you must first clearly see a thing in your mind before you can do it
In a television intreview, singer celine Dion was asked if she ever dreamedc at the start of her career that someday she'd sell millions of records and be on tour, singing in foront of tend of thousands of people each week the singer replied that none of this surprised her, as she had pictures the whole thing since she was five years old!
She was bragging. and has worked unbelievebly hard to earn every bit of her success. What she learned at an early age was her ablity to tap into the power of holding a vivid, powerful image ... to picture the star she wanted to become.
World class athletes also ineorporate the power of imagery to reinforce in their mind exactly how they want to perforn pro acing his opponent with a perfect serve... or a golfer driving the ball long and straight down the fairway, many top competitors
mentally envision a successful outcome before actually achieving it in tje ''real'' world
Visualization, however, is not something reserved solely for singers athletes or movie stars. In fact, it's something you've used since childhood to create the circumstance of your own life
Let me clarify what I mean visualization is often described as pictures in our minds about the type of relationship we deserve the degree of success we'll attain at work the extant if our leader ship ablitiyty the amount of money we'll earn and accumulate and so on.
mental movies from childhood
Where do these pictures come from? Welol we begin to develop out ''mental movies'' early in life. If we were criticixed or felt unworthy as youngsters. we record the events and the feelings associated with those event as images in our minds. Because we frequently dwell on these pictures both consciously and subconsciously we tend to creat life situations that crosspond to the original image for example you may still hold a vibrant image of being criticixed by a teacher in elementary school. you felt humiliated in foront of the whole class. later on , when you were tenpted to offer your opinion in the or in a group of people you held back and kept quiet .. all the while remembering even if only on a subconscious level how painful it was when you were criticixed The picture remains in your mind and exerts tremendous influence over your present actions.
Unfortunately many of us have not updated or revised our childhood movies, so we're continually producing results that fall short of our full potential. What follows are some techniques for using the power visualixation to improve virtually every asprct of your life.
Take responsiblity For your Own Movies
not all mental pictures can be traced to your childhood. You're constantly generating mental movies based on your relarionships, career experiences and other events. point that I want to drive home You and only you are in control your own movies.
Let' try a short experiment. Think about an ice cream cone filled with your favorite flavor of ic e crem. Does that create a picture or image for you? I'll bet it does.
Okay, now think about an elephant. Can you see it? change the color of the elephant to pink. In fraction of a second, you formed an image of the pink elephant. Can you bring back the picture of the ice cream cone? Of course you.
Can you see what I mean? you have control over the pictures that occupy your mund. However, when you don't consciously decide which pictures to play your mund will look into the ''archives and keep re_ playing old movies on file in your mental libary.
Change The Meaning Of The Old Movie
It doesn't serve you to deny what happened in a past ecperience, no matter how painful or disappointing. You can't for instance, change the fact that you were criticixed by the teacher. You can however alter your interpretation of the event
That is, at the time you were originally criticized, the meaning you might have assigned to the experience was ''I' am not good enough'' or ''my opinions are worthless.'' While this was the interpretation of a child you may have inadertently carred it into your adult life. Today, though, you can consciously choose to view the situation differently for example, the teacher may have disagreed with you, but it wasn't a statement about your intelligence or your overall worth as a person!
Create new pictures
We can create new mental movies whenever we choose to do so. And when we develop and concentrate on new images that evoke powerful feeling and sensations, we'll act in ways that support those new pictures! so the first step is to creat an image of your desired outcime you atre limited only by your imagination.
As you know, most people are terrified about public speaking In survey after survey it is listed as the fear that people have ranked ahead of the fear of death So when most people are asked to even consider makeing a speech what kinds of pictures do they run through their minds?