Visualization, A Key To Success - By Leo Ryan

Visualization can be a powerful key for anyone to achieve success. This can be in any area in our life, whether it's success in business, overcoming health issues, or achieving success in sporting ventures.

This is a technique that has been used by successful athletes, actors, politicians and business people. It is a technique that can make the difference between success and failure.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, now the governor of California, won the Mr. Universe title five times and he attributes his success to a great extent in using visualization to achieve that. He refers to the time before he won his first tournament. The title was already his. He had seen himself winning it so many times in his mind he had no doubt he would win it.

He makes the same claim about being a successful actor. He wasn't the greatest of actors but that did not stop him being successful and earning big money.

Visualization is nothing more than using your imagination. It is a matter of creating, in your mind, what you want to be, do, or have. It is like making a movie in your mind and you are the director. You have complete control.

I am reminded of a man who was involved in a plane crash. He naturally had multiple injuries and it was amazing he survived. The only thing he was able to do by himself was blink. However, he was able to use his mind.

It was thought he would never recover from his injuries but he was not prepared to accept that and he vowed to himself he would walk out of the hospital unaided by Christmas. The crash was in March.

So while he lay there all that time he made use of his mind by using visualization. He astounded everyone with his recovery and he eventually walked out of the hospital unaided before Christmas as he had visualized and decided he was going to do.

To be successful with visualization there are steps to follow:

1. Decide what you want to visualize. What is it you want to achieve? Is it success in a business opportunity? What will success mean? Finding your dream home, traveling, or something else?

2. Find a quiet spot, take a deep breath and relax.

3. Once you are completely at ease, begin your movie. You are now directing your imagined reality. It is happening before your eyes. You are already experiencing it. Keep your mind focused. Don't let it end until you are ready.

There are of course the cynics and the skeptics. There will be those who scoff at this as being hocus pocus and not based in reality. There will also be those who say they have heard it all before and claim to have tried it and it didn't work.

But this is crucial. Results will not occur unless the desired outcomes have been imprinted into your mind over and over again. It may take months of rewinding and repeating that same movie in your head to achieve the desired result. Get the message: repetition is essential. Think of it this way, by the time you have achieved what you want you won't be surprised. It will feel as if you expected it, as if you already achieved the reality.

When practiced now and then visualizing is like daydreaming. It has to be a daily practice without exception in order to draw you toward the achievement of any goal. Repetition is the key.