“Visualize” What You Want Out of Life — Don’t Just “Think”
Once a week while walking on 5th Ave here in New York City I invariably pass the Forbes Magazine building on the way to Washing Square Park. It’s a beautiful building that has a very strong and dominant look to it.
I’m not a fan of Forbes Magazine by any means. In fact, I can’t even remember the last time I read an issue. However, I’m a fan of the building for a particular reason.
You see, every time I walk past the Forbes Magazine building, I don’t read it as such. I read it as “Mind Petals Magazine.” I completely ignore the fact that the building says “Forbes” on it and I simply see “Mind Petals” instead.
This way of thinking is very powerful for the entrepreneur. You shouldn’t only “think” about what you want to accomplish or where you want to be in the future, you really have to see it — you have to visualize it as if it’s really right in from of your face.
Really take the time — every single day — to visualize what you want out of life. See it appear right in front of your eyes. When you do this, you consciously and subconsciously creep closer and closer to making it a reality.
It keeps you motivated, hungry, and ambitious. We should all have something to visualize — to keep us going. For me, I visualize a large building filled with Mindpetalers who are inside working on changing the world and making things happen through young entrepreneurship.
What about you, what do you visualize?
3 Comments
Eric
April 22nd, 2007 at 12:57 pm
Sounds like someone’s watched “The Secret”
David Askaripour
April 22nd, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Hey Eric,
Indeed, I have watch “The Secret” but many, many months ago. That reminds me, I should watch it again soon
Great movie.
Harry Thompson
April 24th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
I remember Covey saying visualization is a key trait of Olympians. The ability to foresee the whole process until the very end.
There’s also a blog by Tim Ferriss (www.fourhourworkweek.com) where he says that one should visualize what you want in life, do the cost calculations, and set up a system or a business that will support it with minimal supervision, and go live the life you’ve always wanted.
Still, I need more development in visualization. I can only visualize as far as dinner tonight and I have this image of home-baked pizza with everything on it on the table. *drool*
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