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Visualizing your way to success by Shishir Srivastava, Author and Motivational Speaker
© 2010 Shishir Srivsatava, Author, Motivational Speaker and Peace Educator
‘If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.’ —Henry David Thoreau
Imagination is the creative ability of your mind that helps you form an image of an object or an experience before you bring it to physical reality. The Power of imagination helps you visualize things that cannot be seen. Simply put, imagination is seeing through mental images. This power is inherent in all of us and can be developed to a very high level.
If you study the lives of great entrepreneurs, scientists and inventors, you will find that by using creative visualization they developed a strong mental picture of what they wanted to achieve. They used the Power of Imagination to give a tangible shape to their ‘inside picture’.
You too have the Power of Imagination. It is a myth that only a few people possess the Power of Imagination. Every human has it; you too have this power within you. It is just that you might not have developed it as much as an Einstein or an Edison. But with perseverance and practice, you can enlarge your Power of Imagination to achieve amazing things.
Think for a moment: you are what you are today because somewhere in the cycle of time in the past you imagined yourself to be what you should be. And here you are. By the same logic, if today you imagine yourself to be somewhere in the future, that is where you will reach. Isn’t it amazing?
You have the Power of Imagination to change your existing reality. All you need to do is imagine a new set of exceptional images about yourself and keep reminding yourself that you have to achieve your goals.
By reorienting your mental images, you change your belief system. By reorienting your beliefs, you change your expectations about yourself. By reorienting your expectations, you change your attitude. By reorienting your attitude, you change your behavioural patterns. By reorienting your behavioural patterns, you change your performance level. And by reorienting your performance level, you change your life.
Two Action Steps:
Step 1: Create a mental screen. Find a quiet place and sit in a relaxed manner. Look at your surroundings and then close your eyes. Think of your mind as a film screen that helps you recreate the things you saw just moments earlier. To begin with, repeat this process four or five times a day.
Step 2: Prepare the mental screen to visualize thoughts as pictures. As your mental screen becomes strong, you can visualize things with ease. You can prepare it to play films of past and future events. As you train your mind, you will gradually develop the ability to visualize things even while your eyes are open.
Success Mantra: Visualize what you want to achieve and create a strong mental image of your goals. Hold these images till you make them come true.
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About the Author:
SHISHIR SRIVASTAVAPeace Educator, Motivational Speaker and Author of ‘The Eight Powers within You’
Shishir Srivastava born at Lucknow, India on 26 September 1977, is a motivational speaker and peace educator. He is currently serving as the Head of the Department of Personality Development and Career Counselling of City Montessori School (CMS), Lucknow, India.
CMS is Shishir’s alma mater where he imbibed the values of peace and non-violence for 15 years. CMS is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the ‘world’s largest school with over 39,000 students’ and is the recipient of the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education 2002. Shishir has travelled widely and has visited several countries including USA, Japan, Germany, Singapore, Mauritius, Malaysia, Spain, Russia, Maldives and Seychelles. He and his wife, Sophia, have a seven-year-old son, Srijan.
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Visualizing your way to success
© 2010 Shishir Srivsatava, Author, Motivational Speaker and Peace Educator
‘If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.’ —Henry David Thoreau
Imagination is the creative ability of your mind that helps you form an image of an object or an experience before you bring it to physical reality. The Power of imagination helps you visualize things that cannot be seen. Simply put, imagination is seeing through mental images. This power is inherent in all of us and can be developed to a very high level.
If you study the lives of great entrepreneurs, scientists and inventors, you will find that by using creative visualization they developed a strong mental picture of what they wanted to achieve. They used the Power of Imagination to give a tangible shape to their ‘inside picture’.
You too have the Power of Imagination. It is a myth that only a few people possess the Power of Imagination. Every human has it; you too have this power within you. It is just that you might not have developed it as much as an Einstein or an Edison. But with perseverance and practice, you can enlarge your Power of Imagination to achieve amazing things.
