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Help! Are You Good At Visualizing?

by The Niche Man
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Most self improvement books stress the importance of goal visualization. Are you good at it?

What's the secret to improvement, any tips appreciated. Even if you're haven't mastered it yet - or even if you're a newbie. Are you having any challenges? What are they? I'm doing light research for a future article.

Thanks.
#good #visualizing
  • Profile picture of the author Richest
    I'm not either

    But I read on some books that it's not the visualization that matter, it's the emotions behind visualization that plays role. Besides, what good a visualization without emotions behind that?

    Basically we all can do clear visualization, especially when imagining bad or negative things. Just try to imagine some porn scenes. How clear the image and how real that it feels? :p

    But people are different. Some of us good at visual, some good at auditory, and some good at kinesthetic. So, we just have to utilize the strongest point, and not forcing ourselves to do visualization.

    And the most important thing is follow visualization with taking action!
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  • Profile picture of the author jasdon
    As mentioned above, you need to be aware of the emotions your visualizations create. Get into the 'feeling' that you will get when you get that thing.

    Also, focus on the details; if you're visualizing a new car, focus on the way the lights in the showroom highlight the bodywork; the coolness of the door handle when you open it; the 'new car' smell as you slide into the drivers seat; the smoothness of the leather on the steering wheel; move the seat and mirrors so they're just right; the way the switches work. The more detail the better - you want to be fully absorbed in the experience but at the same time aware of how good it's making you feel.
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    • Profile picture of the author TroelsJepsen
      I don't think it's very important that you SEE everything clearly, it's really more getting the feeling of what it will be like to have achieved the goal, that you are visualizing.

      When I visualize I do not only imagine and think about how it will feel to have reached my goal but also about how all the lessons I've learned in my pursuit of that goal will help me in my life after I've reached my goal.
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      • Profile picture of the author birdman87
        Originally Posted by TroelsJepsen View Post

        I don't think it's very important that you SEE everything clearly, it's really more getting the feeling of what it will be like to have achieved the goal, that you are visualizing.

        When I visualize I do not only imagine and think about how it will feel to have reached my goal but also about how all the lessons I've learned in my pursuit of that goal will help me in my life after I've reached my goal.
        The second part really resonates with me. Thanks for that
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  • Profile picture of the author jasdon
    Each to their own, but focusing on the details helps me with the 'feeling' part of it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Edie47
    I agree with Troelsjepsen in that you don't necessarily need to see everything clearly, but I do believe that sensing or seeing the results can help someone move forward. Although I have had some type of vision or thought in my minds-eye in the past, I've tried visualization with little success. I've read a number of best-selling books on visualization and truly gave it a try. Maybe some minds are more open to that practice than others.
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  • Profile picture of the author omoblessed
    Every human is endowed with the capacity to visualise. A young chap at the early years in school would say," I'll like to be a medical Doctor;" another, "I'll like to be a lawyer when I grow up." These are less sophisticated form of visualising.
    When passion and vision is added to "dreams", it becomes visualization.
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    • Profile picture of the author Vortex Creator
      I can give you 2 very valuable tips:

      #1: Attitude is Everything - Your perception creates reality and therefore your attitude is one of the most important things. If you visualize your bank account being flooded with money but you're actually aware that you haven't made any sales yet your attention to the 'lack of abundance' will manifest more of the same. But if you really focus on your bank account being flooded with sales you will feel bouncing off the wall enthusiasm because you are in this moment experiencing this reality. Your attitude is in alignment with your desired creation.

      #2: It's All About Being It - Look at children, they are great teachers. They don't just PRETEND to be a fireman, they BECOME it. They literally morph into the vibrational structure of a fireman and express from that place of knowing. And once you are vibrating on that frequency you can't help but become what is vibrating at that frequency.

      I wrote the product below together with my partner and it explains 'the Vortex' - where your desire has already manifested! What our 'work' is, is to tap into the vibrational frequency of it already having manifested. And then it cannot be any other way. It just is. There is no end to what we can achieve with this knowledge. I love how we are being given this faculty =)
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Johnson
    I have a vision board that I look at every morning before I start work....it has images of things that I want to obtain in the future as well as place I would like to travel and long term goals
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  • Profile picture of the author traeth
    If I can't figure out how to get a project done then I will stop and visualize the steps I need to take in order to get where I need to go. I find it very helpful when I am doing something new that I stop and draw a picture in my mind or even write the steps out on paper first and then use my drawing do follow the process or draw the item in my mind. It seems like there is always a step in the process that you just can't figure out, and I think visualizing the process actually helps you figure out your missing step.

    Sometimes its about slowing down you mind and processes in order to figure out how to get what you want.

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  • Profile picture of the author Rich Strauss
    I am busy reading Shakti Gawain's "Creative Visualization" right now. In Part 1: Basics of Creative Visualization she says:

    "Don't get stuck on the term 'visualize'. It is not at all necessary to mentally see an image. Some people say they see very clear, sharp images when they close their eyes and imagine something. Others don't really 'see' anything; they sense or feel it, or they just sort of 'think about' it. That's perfectly fine. Some people are more visually orientated, some are auditory, others are more kinesthetic."

    Obviously she expands on the topic a lot. Really a great read.

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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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    When I first started out in IM, I made a list. On that list was everything I wanted in life. My own house, college degree, family, all of the material things, it became like a five page list. I then posted it on my wall. I wake up every morning and tell myself that to get everything on that list, success in IM is going to be necessary. When work gets tough on here, I visualize myself living the life I want by imagining the things on that list. It helps me get through a lot of tough days.
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