“Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.”
~ Albert Einstein
We know for a fact that our nervous system doesn’t distinguish between a real experience and one imagined and that wee feel and act according to what we believe to be true about ourselves.
When we do mental rehearsal, the Success Activating Mechanism, also called Reticular Activating System takes over automatically and does the job. It finds the information, the answers to your questions, the solutions to the problems and obstacles that present during your course of action, and the best way to get to your destination. You may find out that the results are better than what you obtain when you use only your conscious mind and thoughts to achieve your goals. It doesn’t mean that you won’t have to take any action to finish your mission but that you won’t need to go through the mental struggle of consciously matching up your desires with the mental image of yourself.
So, once you have established the goals you want to reach and have prioritized them, choose one or two to start with the process of visualization, also called creative imagination.
Tips
- Choose a quiet and relaxing space
- Give yourself at least 30 minutes to perform your rehearsal
- Make sure you won’t be disturbed
- Read the entire process carefully before starting to implement it
The Process
Sit comfortably.
For a few minutes, focus your attention in your breathing, inhaling and exhaling deeply. Feel the warm air filling up your lungs and reaching every organ, every muscle to take you to a state of total relaxation.
The key to this exercise is to create an image that is as vivid and as detailed as possible. Pay attention to the smallest details, the temperature of the room, the type of clothes you are wearing and the feel of them on your skin, the people you interact with and their appearance, every sound in the surroundings.
Hold a perfect image of yourself being, feeling and behaving like the successful person you want to become. Give up any judgmental thoughts. It doesn’t matter who you where and what you did in the past. Believe this is who you are today, not who you are going to be in the future.
How do you dress as this new you?
Where do you go?
Where do you live?
Who are your acquaintances?
How much money do you make?
How happy and fulfilled you are?
What do you do with your family? What do you do for fun? This is the perfect moment and place to expand your horizons and get to the top.
Avoid trying to figure out how you are going to get there. Just have the certainty that you are already that person with all the attributes necessary to achieve all you desire. Know that even if you fall asleep during the process, this information is still reaching your subconscious mind and that as you awaken or finish this process you will remember with clarity the image of your true and successful self. Write in your journal the insights and detailed information you visualized and establish a plan of action that will take you closer to your goal.
Tips to Write a Powerful Rehearsal Script
If you have difficulty visualizing your mental movie, write and record a detailed script to play during the mental rehearsal. So, in this movie you will be both, the narrator and the star, which has the added benefit of activating the auditory sense for a more powerful session.
- Narrate the story in the present tense. For example, “I am a well known published author and public speaker” instead of, “I want to be a well-known published author and public speaker.”
- Be specific. “I make $ 300.000 a year” instead of, “I want to make more money.”
- Do not limit the story to a mere description. Infuse it with feelings and emotions. Think of the following questions, how do you feel? How do you act? How do you project yourself? How do you influence people? What are the strongest emotions (joy, happiness, love, pride, awe, inner peace, abundant, confidence, empowerment)?
Please, add this exercise to your daily routine to speed up your success achieving process and post your comments and/or questions down here or on my facebook page. I’ll respond to you in a quickly manner.
