| I'm a big believer that you can envision something | | | | there. No matter how outlandish the pictures or |
| and make it happen...it's something I've done all | | | | words are that come to you, let them become |
| my life, in fact. I'm certainly not the only | | | | detailed and full, and follow where they lead. Jot |
| "visionary" though. Most elite athletes use visioning | | | | down anything you think you won't remember |
| to "see" themselves going through their | | | | about the words or pictures. Keep at it until you |
| competition or their games successfully. Musicians | | | | have a full vision of the things you want to |
| envision themselves playing a particular piece of | | | | manifest in your business. |
| music in their mind - going over and over the | | | | 2. Make a vision board. You can do this any way |
| musical score, seeing their hands making the | | | | you like. I sometimes use large poster board, |
| correct moves on their instrument. | | | | sometimes just a sheet of paper. Either way, go |
| In fact, "seeing" myself playing a piano piece or | | | | to Google images and search for pictures that |
| "practicing in my mind" as I then called it is one of | | | | represent what you want to make happen. Get |
| the first ways I learned that I could make things | | | | the pictures out of your mind and into the world. |
| happen. An early-bird piano student, I somehow | | | | Print them, stick them onto your vision board, and |
| realized that I could read the music and then | | | | put it where you can see it often. Your eye will |
| re-play it in my head, and "watch" as my hands | | | | go to it many times during the day, and your |
| played the piece. In today's world we call it | | | | brain and your energy will lock on to the visions |
| visioning. Visioning is a key precursor to | | | | you put there. Soon enough, you'll begin to see |
| manifesting what we want to do with our life. And | | | | your way to each one of those pictures. Your |
| it's a very handy little tool to have. I've used it in | | | | energy will be so full of what you want to |
| all sorts of ways. | | | | manifest that you literally will begin to pull the thing |
| * Learning music for piano, flute, and guitar for | | | | toward you. I've had completely doubting |
| recitals and concerts | | | | Thomases do vision boards in my workshops, |
| * Teaching myself how to do proofs in geometry | | | | only to call me up six months later and report |
| * Remembering positioning, draping, and | | | | that every single thing on their board was |
| treatment routines for neuromuscular therapy | | | | "magically" accomplished or found. No, it isn't |
| treatments when I took my national boards | | | | magic. It's putting your energy and intention |
| * Seeing myself walking again after back surgery | | | | toward what you see in your mind's eye, and |
| as a child | | | | have helped to make real by creating your vision |
| * Finding the exact piece of furniture I wanted for | | | | board. |
| a room in my home | | | | 3. Share the vision board you made with your |
| * Speaking to large groups successfully | | | | family, friends, and team members. If you want |
| * Finding the perfect office space for my | | | | to put even more thrust into your vision, take |
| business | | | | the time to share what you are going to make |
| There's more (ask my husband about my "finding" | | | | happen by showing your vision board around. |
| the perfect car on eBay for a song), but you get | | | | You're not asking for help, you're just saying what |
| the point. The point is, visioning leads to | | | | you are going for to those you spend the most |
| manifesting, and manifesting is a critical skill to | | | | time around. You're creating a wider, broader |
| have as an entrepreneur. I'm not saying that one | | | | energy for what you want, even if you don't |
| doesn't have to put the time in to get what one | | | | think anyone will actually do something to help |
| wants, but you can work with the flow of things | | | | you. The fact is, you just never know. One |
| and get there a lot faster than working against | | | | person might mention something in passing to |
| the flow. And working in the flow means having a | | | | another person, who happens to be just the |
| clear vision, a picture if you will, of what you want | | | | person you are looking for to help make |
| to create in and around you as you work. | | | | something happen. Sharing your vision deepens |
| Here, then, are the three ways to make things | | | | your own commitment to it, too. It helps you lose |
| happen. You can use them to accelerate your | | | | the "oh, I don't know if this will actually happen" |
| income, build your business faster, get clear about | | | | self-doubt that seems to always be lurking |
| the products and services you want to offer, and | | | | underneath us. Just make your board, share it |
| even find the perfect office space! | | | | with a few people, and go about your business. |
| 1. Step one is to find about 15 minutes of totally | | | | You don't even need lengthy explanations - let the |
| quiet, alone time for yourself. Get some paper | | | | pictures speak for themselves. |
| and a pen, sit or lay down, and close your eyes. | | | | The thing about envisioning is that it will become a |
| Ask yourself "how exactly do I see my | | | | habit for you if you do it consistently. You'll find |
| business?" And then wait until words or pictures | | | | yourself stopping for a few seconds to envision |
| form in your mind. Follow them, make them fuller. | | | | even little things in your life - the perfect dinner |
| If you see yourself in an office, look around and | | | | one night, exactly how you want to look and |
| get a detailed look. How much of the time are | | | | speak in front of a group. Learning how to open |
| you there? Are there other staff members? | | | | yourself to the inner knowing, the vision inside |
| What are you wearing? Where is this office | | | | yourself, is one of the most powerful things you |
| located? Do you see people there? Make | | | | can do for yourself and your business. Set aside |
| whatever pictures come to you as full as you | | | | visioning time once a week for the next six |
| possibly can. If you're traveling in the pictures that | | | | weeks, and notice how your life and your work |
| come to you, ask where, how much you travel, | | | | begins to change. |
| who you are with, what you do when you get | | | | |