If you are having trouble with visualizations don’t worry you’re not the only one!
Visualization is the process of making mental pictures and is a powerful technique used to help you focus your attention what you desire. People often come to me expressing concern that they are doing something wrong because they are having trouble seeing what they want.
Not everyone has a wide screen movie theater on the inside of his or her eyelids. Some people close their eyes and see absolutely nothing! Just blackness or spots, but not a picture.
Whether you know it or not you can visualize. To practice, try visualizing something you already have. It Read More...
Sounds dramatic, doesn’t it? But so are the results experienced by myself and others who have put this simple, five-minute practice into action. The practice is called positive visualization. That is right, positive visualization. Some of you may think this sounds too simple, some of you may think this sounds weird, and some of you may be ready to start a simple exercise that has more power to impact your life immediately than almost any other exercise I have come across.
Before we talk about HOW to do this exercise most effectively, let’s talk about what the purpose is and why it works. The purpose behind visualization is to allow your life to be as good and fulfilling Read More...
In my coaching experience, I have found these 2 activities the most impactful for your professional and personal development. What are they? Self-talk and visualization!
These activities ARE the most impactful, BUT the easiest to overlook and skip. So don’t skip it! Also, I encourage you to use self-talk and visualization not only as a salesperson or a professional, but in every capacity of your life.
However, for the next few minutes, we’re going to focus on using self-talk and visualization to improving our professional life by treating it more like a business with you as the business owner.
Definition of self-talk: The words you say to Read More...
This is a longer interview (38:25), but is SO worth it! Of all of the videos I’ve posted on our blog, this is by far one of my favorites. In fact, I’ve actually watched it twice….it was that good!
I would like to discuss a few key concepts from a book entitled “The One Minute Salesperson” by Spencer Johnson, M.D. (Johnson also authored, “Who Moved My Cheese” Read More...
SEE and HEAR Napoleon Hill explain how it is true that what ever the mind can conceive, and believe, the mind can achieve. Regardless of how many times you may have failed in the past, or how lofty your hopes may be. He breaks this down in easy to understand point form for immediate transformation of your life.
Napoleon Hill also talks about the wisdom billionaire Andrew Carnegie shared with him Read More...
Upon a recent Google search of articles on visualization studies I realized that there are more studies and articles out there than any one person could ever read. I even got specific, I searched for “study of free throw visualization” and over 95,000 articles were found.
Why am I telling you about the “googling” that I did? Because visualization has become somewhat of a buzz word in the business world today, with the success of “The Secret” and other best sellers, and even though many talk about it there are many of us who still don’t know “how to do it”.
In this article, I am going to explain 5 steps to visualize your desired Read More...
Do you remember the ads in comic books for X-Ray specs? Hmmmm. What if, rather than glasses that let you see people naked, you could look behind the mundane circumstances, beyond the difficulties and obstacles and through the fog that surrounds us to see the opportunities and possibilities that exist all around you.
That is the virtue of vision, and you can train yourself to do it.
Seeing is the first step to forging that better reality. In sports, your body follows the direction your eyes are looking. In the same way your will, your intellect and your spirit will move in the direction of your inner vision. You can create it if you can first see it in your mind and in your heart. Seeing it Read More...