Think for a moment: you are what you are today because somewhere in the cycle of time in the past you imagined yourself to be what you should be. And here you are. By the same logic, if today you imagine yourself to be somewhere in the future, that is where you will reach. Isn’t it amazing?
You have the Power of Imagination to change your existing reality. All you need to do is imagine a new set of exceptional images about yourself and keep reminding yourself that you have to achieve your goals.
By reorienting your mental images, you change your belief system. By reorienting your beliefs, you change your expectations about yourself. By reorienting your expectations, you change your attitude. By reorienting your attitude, you change your behavioural patterns. By reorienting your behavioural patterns, you change your performance level. And by reorienting your performance level, you change your life.
Two Action Steps:
Step 1: Create a mental screen. Find a quiet place and sit in a relaxed manner. Look at your surroundings and then close your eyes. Think of your mind as a film screen that helps you recreate the things you saw just moments earlier. To begin with, repeat this process four or five times a day.
Step 2: Prepare the mental screen to visualize thoughts as pictures. As your mental screen becomes strong, you can visualize things with ease. You can prepare it to play films of past and future events. As you train your mind, you will gradually develop the ability to visualize things even while your eyes are open.
Success Mantra: Visualize what you want to achieve and create a strong mental image of your goals. Hold these images till you make them come true.
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About the Author:
SHISHIR SRIVASTAVAPeace Educator, Motivational Speaker and Author
Shishir Srivastava born at Lucknow, India on 26 September 1977, is a motivational speaker and peace educator. He is currently serving as the Head of the Department of Personality Development and Career Counselling of City Montessori School (CMS), Lucknow, India.
CMS is Shishir’s alma mater where he imbibed the values of peace and non-violence for 15 years. CMS is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the ‘world’s largest school with over 39,000 students’ and is the recipient of the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education 2002. Shishir has travelled widely and has visited several countries including USA, Japan, Germany, Singapore, Mauritius, Malaysia, Spain, Russia, Maldives and Seychelles. He and his wife, Sophia, have a seven-year-old son, Srijan.
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Creative Visualization – What You Picture Is What You Get
As I wrote in my last article Setting SMART goals is an important first step. Written specific goals give you a target to shoot for, and the ability to measure your progress. You want to take action, implement, and then internalize attitudes that dramatically increase your chances of achieving or exceeding your goals. You are The Magic Bullet.
Most of us are fortunate and can experience all the senses. Sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch all have an impact on us. The most predominant of your senses is sight. You tend to react more to what you see than anything else. In other words you tend to do what you see more than what you hear.
It’s amazing how you can fill your mind with pictures? When you want to you can change these pictures so easily. I’ve taught kids how to kick a ball, without having a ball to kick. When they would practice in their minds, they’d improve. For years athletes have visualized a successful result in their respective sports. A skier visualizes a ski run before heading down the hill. A golfer visualizes a 20 foot putt going in the cup. A basketball player visualizes the ball going swoosh through the basket. A baseball player visualizes the ball leaving the pitcher’s hand and making contact with a smooth, level swing.
Creative visualization is a powerful attitude that will enhance your goals and dramatically increase your chances to meet or exceed them. For you skill freaks, and I know you’re out there remember I was once one too, this may seem a little weird at first. You’ll get over it if you just hang in there! The good news is that you can visualize anything. You can also visualize a successful outcome every time. The clearer the picture you have and the more often you see it in your mind, the more your creative subconscious will work for you to achieve your goals. You will believe it when you see it!
You want to practice creative visualization every day to accelerate your goals. You’ll want to make some time each day to visualize your goals. This will bring your goals to life. It will also increase your ability to stay focused on your goals. Your goals are important to you. Keep your eyes on the prize.
For most people a quiet area free of distractions works best. Breathe deeply and get into a relaxed state. Put pictures in your mind related to your goals. It’s important to see yourself in the picture. You can picture yourself at your desired weight goal, feeling the extra energy. You can see yourself with more confidence, giving a presentation to a client. You can see yourself enjoying the benefits from the goals you have achieved. What you picture is what you get.
