30 Days Change Your Habits, Change Your Life A Couple of Simple Steps Every Day to Create the Life You Want
Chapter 37: The Magic of Visualization “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” Peter Drucker Visualization is a fundamental resource in building experiences . The
subconscious part of your brain cannot distinguish between a well done
visualization and reality. This means that if you visualize your goals with a lot of
emotion and in great detail, your subconscious mind will be convinced that it's
really happening. You will then be provided with motivation, opportunities, and
ideas that will help you to transform your life into that desired state. What am I
saying? Can you practice sports by pure visualization?
Well actually you can. There are various studies that confirm the power of
visualization.
As early as in the 80’s, Tony Robbins worked with the U.S. Army and used
visualization techniques to dramatically increase pistol shooting performance.
There have also been other studies done for improving free throw shooting
percentages of Basketball players using the same techniques. The results were
amazing! If you look closely at athletes they all visualize their races and
matches. Look at how skiers, formula 1 drivers, golfers, tennis players, and even
soccer players visualize in-game situations, days and hours before the actual
match. Jack Nicklaus, Wayne Gretzky, and Greg Louganis - to name a few - are
known to have achieved their goals with visualization. In coaching we use
visualization techniques with goals. See yourself as already having achieved the
goal. See it through your own eyes and put all your senses in it: smell it, hear it,
feel it, taste it. The more emotions you put into it, the more of an impact it will
have. If you do this for 15 minutes every day over time you will see enormous
results. Make time for you daily visualization either in your morning ritual or in
the evening before going to bed. It can be helpful to make a collage of images
that represent your goal on a A3 sheet of cardboard and put it up in your
bedroom or somewhere where you can see it. Buy some journals and cut out the
photos that represent your goals. You could also create a screensaver of various
photos on your computer or desktop. If your goal is wealth, put a photo of you
dream house, a photo of dollar bills, or whatever wealth means to you. If you
search for “vision board” on Google, you will surely find lots of examples. Look
at your collage every day 5 minutes after getting up and 5 minutes before going
to bed and imagine yourself vividly with your goal already accomplished.
