I’m running a bit late (as I often do), frantically looking up at the monitor and searching for my gate, when out of the corner of my eye, I see my own face looking back at me from the airport bookstore. I’m walking through the airport, traveling for business. This was the scenario that came to my mind: I visualized the situations that could come with this scenario that made me feel excited. Instead, I started to imagine that I already had a best-selling book. I didn't feel any sensations of excitement in my body. So I tried to visualize our book at the top of The New York Times bestseller list, but that image didn't seem quite right. Whether it's a tingling feeling like champagne bubbles in your stomach or the hairs on your arms stand up a bit-try taking notice of how different images trigger you physiologically when you visualize your goals.įor example, my business partner and I want to write a best-selling book. You can tell when you’ve found a great image because you'll feel the sensation of that excitement in your body. It’s important to visualize your goals with images that trigger you in the most physical way possible. When done regularly as a daily practice, visualization becomes second-nature and it gets easier to craft effective visual representations. Doing so can help our brains start to consider what it would feel like to have already achieved that goal. (It's no surprise then, that successful people from Jim Carrey to Oprah credit some of their success to regular visualization.)īy imagining what it would look and feel like to live out our goals, we can also light up the neuromuscular pathways 1 that connect our brain to our muscles. Conversely, if someone consistently pictures themselves on top of their game, it can help them have more faith in their ability to perform. If someone is constantly burdened by negative thoughts, it will be challenging for them to recognize the positivity in their life and attract more of it. It pulls on principles from the law of attraction, which basically says that we call in what we put out. Visualization is like a mental rehearsal for something that you want to call into your life.
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