Business leaders are expected to have 'visions' of the future.
How do they go about that?
There are many suggestions, some ancient, some recent.
Here are three modern-day suggestions:
Visualization in Seven Steps
- Deserve: Know that you can have what you repeatedly see. Be willing to create the picture exactly as you want it.
- Intend: Direct the picture; concentrate your mind. See the picture and hold it. Don't let your mind wander.
- Ease: relax, don't tense or strain. You may want to do muscle relaxation exercises first.
- Intensity: Pour your feelings into the image. Let yourself feel an intense longing, or desire, for what you see.
- Detail: Step into your picture and see the detail. See the grain in the wood, the dew in the grass.
- Include: If you want the object of your visualization, be sure to include yourself in the picture.
- Enjoy: Feel good about what you see. Express gratitude for receiving it. Let it go. Know that it is done.
Laurence G. Boldt
'ZEN and the art of making a living', (2009)
Visualization Elements...consider these as you solidify your Vivid Vision
- Frequency...the more you visualize your Vivid Vision the better
- Duration...the more time spent visualizing your Vivid Vision the better
- Vividness...the clearer you picture your Vivid Vision the better
- Intensity...the more you inject emotion into your Vivid Vision the better
adapted from...
Brian Tracy
'GOALS!', (2010)
6 Visualizing Guidelines
- Visualize once a day
- Visualize no longer than 5 to 10 minutes at a time
- Imagine every conceivable detail
- Feel the emotion: feel what you expect to feel
- Put yourself in the picture
- Dwell on the end result or beyond [not the 'hows']
paraphrasing...
Mike Dooley,
'Manifesting Change', (2011)
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January 13th, 2013 addition...
“Visualization Made Simple
Make it Vivid: Use all your senses to make the experience real.
Choose a Perspective: When you visualize, are you looking through your own eyes or are you watching yourself on a stage? Some research suggests using the audience perspective is the most beneficial.
Visualize in real time: That’s the speed you’ll use in reality.
Maximize control: You control everything that happens in visualization – successes, comebacks, other people’s reactions, etc. Use that control to take yourself where reality may or may not go.”
Jeff Brown & Mark Fenske
'The Winner;s Brain', (2010)