Positive Visualization
This may sound like fluffy, hippy, bullshit…BUT… I had a realization today. Positive visualization truly has helped me to achieve a 12 year dream, in less than a year. My sister and I have been to a series of Tony Robbin’s seminars so we learned tons of techniques - I do them so often that i dont realize it. I thought Id pass along one of the easiest and most useful
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This can be very empowering, but if you obsess or turn this into an exercise in self loathing, it can be very depressing. Get on a form fitting black shirt. One where there is no hiding. Listen to a song that gets u into a happy place. This is the time to get my head and the universe in sync with what you want. what you DESERVE!
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Stand in front of a semi-dimmed mirror. See exactly where you are now. Take in all the details, bulges,. Then close your eyes, and imagine your body changing its form. See the bulges, muscles, everything rearranging and reshaping under that black shirt. And see crystal clear the finished product of the way you ultimatly WANT to look. It can take a while; it can even take a couple days of trying.. I bullshitted myself for so long about the way I looked that my brain would not accept the picture that I was trying to form. It just would not come into focus; or my attention would try to wander.
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Work at it. Once you are able to see the “ideal you” - Lock that picture in, make it as bright as you can, and hold it tight in your mind’s eye! Take a stand to your OLD self and the universe. From this point on, im going to do everything in my power to get HERE. Id look at my “pictures” everyday when id lumber around the track, thighs rubbing, 4xl shirt drenched in sweat, nerdy ass Big and Tall shorts, huffin and puffin. I saw soooo clearly how i wanted to be. I’d picture myself running by, muscles, no beerbelly floppin around, I’d get slapped on the ass and told “walk faster! Never give up dude!” I took this stuff very seriously and it paid off.. I got a new suit today, in 1 year shrunk my waist from a 52 to a 42 an I’m finally startin to look like the guy in my “picture”
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Once you have a clear vision of where you want to go, I believe that your brain and the universe set things in motion that will enable you to reach that goal. It drove me CRAZY, but my dad was right when he always used to say ” Matt, if you don’t know where your going, any road will take you there.”
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Have a great week everybody - rock that donkey!
June 17, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Great Message.
June 18, 2008 at 8:12 am
I use visualization and have in the past for sports. For example, I found I was much more likely to hit a homerun in a softball game if I visualized it the night before as I was falling asleep. It does work!
June 18, 2008 at 11:20 am
That is a great message you’ve got there. I often tell people it is in your mind wheather or not you get there: quitting smoking, losing wieght, etc. I found your specific instruction useful and will utilize them in my training program. Thanks for posting this!
June 18, 2008 at 1:38 pm
thanks alot for the feedback everybody!!
June 21, 2008 at 10:35 pm
awesome research methodology and mental empowerment technique! Can I do it with a black bag over my head???LOL
Sometimes rest is a good thing but sometimes rest makes me too restful and gettin back in the saddle becomes a chore. (previous post)