It is important to picture a successful outcome. When airline pilots are trained on simulators it is always a successful outcome they focus on. Use all your senses when visualizing your goals. Sight, smell, sound, taste and touch all contribute. See yourself implementing a new skill. See yourself repeating 10 questions 3 times a day and internalizing new attitudes that will accelerate your progress.
What you picture is what you get. Here is my question. How are you going to get fit on the outside if you can’t see yourself as fit on the inside? How are you going to be more confident on the outside if you don’t see yourself as more confident on the inside? How are you going to improve that golf swing on the outside if you can’t see a smooth swing on the inside? You want your creative sub-conscious to work for you and not against you. The next question is designed to remind you daily of the importance of visualizing your goals. What you picture is what you get so as yourself if you’re visualizing your goals 3 times a day for the next 21 days. I’ll see you in my next article and thanks for tuning in.
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The Magic Bullet – Creative Visualization Makes Goals A Reality
As I wrote in my last article Setting SMART goals is an important first step. Written specific goals give you a target to shoot for, and the ability to measure your progress. You want to take action, implement, and then internalize attitudes that dramatically increase your chances of achieving or exceeding your goals. You are The Magic Bullet.
Most of us are fortunate and can experience all the senses. Sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch all have an impact on us. The most predominant of your senses is sight. You tend to react more to what you see than anything else. In other words you tend to do what you see more than what you hear.
It’s amazing how you can fill your mind with pictures? When you want to you can change these pictures so easily. I’ve taught kids how to kick a ball, without having a ball to kick. When they would practice in their minds, they’d improve. For years athletes have visualized a successful result in their respective sports. A skier visualizes a ski run before heading down the hill. A golfer visualizes a 20 foot putt going in the cup. A basketball player visualizes the ball going swoosh through the basket. A baseball player visualizes the ball leaving the pitcher’s hand and making contact with a smooth, level swing.
Creative visualization is a powerful attitude that will enhance your goals and dramatically increase your chances to meet or exceed them. For you skill freaks, and I know you’re out there remember I was once one too, this may seem a little weird at first. You’ll get over it if you just hang in there! The good news is that you can visualize anything. You can also visualize a successful outcome every time. The clearer the picture you have and the more often you see it in your mind, the more your creative subconscious will work for you to achieve your goals. You will believe it when you see it!
You want to practice creative visualization every day to accelerate your goals. You’ll want to make some time each day to visualize your goals. This will bring your goals to life. It will also increase your ability to stay focused on your goals. Your goals are important to you. Keep your eyes on the prize.
For most people a quiet area free of distractions works best. Breathe deeply and get into a relaxed state. Put pictures in your mind related to your goals. It’s important to see yourself in the picture. You can picture yourself at your desired weight goal, feeling the extra energy. You can see yourself with more confidence, giving a presentation to a client. You can see yourself enjoying the benefits from the goals you have achieved. What you picture is what you get.
It is important to picture a successful outcome. When airline pilots are trained on simulators it is always a successful outcome they focus on. Use all your senses when visualizing your goals. Sight, smell, sound, taste and touch all contribute. See yourself implementing a new skill. See yourself repeating 10 questions 3 times a day and internalizing new attitudes that will accelerate your progress.
What you picture is what you get. Here is my question. How are you going to get fit on the outside if you can’t see yourself as fit on the inside? How are you going to be more confident on the outside if you don’t see yourself as more confident on the inside? How are you going to improve that golf swing on the outside if you can’t see a smooth swing on the inside? You want your creative sub-conscious to work for you and not against you. The next question is designed to remind you daily of the importance of visualizing your goals. What you picture is what you get so as yourself if you’re visualizing your goals 3 times a day for the next 21 days. I’ll see you in my next article and thanks for tuning in.
Tags: basketball player, smell taste, foot putt, smart goals, having a ball, ski run, baseball player
Every Day in Every Way You’re Better and Better!
