Let's say your goal is to buy a boat. Somewhere you decided you wanted a Zen12 boat by observing. Perhaps someone you know has a boat, or you visited the lake last summer and saw a boat you wanted. Perhaps your children want a boat. Somewhere you observed something that tied back to wanting a boat. Now you have set your goal and you've chosen the model and timeline to achieve the goal. You've picked up a boating magazine and your reading plan includes learning more about boating. Now focus your observation. Go to the dealership and get a good look at your boat. Pick up brochures, walk around your boat, climb in and really observe your boat. Sit behind the wheel and imagine driving your boat. It is your boat. Subscribe to Boating Magazine. Join a boating club and observe boaters. Take a boating class. Remember, it is your boat. You are observing and experiencing boat ownership. Getting the boat is an inevitable conclusion of your observation.
Experts tell us that your mind has no ability to distinguish between what has actually happened and what has been imagined. To the mind every insight is real. Children possess the ability to utilize the imagined to bring about real results. A young boy envisions hitting the game winning jump shot. Day after day he practices, imagining the scenario where he will have the opportunity to win the game. Then, as if by some supernatural circumstance, he finds himself in the situation he has "seen" in his mind countless times. Is it any wonder he succeeds and sinks the basket? World-class coaches and superstar athletes use visualization to lead to amazing results. If you want to be a superstar in your life you should visualize as well. Using a combination of observation and visualization, you can convince your mind that you have already achieved everything you desire. Then your mind will go to work to put you in position to fulfill what the mind believes.
If you desire something in your life observing others who have achieved it is not enough. You must, through the power of visualization, observe yourself experiencing that which you want. Use observation and visualization to see yourself achieving all you desire and your mind will go to work to fulfill your observed vision. Glen Gould is a business growth and relationship thought leader and has had unparalleled access to business leaders through his service to chambers of commerce around the world.