No one becomes successful by accident. Motivational speaker Les Brown advises, "You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your mind until they become second nature." Certainly, visualization is an essential element of achieving success.
Visualization is a secret shared by top athletes, actors, performers, and business leaders. It is used by almost all successful people. Visualization is mentally picturing an event before it happens, and seeing yourself successfully accomplishing the event. It is a powerful tool used to generate confidence, motivation, and faith. Imagine if right now you could motivate yourself, and then keep yourself motivated - how much you could achieve? Visualization creates energy, determination, and allows your creativity to generate new ideas to overcome possible obstacles. Vision creates motivation. Vision creates persistence.
The first step in creating what you want is to determine exactly what it is you want. Sounds simple, but it is not always so. For a dream to become a goal, clarity and detail are required. It's not enough just to have "an idea" of what we want. We need to define exactly what we want. The first step is to shape it, define it, visualize it.
CREATING A VISION
Once you have decided on a goal, close your eyes and imagine your desires as if they have already been obtained. Generate as many details as possible. Be clear and specific. See yourself successfully achieving your goals. Create a vision of who you want to be and live in that picture as if it were already true. Use your five senses to bring life and excitement to your imagination. Rehearse your desired outcome many times in your mind before it actually happens. By doing this you program your subconscious allowing you to tap into its tremendous power. It will help you find a way to win even under the most difficult circumstances.
While creative visualization is thinking positively, it is much more than wishful thinking. It is a mental process establishing a goal and then imagining the process of attaining that goal. Vision isn't magic, it requires perseverance and patience, but it works. Stick with it and creative visualization can be a useful tool to manifest your dreams.
VISUALIZE SELF-ACCEPTANCE
Look into the nearest mirror. The person staring back at you is the only person responsible for your success. Cutting her down, or honing in on all her perceived faults will not motivate you into a successful person. Immediately stop all the mind chatter, take a deep breath and SMILE! It's time to take a new look at yourself and begin creating a vision of success.
Find a moment when you are completely alone. Get a good look at yourself in a full length mirror. Now close your eyes. Do you see a human being there? Or do you see a collection of different parts? Do the components consist of a fat stomach, imperfect skin, ugly thighs, or a big butt?
These thoughts are merely judgements you have made. If you look close enough you could find flaws and imperfections on every human body. Notice the people in your life when taken apart into pieces, are not attractive (who is?). But, as a whole, they are enchanting, striking, have a magnetic air, or you just feel good around them. Begin creating a new vision of yourself by looking for something like this in your self image. Visualize a presence surrounding you, or a certain charm which draws others to you. Note that at some point in your life, you have already felt this. Life was going well, you were succeeding in some way, or you felt loved. See the person in the mirror surrounded by this kind of charismatic energy. Spend some time seeing it, drawing it into your body, and feeling it.
A vision is simply how we see ourselves. It is the running dialog we have with ourselves and the way we feel about ourselves. Notice with the above mirror exercise that you are already using visualization to create your current reality. Your current visions (fat stomach, ugly thighs, big butt) motivate you to do what you are currently doing. You get what you expect of yourself. It's not a matter of getting a vision, it's a matter substituting the one you already have with one that moves you forward towards your goal.
ENVISION!
Spend time each day imagining your ideal life. Envision the details of that life. Imagine you are living it now. Go through all your senses and notice what you imagine seeing, hearing, tasting, feeling, even smelling, with this new vision. Breathe deeply and easily as you do this, breathing life into your visualization. Close your eyes and visualize your ideal future now.
Copyright 2005, Dr. Annette Colby, all rights reserved.
Dr. Annette Colby, RD Nutrition Therapist & Master Energy Healer annette@annettecolby.com 972.985.8750
"Opening Creative Portals to Success"
car service from Midway Burlington .. Lockport Chicago limo O’HareOur lives are busy. We rush here only to remember... Read More
Are you the kind of person who dwells on your... Read More
Looking around at our circumstances we may see only mountains... Read More
One often hears people say they can't sketch because they... Read More
Part 1Recently, in a women's therapy group that I run,... Read More
? If it takes me to periphery (Drifted into continuous... Read More
When you look at your future in terms of your... Read More
"You can't always get what you want . . ."... Read More
Good morning I love you.This is a basic exercise, which... Read More
A day in your life is a brief and precious... Read More
Kasia is a talented landscape designer who speaks several languages,... Read More
When I teach private Yoga sessions, sometimes, I become aware... Read More
Does negative thinking pay? Is it desirable for me to... Read More
In the latest and final Star Wars saga, Anakin Skywalker... Read More
Every day something changes at work: your products, your customers,... Read More
A confidence crisis is looming with a recent study showing... Read More
(The following is an actual email conversation between Newton Hightower,... Read More
Why do we have such a downer on Pollyanna? After... Read More
If you work toward what you dream, the dream can... Read More
Most of us love to think that our problems are... Read More
Are you undergoing a major life change? Or merely trying... Read More
Near the end of December 2004, I received an email... Read More
Do you realize that what we believe about ourselves, affects... Read More
Have you truly tried and still failed? Have you pushed... Read More
The way to define your personality is to refine your... Read More
Granger limo Chicago ..By definition,an affirmation is a statement repeated time and again... Read More
Our lives are busy. We rush here only to remember... Read More
We hear a lot these days about accepting responsibility for... Read More
Sometimes we are in a position to look into the... Read More
At first glance, it would seem that positive thinking and... Read More
Do you know the problem with affirmations? You know, the... Read More
Our lives are overflowing with negative information from the newspapers,... Read More
So, is this really where you thought you'd be? You're... Read More
This is a technique that sounds a bit silly when... Read More
In his all-time bestselling record The Strangest Secret, author Earl... Read More
As I swooshed down the Zoom Flume water slide at... Read More
Philippians 4:6-do not be anxious about anything, but in everything,... Read More
How would your life shift if you moved into what... Read More
You've heard the buzzwords: Attitude is everything! Change your perspective!... Read More
Drinking damages the soul; being lustful damages the vitality; greed... Read More
Life shouldn't be so complicated. Have you ever wondered why... Read More
Have you ever dreaded an upcoming presentation, meeting or function... Read More
In order to learn how to relieve ourselves of self-defeating... Read More
It's a fact of life - if you want to... Read More
The Alchemists of old worked over many years, centuries, in... Read More
The mind absolutely amazes me. It will never be understood,... Read More
Our attitude makes seems to control just about everything about... Read More
The one thing that is absolutely vital to overcoming shyness... Read More
Many people find it extremely difficult to be assertive, whether... Read More
Almost everyone experiences some form of worry one time or... Read More
Positive Attitude Tips |