Whether it's a bigger house, less debt or a perfect mate there are ways to get all of the things we want for our lives. "Um, yeah whatever" some of you cynics may be thinking, but it's actually true. Jack Canfield, author of Chicken Soup for the Soul and featured in the popular DVD "The Secret," shares a step-by-step guide to getting what you want out of your life!
You have within you an awesome power that most of us have never been taught to use. Elite athletes use it. The super rich use it. And peak performers in all fields are now starting to use it. That power is called visualization. The daily practice of visualizing your dreams as already complete can rapidly accelerate your achievement of those dreams.
Visualization of your goals and desires accomplishes four very important things:
1. It activates your creative subconscious which will start generating creative ideas to achieve your goal.
2. It programs your brain to more readily perceive and recognize the resources you will need to achieve your dreams.
3. It activates the law of attraction, thereby drawing into your life the people, resources and circumstances you will need to achieve your goals.
4. It builds your internal motivation to take the necessary actions to achieve your dreams.
Visualization is really quite simple. You sit in a comfortable position, close your eyes and imagine—in as vivid detail as you can—what you would be looking at if the dream you have were already realized. Imagine being inside of yourself, looking out through your eyes at the ideal result.
Mental rehearsal.
Athletes call this visualization process “mental rehearsal” and they have been using it since the 1960s when we learned about it from the Russians. All you have to do is set aside a few minutes a day. The best times are when you first wake up, after meditation or prayer and right before you go to bed. These are the times you are most relaxed. Go through the following three steps:
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