French pharmacist Emile Coue found a way to speed the healing process.
Along with his prescriptions he would enclose a note detailing how the medicines he dispensed would improve patients’ health. He was one of the first people to promote the use of affirmations, a form of self-talk to promote health and personal improvement.
His phrase, “Every day in every way I’m getting better and better” is a very powerful auto-suggestion and it has helped countless people to make progress in their lives.
I’ve used this sentence, and I’ve recommended it in my seminars, audios, and articles. But just today, I decided to modify just one word, which I believe will make the affirmation more effective.
Instead of declaring, “Every day in every way I’m getting better and better,” I suggest dropping the word, “getting.”
Getting implies that you’re on the way to something but you’re not quite there, yet. This isn’t as helpful as stating your affirmation as if you are already where you want to be.
“Every day in every way I’m better and better” says you have arrived at improvement.
Author Shakti Gewain puts it this way in her book, “Creative Visualization“:
“Always phrase affirmations in the present tense, not in the future. It is important to create it as if it already exists. Don’t say, ‘I will get a wonderful new job,’ but rather, ‘I now have a wonderful new job.’ This is not lying to yourself; it is acknowledging the fact that everything is first created on the mental plane, before it can manifest in objective reality.”
By the way, she lists scores of affirmations in her book, and guess which one she offers, first?
Emile Coue’s, but she uses the standard, less optimal version. Try, “Every day in every way I’m better and better” and tell me how it works for you.
Dr. Gary S. Goodman is a top speaker, sales, service, and negotiation consultant, attorney, TV and radio commentator and the best-selling author of 12 books. He conducts seminars and speaks at convention programs around the world. His new audio program is Nightingale-Conant’s “Crystal Clear Communication: How to Explain Anything Clearly in Speech & Writing.” He can be contacted at gary@customersatisfaction.com. Article Source:http://www.articlesbase.com/motivational-articles/every-day-in-every-way-youre-better-and-better-1585698.html
Every Day in Every Way You’re Better and Better!
French pharmacist Emile Coue found a way to speed the healing process.
Along with his prescriptions he would enclose a note detailing how the medicines he dispensed would improve patients’ health. He was one of the first people to promote the use of affirmations, a form of self-talk to promote health and personal improvement.
His phrase, “Every day in every way I’m getting better and better” is a very powerful auto-suggestion and it has helped countless people to make progress in their lives.
I’ve used this sentence, and I’ve recommended it in my seminars, audios, and articles. But just today, I decided to modify just one word, which I believe will make the affirmation more effective.
Instead of declaring, “Every day in every way I’m getting better and better,” I suggest dropping the word, “getting.”
Getting implies that you’re on the way to something but you’re not quite there, yet. This isn’t as helpful as stating your affirmation as if you are already where you want to be.
“Every day in every way I’m better and better” says you have arrived at improvement.
Author Shakti Gewain puts it this way in her book, “Creative Visualization“:
“Always phrase affirmations in the present tense, not in the future. It is important to create it as if it already exists. Don’t say, ‘I will get a wonderful new job,’ but rather, ‘I now have a wonderful new job.’ This is not lying to yourself; it is acknowledging the fact that everything is first created on the mental plane, before it can manifest in objective reality.”
By the way, she lists scores of affirmations in her book, and guess which one she offers, first?
Emile Coue’s, but she uses the standard, less optimal version. Try, “Every day in every way I’m better and better” and tell me how it works for you.
Dr. Gary S. Goodman is a top speaker, sales, service, and negotiation consultant, attorney, TV and radio commentator and the best-selling author of 12 books. He conducts seminars and speaks at convention programs around the world. His new audio program is Nightingale-Conant’s “Crystal Clear Communication: How to Explain Anything Clearly in Speech & Writing.” He can be contacted at gary@customersatisfaction.com. Article Source:http://www.articlesbase.com/motivational-articles/every-day-in-every-way-youre-better-and-better-1585763.html