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How to Daydream With a Purpose
Were you ever told to stop daydreaming and pay attention to the task at hand? Sure you have. Daydreaming is fun, though, and it is productive. It's your opportunity to dream about the future, or crossing the finish line in a marathon, or speaking to a cheering audience, or completing a difficult case at work. You imagine success!
"Creative visualization is the technique of using your imagination to create what you want in your life. It is your natural power of imagination, the basic creative energy of the universe, which you use constantly, whether or not you are aware of it," says Shakti Gawain in her book, Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want In Your Life.
The Law of Attraction states that you get what you think about, so why not think about, and visualize, the positive.
Gawain says there are four basic steps to use creative visualization effectively:
- Set your goal. Decide on something you would like to have, work toward, realize, or create. Gawain suggests you start with a goal you can easily believe in, then, as you progress in your visualization skills, you can move forward to more challenging goals.
- Create a clear idea, a mental picture, or a feeling of the object or situation exactly as you want it. Imagine it as though it is happening today, in the present tense. Be specific in all the details of the picture. For example, if you are visualizing a custom built home in your future, draw it out to the most minute of details - the size, shape, color of the rooms, the design of the kitchen, the window treatments, the carpets, hardwood floors, the landscaping, etc. You can create a dreamboard of your home also to keep it very visual.
- Focus on it often. Bring this mental picture of your goal to your mind often, and/or focus on the concrete picture of it throughout your day. She warns against becoming fixated on the goal, though, and attaching excessive energy to it. That only hinders the process. For instance, consider an older female who is fixated on getting married and is unable to find a partner. It is usually only when she relaxes, and doesn't stress over it day and night, that Mr. Right enters the picture.
- Give it positive energy. Make strong positive statements to yourself that your goal is coming to you. These are called affirmations. See yourself achieving what it is you wanted and always phrase your affirmations in the present tense. For example, "I love doing my work, and I am richly rewarded, creatively, and financially."
Daydream with a purpose. Use the creative visualization steps to make your daydreams a reality.
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"Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blue print, and begin to build."
Robert Collier
"You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your mind until they become second nature."
Les Brown
"See things as you would have them be instead of as they are."
Robert Collier
"Visualization is daydreaming with a purpose."
Bo Bennett
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I am a big fan of visualization. It gives me positive energy as I go before an audience to speak. I visualize Rings around the Collar selling like hot cakes and going into a second printing after I appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show. (That's daydreaming with a purpose!) Visualization is a wonderful tool for your tool box. Try it!
I spoke to theNashvillehygienists the other day and the event was well received. Elizabethwrote that "this seminar exceeded my expectations and I'm taking away positive energy in my relationships and work environment. The examples Dr. Houseman gives are practical for everyone to use and will make a positive impact on anyone's practice or relationship." For more information re speaking to your group, visit me on the web.
San Franciscois a fabulous city and John and I enjoyed our trip immensely. I had the opportunity to connect with old friends and make new ones at theADAmeeting and at the AAWD installation banquet. I was installed as the 2008 President-elect of the American Association of Women Dentists and look forward to serving the organization into the future. We also spent some time inSonomaandNapaValleychecking out the wineries.
I have numerous new readers since I last wrote the Balance Beam. Welcome!
Have a fantastic week and daydream with a purpose.
Stephanie
P.S. Three weeks and counting to the release of Rings around the Collar.
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