, watching them, listening to them, etc. are all ways to get you in tune with
emotions about achieving that same thing.
Start with one emotion at a time. Read a little about them. Then think of achieving what you want.
When emotions come up, identify them and tap on them.
For example: Think of achieving the wealth of Bill Gates. Find some information about how he did it and
read it. Then think about being that successful again.
The emotion of futility may come up and you may think: I’m not that lucky. He was in the right place at
the right time.
So tune into that emotion and tap through the basic recipe on the following phrase: “Even though it’s
pointless to try being as rich as Bill Gates, I deeply and completely accept myself.”
Tap until the feeling is gone. Then tune again to being that rich. A new thought/emotion combo may
come up. You may feel overwhelmed by all the responsibility of managing that much money and decide
it’s not really worth it.
Then tune into the emotion of being overwhelmed and tap on the phrase: “Even though all that
responsibility is not worth all that money, I deeply and completely accept myself.”
Continue thinking about your goal and your hero and tuning into the emotions that arise around
achieving it what you want. Continue tapping on all the negative feelings that arise until you are bored
with the process. In my experience this indicates, you’ve probably tapped out as much as you can for
the day.
If you begin to get even more excited about being as successful as your chosen hero instead of coming
up with negative emotions, tap on those positive emotions.
For example:
“I love the idea of being as rich as Bill Gates.”
“I love how happy it makes me to be open to this opportunity.” (Say this while tuning into the thought of
achieving your goal.)
Continue reading, watching, and thinking about being as successful as your hero. Tap on anything that
arises. You really want to resonate with their state of consciousness and feel like it is completely natural
for you to do that too. You want to feel as though you are in their circle and that they are really nothing
special, because you are just as good at what they are good at.
Step 2:
Now to follow this up, make a list of all the things you think would be bad about achieving the goal you’ve
chosen.
I usually have clients pick 5 things at a time.
For example:
In regards to playing in a rock and roll band like Jimmy Page, I realize these 5 things would be
unpleasant.
1) Getting up in front of a crowd. (I was nervous!)
2) I’d have to memorize and learn all those songs and solos. (That was more effort than I wanted to
put into it.)
3) I’d have to try and get along with other musicians. (In my experience, they were very hard to deal
with)
4) I was afraid of messing up the songs I loved.
5) I’d have to play in bars until way past my bed time and that would throw off my schedule I liked to
be on.
So I took each one of these and tapped on what I thought was so bad about each aspect until they didn’t
really seem like they were that important.
If there are more negative concepts that would result from achieving a person’s goals after the first 5
were addressed I would have clients make a list of 5 more and work on those until there was really
nothing they could think of that would be unpleasant.
Typically, after tapping on the negative consequences of achieving their goal most people either
realized what they thought was a consequence didn’t need to happen, or they found an easy solution to
manage it and weren’t paralyzed by the negative expectation anymore.
Step 3:
After feeling clear and confident implementing steps 1 and 2, I recommend turning thoughts with more
energy to the positive expression of their goals. So I have them think about all the great things that will
occur from achieving the goal and tap on those positive feelings. Most clients find this really energizing.
For example:
Here are a few positive examples from the client who emulated Lance Armstrong to assist in his healing
process.
He realized he would be able to go hiking and spend more time in nature with plenty of energy.
He discovered that he would love to be able to begin and finish a book he’d had in his mind.
He was excited about the idea of building a cooperative eco-conscious community.
He was elated, that he didn’t have to go back to work where he was last employed.
The possibility of achieving all these things once he was healed provided some serious motivation. So I
had him tune into the joy of achieving these goals, as if his body was already completely healed, and he
had already achieved them and had him tap on similar phrases to the following:
“I love knowing how good it feels to hike all I want in nature with boundless energy.”
“I love the feeling that I have finally completed my book.”
“I love the joy of being a part of this community I’ve always dreamt about.”
“I love knowing I don’t have to work in a job like that ever again!”
I advise people to tap and really get into the positive side of their dreams and goals. It is my feeling that
the more joy you can drum up and “tap in” the better!
Step 4:
Now is the time for action. Once you have been doing this for a while and are starting to run out of
things to tap on, the time has come to begin doing what is necessary to achieve your goal. This may
include taking simple baby steps that you know will get you there or simply find out what a good first step
would be. The key is to begin in some way to work towards what you want.
Once you’ve taken steps 1-3 as far as you can, you are now energetically aligned to attract and achieve
what you want. This part of the process acknowledges to the universe that you are ready to work for
what you want. It also brings more awareness to aspects you need to tap on that you missed earlier.
Use of EFT and imagination are great, but what most people miss is that they also need to “DO”
something to achieve what they want. Sitting around and waiting for an opportunity is great and may
very well pay off, but if you find yourself sitting around too long, start doing something, anything, that will
get you started toward your goal. Then more than likely opportunities will begin to appear, and the
universe will help you out in ways you won’t expect.
By Ryan Kurczak
Copyright 2007
www.healingeasy.com
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