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How To Visualize Your Goal
By: Matt Furey
Best Selling Author and Self-Made Millionaire
Had a lot of questions after writing the
the article entitled, "How Many Goals Should
You Visualize at Once?"
This one comes from Brad. Let's take a look:
Hello Matt,
Crucial Question...when I am visualizing my goal
and I am in the theatre of the mind:
1) Should I be watching myself in the scene (from
outside myself) as a 3rd person onlooker or should I
be visualizing as if looking through my own eyes?
This one has stumped me for a long time....
2) Does the entire visualization sequence have to be
one long movie or can I do the "movie trailer" method
and cut from one scene to another. The second method
evokes more emotion for me?
M.F.: Brad, to answer question number one, when you
visualize your goal, you can do so both ways that you
descibed. The 3rd person method is more of the "observer" method - wherein you are watching yourself watching yourself. I do think, however, that you'll get more value out of simply watching yourself through "your own eyes." Bear in mind that the "observer" is always watching anyway, so even when
looking through your own eyes, you can still be conscious of yourself and what you're doing.
Re. question number two, again, both ways are okay. But - here's the kicker: Emotion is the stick you should measure yourself by. In Dr. Maltz' teachings he repeatedly stressed
the importance that feeling strong positive emotion plays in making your visualization more effective. Because you have
said that the second method "evokes more emotion" - then
the choice is easy. Use that one. Good luck.
Dr. Maltz coined the phrase "Theatre of the Mind"
to represent "a place" you can mentally go to
in order to strengthen your self-image. The self-
image is the internal guidance system that tells
you what you can and cannot have out of life.
How is your self-image strengthened? It is
strengthened by using your creative imagination
in the "Theatre of the Mind."
"Imagination is the elixir of life," said P.T.
Barnum. And he was right.
The more you imagine your life the way you
want it to be - the quicker and faster you
bring what you have imagined into reality.
The more you use your creative imagination,
the more you will know the meaning of the
saying, "What You Want, Wants You."
Copyright, Gold Medal Publications, Inc 2004
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Editor's Note:
For more on the power of imagination mixed with emotion, go to
www.psycho-cybernetics.com
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