Visualizing success by keeping it real

Posted on May 19, 2008
Filed Under Uncategorized, personal development

Aaron Potts at Today is that Day wrote a great article about visualization

As I read this article it popped into my head that actors must have an advantage visualizing because acting is about emotion. This brought me to google acting and emotions which brought me to http://redbirdstudio.com/AWOL/essence.html

This part caught my attention: “the actor does not see himself as an actor playing the role of the father. He sees himself as the father . He sees through the eyes of the father. His attention (focus) is on himself as the father; who is experiencing real events; who has a past; who has real desires; who interacts with real people and real things in spontaneous ways (not as scripted words.)”

This is how we must visualize. Not acting but feeling. Not following a script but actually being in that moment. This is what visualization is all about. Creating that experience that you want as real and with emotion. As Aaron says “I keep it real” - This is what visualization is - creating the experience as real as possible in your mind.

“We lift ourselves by our thought. We climb upon our vision of ourselves. If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself. Hold the ideal of yourself as you long to be, always everywhere.” Orison Swett Marden.

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4 Responses to “Visualizing success by keeping it real”

Phyllis V on May 20th, 2008 6:29 pm

Great piece in that we must really form what our ideas and goals are in order to work towards making them happen!
Life Coach in Sydney on May 31st, 2008 4:04 pm

Visualizing what we want and need in life is nothing more then being real to our true selves. Throwing away the script and being authentic is what life is all about..excellent point!
life coach sydney on July 1st, 2008 7:14 am

Being true to one self is really the key to moving forward in life. What you want to become should be defined by you. In this way, you really feel in control of your own development as a person.
Self Improvement Advice on July 21st, 2008 7:04 am

As in any other field, say, in business visualization is very essential in achieving success in life. By visualizing we can see a vivid perspective to what we are going to accomplish, the plans, and how we are gong to deal with it

-Jan