Visualize Success

Guest Contributor: Kayleen Reusser
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In our MasterMind group we have talked about the importance of visualizing our successes. We encouraged each other to "see" in our mind's eye the best-selling book we would write and "picture" the book signing with streams of people waiting to talk to us.

Hold on - that dream is so good I'm taking a few minutes to "see" it again right now.

(pleasurable moment)

OK, I'm back, full of enthusiasm for "picturing" more personal successes. If you've never done this, give it a shot. Don't leave anything out.

Start with what you'll be wearing. I feel most successful wearing suits, so in my mind's eye, I'm wearing a nice-looking wool, or, if its too hot, linen suit and blouse with comfortable shoes. As much as I like looking fashionable, comfortable shoes is one area I refuse to budge.

I have an ensemble in my closet right now -- one for each season since I'll be successful for more than the month of May! -- that looks good and which I feel good in. They are part of my picture.

Of course, I'll undoubtedly make enough money to have purchased a new suit by then. I could go a step further and find a picture of a suit in a store ad and put my head on the model and then place the revised picture on my visualization board, which sits in my office in plain site.

Next I'm checking my make-up and hair -- flawless. Funny how I critique each professional woman's hair on the news - if its messy, I wonder how neat her desk is. Probably no correlation, except to me.

In my picture I'm smiling at my fans and, though my teeth are not model-perfect, I'm using them to convey a confident spirit and happiness at what I've accomplished. It's okay to be proud of ourselves if we've accomplished something difficult like writing a best-selling suspense novel.

That picture in my mind is so stimulating and exciting I want to keep it there and have it happen in real life. That spurs me to think of new plot angles, perfect my writing, spend more time at it, and be kind to people in general. I think being kind is the root of all happiness and success.

What picture do you have in your mind's eye of your success?

If you don't have one, take a few minutes right now to create one. Don't rush. This is too important to miss a single detail. Enjoy the process.

Until next month, Take care,