Visualize Success If You Want To FAIL

It's an interesting perspective, and I'm not going to say it's wrong - I guess that it comes down to is what type of person you are. What motivates you most - success or fear.

If fear of non-achievement motivates you more that a desire for success, then visualizing success will have a lesser positive effect on you.

Personally I like to let myself motivate by both visualizing my succes and my fear of what will happen if I don't succeed. Visualization helps me to feel a sense of certainty that i have what it takes to get to my goal. But sometimes that certainty is not enough to stay motivated, because it can be quite pleasurable in itself. I also need the fear of what my life might be like if I don't to stay motivated.

Carnegie, Rockfeller, Ford, et al probably did see success in their mind long before it happened, but I doubt if they sat around trying to conger up a vision of success.

Forward thinking people can already see success in their mind. they have a special knowing that if they continue to move forward despite the failures (i.e. Edison), some day they will reach their goal.

They don't have to perform some kind of visualization technique, or trick, in order to succeed. No wonder visualization fails if it causes mental fatigue.

Jeez GG, go get your morning coffee and chill the feck out...

Have you read the report? It merely suggests that for some, visualizing success might make those people feel they've already succeeded, and hence, their motivation wanes.

As someone who employs positive visualization, I can see how that might have a negative effect on some, depending on what motivates them most. There isn't a one-size-fits-all system for everyone. Can't be.

There are people who are naturally positive and those who are naturally pessimistic. There are successful people from each outlook, so it stands to reason that there must be different routes to getting there.

Fear is a huge motivator; probably the dominant instinct in the animal kingdom.

Isn't a fear of failure the same as a desire for success?

read article. another way to look at the same thing, I think.

I have Promise, I'll reach my Goals
I have Goals I want to reach, I Promise.

*the 4 experiments are flawed or not fully explained (and maybe explained in the full research documents) :

"we inadvertently trigger a relaxation response"

relaxation responses are immediate.

draining your energy?
not long term!

Edison invented 1,000's of ways to Not Build A Light Bulb!

I don't think it drained his energy, especially when he saw what he saw.

Greed is good. fear is good. Same thing (human nature). Same coin, different sides or angles of observation?

The abstract of the actual article that describes the research states:"Positive fantasies allow people to mentally indulge in a desired future. Whereas previous research found that spontaneously generated positive fantasies about the future predict poor achievement, we examined the effect of experimentally induced positive fantasies about the future. The present four experiments identify low energy, measured by physiological and behavioral indicators, as a mechanism by which positive fantasies translate into poor achievement. Induced positive fantasies resulted in less energy than fantasies that questioned the desired future (Study 1), negative fantasies (Study 2), or neutral fantasies (Study 3). Additionally, positive fantasies yielded a larger decrease in energy when they pertained to a more rather than a less pressing need (Study 4). Results indicate that one reason positive fantasies predict poor achievement is because they do not generate energy to pursue the desired future." Nothing in this suggests that what rich folk said to Napoleon Hill was false. Instead the research abstract suggests that if something is extremely urgent and highly necessary, mulling over the problem might be more energizing than trying to fool yourself into thinking you need not achieve anything. However, if fear of failure is keeping you from taking positive action, then positive visualization, as they used it in the experiment, might release you emotionally so you can take action. Finally, there may be a core distinction between visualization and a fantasy. See what I mean? (or should I say, Fantisize what I mean?) Friend13

I give you an A+ for originality but I will stick with what is working for me - Positive thinking and Visualization.

It gets me up in the morning, it keeps me going during the day and it helps me overcome everything

i have a mantra Id like to share:
"I am a money magnet, Money comes to me effortlessly and easily"

I say this to myself over 100 times a day

yeah i dont agree with this at all, positive thinking and visualization works best for me. Yes I am TERRIFIED of being broke again and i do use that for motivation but thats different

Yes, anything that was created began with a thought and imagination. You have to visualize where you want to be and how you're going to get there.

However, you need to be taking action. Not just daydream all day