Visualisation can sound quite new age and airy fairy, but it is actually quite a straightforward and practical concept.
Basically, visualisation is picturing something clearly in your mind. This involves imagining something you really want to achieve in your life. The more detailed you make this picture in your mind, the more likely you are to start believing in it as an attainable possibility, and the more likely you are to be motivated enough to do the necessary work to make it a reality.
Say your goal is owning a home. The vague concept of a ‘home one day’ might not be enough to convince you to save towards a deposit and you are more likely to make larger outlays of money for short-term pleasures and luxuries such as a new car or a holiday instead. But if you start building a detailed picture in your mind of the area you would like to live in, the style of the house, the layout of the rooms, the size of the section, and picturing yourself out on the deck enjoying a barbecue with your friends, then you will begin to experience that idea of home in a completely different way.
You will start to attach emotions to the idea of being in your own home. You will also ‘see’ yourself as being there and imagine what it would be like to live in the environment you want for yourself and actually begin to experience what it will be like when it happens. The more you allow yourself to feel what it will be like to own your own home, the more committed and energetic you will be in your efforts to make it really happen.
How would visualising your goals help motivate you to take the steps needed to achieve them?
