Visualize For Success!

Written by Jonathan R Taylor


The human brain is by far one ofrepparttar most incredible creations on this earth. Unlike an animal’s, a human’s brain has been gifted withrepparttar 107057 wonderful ability to imagine. With it, we can create beautiful works of art, write captivating literature, and design skillful architecture. Everything man made that we see around us, was first created inrepparttar 107058 mind through creative visualization.

Visualization has much to do with our success in setting long term goals. Arnold Schwarzenegger wonrepparttar 107059 title of Mr. Universe seven times not just by pumping iron, but by spending a little time each day picturing himself winningrepparttar 107060 title again. Professional golfer, Jack Nicklaus, explainedrepparttar 107061 power of imagination in his golf game by saying, "First I 'see'repparttar 107062 ball where I want it to finish - nice and white and sitting up high onrepparttar 107063 bright green grass. Thenrepparttar 107064 scene quickly changes, and I 'see'repparttar 107065 ball going there; its path, trajectory and shape, even its behavior onrepparttar 107066 landing. Then," he continues, "there's sort of a fade-out, andrepparttar 107067 next scene shows me makingrepparttar 107068 kind of swing that will turnrepparttar 107069 previous images into reality.”

One of my favorite stories onrepparttar 107070 power of imagination is about Major James Nesmeth. He was an average golfer consistently shooting inrepparttar 107071 mid 90’s, until he developed a unique way of improving his golf game. It came while he spent seven years in North Vietnam as a prisoner of war. During those tortuous seven years, Nesmeth lived in solitary confinement

How Much Risk Is Too Much To Take?

Written by Dave Carlson


The ladder was braced againstrepparttar railings going torepparttar 107056 basement. I started climbing up. I had to get torepparttar 107057 ceiling and this was my Rube Goldberg way of doing it without having to put up scaffolding. I made it up two or three rungs before coming to my senses. It would be so easy forrepparttar 107058 railing to break and for me to go tumbling downrepparttar 107059 stairs.

You see I was trying to paint my living room with a cathedral ceiling. I had to get up nearrepparttar 107060 apex at 12 feet. The problem was that there were stairs going torepparttar 107061 basement and nowhere to safely putrepparttar 107062 ladder. So I tried bracing it againstrepparttar 107063 railing before giving up. I was trying to put primer over a quote painted in black that said, “It’s not how far you fall, but how high you bounce.” It would have been so ironic for me fall fromrepparttar 107064 ladder while trying to paint over that quote. Believe me, I wouldn’t have bounced very high.

How much risk is too much? I calculatedrepparttar 107065 risk and foundrepparttar 107066 risk was too high forrepparttar 107067 reward. I ended up taping a paintbrush to a long pole, and I gotrepparttar 107068 quote painted just fine. Just a little ingenuity.

Inrepparttar 107069 book, “Mental Judo” by Lance Lager, he talks about falling also. “In physical judo, practicallyrepparttar 107070 first thing you learn is how to fall. … In Mental Judo, as in physical judo, learning how to ‘fall’ is important. I don’t mean, of course, falling on your rump, but in a figurative sense falling is falling. Life is a series of ups and downs, and none of us is our imperfection can avoid taking a fall from time to time. When you don’t reach your goal, when you are rejected or ignored or just outwitted forrepparttar 107071 moment, you are experiencing a fall. It is extremely important that you learn how to fall gracefully and be able to snap right back up with a minimum of effort and without fear ofrepparttar 107072 next fall or concern about an injured ego. Just as in skiing or ice skating, if you are not falling, you are not learning or trying something new.”

We are bound to fall, whether through our own fault orrepparttar 107073 fault of someone we depended on, be it life at home or inrepparttar 107074 workplace. What do we do when we fall? Sit and cry? Get mad? Resign ourselves torepparttar 107075 fact that this isrepparttar 107076 way life is always going to be and that success will never come my way? It can be happen in any of these scenarios.

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