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Think Of Visualizing As Remembering Or Picturing. Just Imagine.

One might read the title and claim loudly . . .

Who can visualize, I certainly can’t! I tried many times and I just can’t seem to get it . . .

You might even begin to argue and say, “I cannot visualize my goals.”

Nonsense!

Everyone can, That is, every person who has a brain, can. That’s not a possibility because the brain, by its very nature, visualizes. Every child can visualize, we are born with creative imagination. Just, some of have forgot because we have not practiced it for so long.

You only have to replace the word “visualize” with the term “remember”, or “picture”. If you do this, the problem fades away. You see, it is just a matter of semantics, of vocabulary that is.

When you are told to remember the face of your favorite singer or actress, you find it a whole lot easier than being asked to “visualize”. Try it to believe it. Imagine that you believe it . . . You may have to work at this but it is absolutely worth it.

Creative Visualization is one of the most powerful and critical tools at your disposal. The success of your goals program depends on you cultivating this strategy. To the degree that you can visualize positively achieving your goals, will be the degree to which you will accomplish them.

Our imaginations are very powerful. Just think about the last fear you experienced. Was it real or imaginary? Did you picture what could have happened? Chances are, you did.

So much so, that you started to worry or get nervous just thinking about it happening. Reverse visualizing, negative visualizing, just seems easier to do, and easier to believe.

The human brain is an astonishing organ. It is capable of structuring and storing mental images in several ways. Sometimes, it produces clear, detailed pictures in full color. Then, there are also times when it generates only hazy or fuzzy results.

Learn to imagine with clarity, your goals and vision and the world is your oyster.

Creatively visualize your goals, picture clearly what it is that you want, and the world will beat a path to your door to give it to you.

See you next time.

5 Simple Steps To Eat Healthfully On The Go

By Al Smith | 3 Comments

Cultivate some healthy habits when your life is on the go. One of the hardest things to do is to stay true to your diet when your life is on the go. Whether you are a frequent business traveler, a busy student or an overwhelmed stay at home mom—everyone has those days where it simply seems impossible to sit down and have a proper, healthy meal.

Here are 5 simple things you can do to incorporate healthy habits when your life is always on the go. The trick is to make them into habits.

1. Keep Your Secret Healthy Food Stash With You

One of the best ways to incorporate healthy habits into your life is to plan ahead for those days when you know that you will not be able to sit down and have a healthy meal. Fortunately, there are now so many different foods that are available to people on the go.

Can’t sit down for a healthy breakfast? Keep your kitchen fully stocked with cereal bars or replacement meal supplements. Although these should not be regularly substituted for a full breakfast, these can help you stay nourished and sustained during a busy day.

Keeping a pre-packaged healthy food stash handy can save you from crashing on those days where you are too busy to sit down for a proper meal. Pre-package your own mixtures for more natural choices.

2. Try Not to Skip Breakfast

Even if your kitchen is well stocked with on-the-go breakfast items, there is really no substitute for a real, sit-down breakfast. Try to make eating a full breakfast your daily habit. There is just something about a quiet focused meal that heals and energizes you.

We all have days when this is not possible, but for the most part, you should try to eat a full breakfast. After all, breakfast is actually “break-fast”, your first meal after not eating all night. You should make it easy to digest and nutrient dense.

Why is this bit of common wisdom so darn persistent? The truth is that after hours of not eating, your body truly needs nutrients to keep you fueled and full of energy for the day ahead.

Recent research studies have also shown that individuals who eat breakfast tend to consume about 100 calories less than those who do not eat a full breakfast. If you are serious about losing weight, you have to become serious about eating breakfast.

3. Keep Your Water Bottle Close at All Times

In order to perform at its best at all times, it helps to stay well hydrated. Water is also important in order to process food nutrients. Drinking water can help you feel and stay full, so that you won’t be tempted to turn to unhealthy snacking as a recourse.

Each individual has different needs but in general, it is good to drink about 8 glasses of water each day. If you are in a warm environment, or if you are experiencing more physical exertion than normal, you will want to drink more.

Here is another helpful tip. If you are trying to lose weight, it will be helpful to add ice to each glass of water. What does ice do for you? Recent studies have shown that you can actually help speed up your metabolism simply by drinking your water with ice each day.

