Showing posts with label leadership skills. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leadership skills. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 07, 2013

There is Power in Creative Visualization

What exactly is creative visualization?

According to Wikipedia, Creative visualization refers to the practice of seeking to affect the outer world by changing one's thoughts and expectations.

Creative visualization
is the basic technique underlying positive thinking and is frequently used by athletes to enhance their performance. The concept originally arose in the US with the nineteenth century New Thought movement.


One of the first Americans to practice the technique of creative visualization was Wallace Wattles (1860–1911), who wrote The Science of Getting Rich.

In this book, Wattles advocates creative visualization as the main technique for realizing one's goals ...

Creative visualization is a mental technique that uses the imagination to make dreams and goals come true. It is a power that can change your life and your circumstances. The Power of creative visualization can cause events to happen in your life, for example it can  attract success, money, prosperity, abundance, people and love into your life.

Creative visualization is the process of using your thought power to consciously imagine, create and attract to yourself events which you want to and intend to experience in your life. Once you have mastered creative visualization, it will  give you direct control over your thoughts at the subconscious level. Since the beginning of time, everything that you, or anyone else has ever created , began first with a thought, with a vision of the outcome.

Creative visualization is the most effective technique to change your subconscious mind and to see results.


How does creative visualization work?

When you repeat thought again and again, your subconscious mind accepts these thoughts.  Once accepted, your subconscious mind changes your mindset accordingly, and this has effect on your habits and your actions, for example brings you in contact with new people, and attracts new situations and circumstances.

This shows that thoughts are creative and your mind attracts what you think about repeatedly. What does that mean? Think about it for a moment: This means that your thoughts can come true! Not all your thoughts, but those that are focused and often-repeated. These focused thoughts are energy.

Change your REALITY with creative visualization

Change your thoughts and you change your REALITY.  How? Let's say you want to start a new business, or buy the new car you always wanted. Write down all the things you want to accomplish this year. Now read this to yourself every day out loud, and visualize how that feels having already reached the goals, how does it feel sitting in your new car, do you smell the new car scent?

How does it feel receiving cheques in the mail daily from your online sales? How does it feel loading your debit card from your funds arriving daily into your STP or Payza account?

It's like creating a detailed movie in your mind of the NEW SUCCESSFUL and PROSPEROUS YOU. The more details you can visualize, the better. Imagine every detail, how does it feel, the colour, the style.... Believe it with all your heart as if it were already true.

No matter what your goals and intentions are, visualize them every day. You will find that one day, your visualization will become a reality!

This is to YOUR Success!

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Monday, May 28, 2007

How to Be the Head and not the Tail

You know how it is, you are at work, you get frustrated because things don't seem to be happening the way they’re supposed

to be. You see people milling around but nothing gets accomplished. And in the daily hustle and bustle, do you feel that your goals remain just that – goals. Then maybe its time for you to stand up and do something about it.

Most people are content just to stand around listening for orders. And it isn't unusual to adopt a follow-the-leader mentality. But maybe, somewhere inside of you, you feel the desire to make things happen – to be the head, not the tail. Then maybe leadership just suits you fine.

Some people believe that great leaders are made, not born. Yes, it may be true that some people are born with natural talents.

However, without practice, without drive, without enthusiasm, and without experience, there can be no true development in leadership.

You must also remember that good leaders are continually working and studying to improve their natural skills. This takes a commitment to constantly improve in whatever endeavor a person chooses.

First of all, let's define leadership. To be a leader, one must be able to influence others to accomplish a goal, or an objective.

He contributes to the organization and cohesion of a group. He encouraging others towards the goal of the organization. It is about putting everyone on the same page and helping them see the big picture of the organization. You must be a leader not a boss.

First of all, you have to get people to follow you. How is this accomplished?

People will only follow you if they see that you know where you are going. Remember that bumper sticker? The one that says, don't follow me, I'm lost too? The same holds true for leadership. If you yourself do not know where you're headed to, chances are people will not follow you at all.

You yourself must know the vision of the organization. Having a clear sense of hierarchy, knowing who the bosses are, who to talk to, the organization's goals and objectives, and how the organization works is the only way to show others you know what you are doing.

Being a leader is not about what you make others do. Its about who you are, what you know, and what you do. Its about the trust and confidence your subordinates have of you. If they trust you they will go through hell and high water for you and for the organization. Trust and confidence is built on good relationships, trustworthiness, and high ethics.

The way you deal with your people, and the relationships you build will lay the foundation for the strength of your group. The stronger your relationship, the stronger their trust and confidence is in your capabilities.

Once you have their trust and confidence, you may now proceed to communicate the goals and objectives you are to undertake. Communication is a very important key to good leadership. Without this you can not be a good leader. The knowledge and technical expertise you have must be clearly imparted to other people.

Also, you can not be a good leader and unless you have good judgment. You must be able to assess situations, weigh the pros and cons of any decision, and actively seek out a solution. Good decision-making is vital to the success of your organization.

Leaders are not do-it-all heroes. You should not claim to know everything, and you should not rely upon your skills alone. You should recognize and take advantage of the skills and talents your subordinates have. Only when you come to this realization will you be able to work as one cohesive unit.

Remember being a leader takes a good deal of work and time. It is not learned overnight. Remember, also, that it is not about just you. It is about you and the people around you. So, do you have the drive and the desire to serve required of leaders? Do you have the desire to work cooperatively with other people? Then start now. Take your stand and be leader today.