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Can You See The Future?

by Rick Baker
On Jun 28, 2012

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

  1. Deserve: Know that you can have what you repeatedly see. Be willing to create the picture exactly as you want it.
  2. Intend: Direct the picture; concentrate your mind. See the picture and hold it. Don't let your mind wander.
  3. Ease: relax, don't tense or strain. You may want to do muscle relaxation exercises first.
  4. Intensity: Pour your feelings into the image. Let yourself feel an intense longing, or desire, for what you see.
  5. Detail: Step into your picture and see the detail. See the grain in the wood, the dew in the grass.
  6. Include: If you want the object of your visualization, be sure to include yourself in the picture.
  7. 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

  1. Frequency...the more you visualize your Vivid Vision the better
  2. Duration...the more time spent visualizing your Vivid Vision the better
  3. Vividness...the clearer you picture your Vivid Vision the better
  4. Intensity...the more you inject emotion into your Vivid Vision the better
          adapted from...
          Brian Tracy
          'GOALS!', (2010)

 

6 Visualizing Guidelines

  1. Visualize once a day
  2. Visualize no longer than 5 to 10 minutes at a time
  3. Imagine every conceivable detail
  4. Feel the emotion: feel what you expect to feel
  5. Put yourself in the picture
  6. Dwell on the end result or beyond [not the 'hows']

          paraphrasing...
          Mike Dooley,
          'Manifesting Change', (2011)

 ***

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)

 

 

 

 

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Leaders' Thoughts | Vision: The Leader's Vivid Vision

Comments (4) -

rick baker
12/29/2012 5:34:22 PM #

"I would almost go as far as to say that those who show a natural thinking aptitude do so for two reasons: their ability to think on a 'general' level and their ability to 'project'."

Edward de Bono
'Teach Yourself To Think', 1995

rick baker
1/13/2013 7:39:53 PM #

“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)

Adeel
9/15/2013 4:13:11 AM #

This technique can be enhanced by incorporating it with unconscious processing. It's akin to rendering entire realities in the unconscious. So you have these factories in the void. Each separate from another. And they run there, until you stop them or dismantle them. Some very complex and perplexing problems can be solved with this mechanism. But this technique (if true and valid) can be dangerous in the hands of those who wish to leverage it for purposes evil of a nature.

Conscious processing and visualization is also very effective. It can be a great boost for boosting self-confidence. But, when it comes to problem-solving and creativity, conscious visualization techniques will always have their limitations.

rick baker
9/20/2013 9:16:09 PM #

Thank you for sharing these thoughts Adeel.

This brings to mind Napoleon Hill's imaginary encounters with Lincoln, Paine, et al.

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