A while back, one of my clients in California was feeling very pessimistic about his chances of hearing from his girlfriend ever again.

“There’s no way she’s ever going to speak to me again,” he said.

“I’ll make you a friendly bet,” I said to him. 

“If you follow my instructions exactly, your ex will get in touch with you within 7 weeks from now. If she reaches out like I know she will, you lose the bet and you have to come out to Las Vegas and buy me lunch.”

He considered what I was saying for a minute and agreed.

During our next several coaching calls, he would gloat that I was losing the bet since he hadn’t heard from his ex… yet. 

Each time, we had the same conversation:

“Did you follow my instructions… exactly?” I would ask.

“Yes,” he said.

“Then I have nothing to worry about,” I would reply.

A few weeks later I got a text from him that just said, “Damn it. You win.”

Here’s a photo of us after lunch: