[singlepic id=10 w=320 h=240 mode=web20 float=left]Saturday, February 14, 2009
When the reality of a problem visits you, what do you visualize?

Do you envision failure? Do you see the individual steps to victory? Do you see yourself with your hands raised as a winner? Or, do you capture that one mistake, that one problem, that one personal issue generating a quicksand death to your goals and dreams?

The mind navigates the body, and our visualizations are the fuel of our actions. Have you ever seen the effect of throwing unseasoned, or soft wood on a campfire? It burns fast, it makes a boatload of smoke, and it isn’t hot enough to provide heat or “good cooking”.

Our visualizations are the firewood of our beliefs. We put together our realities constantly by what we “see” in our minds eye. What you feed your brain will result in the quality of the fire we develop in our mind.

If you sat down right now and made a list of problems that you face that truly stymie you, how many of those problems have you seen yourself victorious in? How do you see them working out? Have you broken them down to a chain of events, or a logical process of occurrence?

Have you accepted the fact that if you have not broken out your problem to all its pieces and build successful visualizations of coping with all of the components that you might be relying on something else…… something like luck?

We are told that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results. Why would you not want to break down the things that stand in your way, then build successes in their place?

This is the way we train self-defense, conflict management, and confidence. Where do our conflicts start, who causes them, what possibilities are involved?

Ever get really pissed after an argument because you couldn’t think of the right thing to say at the moment when the conflict was hot?

One way to help pre-program successes down the road is to build the dialog, really sit down and write it out. Build the responses, and most importantly, build the visualizations! See yourself delivering a successful response, saying the words, using appropriate body language, and when necessary the necessary action. See yourself moving in harmony with the words you have chosen, the directive that you operate under, and in moral, legal, and ethical context. Build the successful outcome in your mind.

When you train, train with the process, the goal, and the purpose in mind. Spend a few moments breathing, and building your visualization before responding to a stimulus. There is always a choice between a stimulus, and a response. Mine the gap between the two, build a solid visual, and see yourself in victory.

A big part of success starts with the vision or desire to achieve something. If you cannot see yourself in the success you wish to attain, you most certainly will not carry out what is necessary to achieve it.

What you feed your head will be given back to you in your beliefs, plans, and actions. Eat well.