Power of Visualization - ISSUE 11 - 8/1/11

Imagine you are a pro golfer named 'Tiger Woods.'  You have been golfing since you were five-years-old.  You remember the days when your dad would drop his keys on the ground in front of you while you were in the middle of your back-swing to teach you how to tune out every distraction around you.

You are now a grown man and are in The Tournament of Champions called The Masters.  You have been having a rough day.  The ball just doesn't seem to be landing where you want it to because you have been plagued with injuries over the last few years.  All of a sudden, you realize you haven't been doing the #1 most important task your father taught you growing up--visualization.

You tell yourself you are going to visualize your next shot going into the hole.  You step up onto the tee-box of the 12th hole.  The crowd is cheering and you hear a few brave fans yelling, "Come on Tiger!  You can do it!"  You don't want to disappoint your fans any longer so you take a deep breath, stare down at the flag 350-yards away, and close your eyes momentarily.  You have played this course many times over the years and you can practically see the entire course in your head.

While standing there with your eyes closed, you visualize yourself standing with your legs shoulder width apart, your hands grasping the club with your knuckles aligned perfectly, and your eyes staring down at the Nike logo on the ball.  You visualize yourself taking in a deep breath while slowly bringing up the club into your back-swing, twisting your body to gain as much power as humanly possible, and exploding all your power into the ball.  You can see the ball souring through the air and towards the pin at an immense speed.  You see the ball landing and bouncing twice before rolling and knocking into the pin.  You have a hole in one!

But wait!  You aren't done.  You open your eyes and realize you were just visualizing the entire event.  Your body momentarily felt a surge of adrenaline because you know your mind can't tell the difference between visualization and reality.  Your mind can only see images and doesn't differentiate between the two.

You then take a step up to the tee and quickly replay the event back in your head before committing yourself to the real deal.  You're finally ready.  It's time to make the visual into reality.  To your amazement, the events play out exactly how you envisioned them with the ball souring through the air, landing, bouncing twice, and rolling directly into the pin.  The ball drops.  You have a hole in one!  Your fans cheer and root and you hear the same few fans say, "Great job Tiger!  I knew you could do it!"

This type of event is extremely common of professional athletes and other successful people, alike.  They have been taught these basic principles since they were young and have gone on to accomplish many great things.  This basic principle can be used to accomplish any goal you have whether it be envisioning yourself as CEO of your company or even as basic as finishing a small project for a client.

Your mind is a powerful tool.  It's up to you whether you are using to your advantage or disadvantage.  As I mentioned before, your mind doesn't know the difference between what you are envisioning inside your head or what you are actually doing in reality.  All too often, people are their worst enemy, and too few people use this technique to help them better themselves.  Use this technique in everything you do and before you know it, you will be using it to your advantage.

If you would like to learn how to use this powerful technique to your advantage, send us an email (info@suitedmarketing.com) or give us a call (888-875-1185).  We are here to assist you in accomplishing all your goals.
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