4. And Don’t Skip Lunch Either

You have heard how important breakfast is, but if there were another meal that is nearly as important and which should never be skipped, it would have to be lunch. Many dieters are often tempted to skip lunch. They think that skipping lunch is an easy way to avoid consuming calories.

But take a close look at what happens to your body when you do not eat lunch: your blood sugar levels drop, your metabolism becomes languid, and you will probably be tempted to overcompensate come dinner time. Packing a light sandwich and some raw vegetables can save your body and your diet.

5. Don’t Avoid Snacks – Just Choose Healthier Ones

We all know that snacks can often be the bane of the willful dieter’s existence. The trick is in choosing the right kind of snacks – low fat yogurt, an apple, orange, trail mix, wheat crackers with cheese, celery and peanut butter – rather than a stale candy bar from the vending machine.

Snacks are not the enemy, several smaller snacks or meals a day keeps your metabolism running strong and burning calories.

Make sure you practice these five simple steps daily and you will consciously begin to eat more healthfully, and with the right amount of exercise you will lose weight if that is your goal.

How To Get Motivated To Achieve Your Goals

By Al Smith | 15 Comments

The key to successful goal setting is your ability to motivate yourself and stay motivated until you have achieved your goals. Getting and staying motivated is not as difficult as it may seem. It just takes discipline and some will power in the beginning.

First, let’s take a look at what motivation really is, and then see how you can get motivated to achieve your goals.

• Motivation is not a product of outside influence. It is a natural product of your desire to achieve something and your belief that you are capable of doing it. It increases in direct relation to how strong you build your desire and belief in yourself.

• Positive goals that are geared toward your pleasure and happiness are much more powerful motivators than negative ones that are based on fear. The right combination of both is the most powerful and motivating. Use both positive and negative motivators to your advantage.

Now let’s look at some ways that you can actually motivate yourself and stay highly motivated until you get your goals.

1. Start with visualizing your future successes and imagine the feelings you’ll experience when you achieve your goal. Intensify the feelings of accomplishment you’ll enjoy when you achieve your most important goals.

2. Mentally walk the path towards your success. Concentrate on how you will feel at different milestones on the way. Imagine how great it will be as you accomplish every step and expect each success to materialize. Celebrate your successes in your mind every morning and evening.

3. Assign a high priority to each task that you must achieve that will give each task a priority in your mind. Affirm to yourself that you will do what is necessary without fail.

4. Set a target for the amount of work you will do each day toward your goals. Schedule that amount of time in your planner and don’t allow distractions.

5. Visualize the desired outcome: Create a picture of what the desired final outcome will look like, and have this vision in your mind at all times during the day. Make up goal cards and carry them with you for extra motivation as you flow through with your schedule.

6. Set intermediate goals of the things you like to do, the things that you are good at and the person you want to be. Decide to make them happen. Make them a must have them in your life. Commitment improves motivation.

7. Use visual indicators to monitor progress and complete the task. Take pictures of your goals and create a “Vision” or “Dreams” board. Look at it, and monitor where you are with it. Write up progress reports.

8. Give yourself several affirmations to remind yourself of how capable you are and how commited you are to reaching your goals. Internalize and emotionalize each affirmation strongly. Affirmations work better when you intensely feel them as you positively speak them into your existence.

9. Watch movies that motivate you and move you to action. Visualize yourself as the hero.

10. Listen to music that motivates you, that excites you. Employ music that causes different responses for each emotion you need when you need them.

11. If you work better with competition, make a deal with a friend or family member to compete for the goal! Or, have them monitor your progress and present you with rewards for reaching them, or penalties for not reaching them. You must take it seriously for desire and motivation to kick in.

12. Get help and support from people around you or from professionals in the field you are working in, for example a career councillor, personal trainer, finance manager, trusted business associates, etc.

13. Define your own version of success, don’t let others define success for you. Your goals must be your own for them to motivate you. You have to be mentally invested in them.

14. Ignore or discount any negative influences or responses to your efforts. Put on your blinders and ear plugs to these negative people. Always only take council with people who have succeeded in your area before. Persist!

15. Make a conscious effort to do better than you have ever done. Solve problems and accept challenges as they appear. Plans will always change. What is important is that the planning process is implemented so that you have clear direction without hesitation.

16. Focus on your positive achievements and not the negatives. All people have some things they are not happy with. Concentrate on the things or people who empower your progress. Stay positive and enthusiastic about your journey and the results you are going to make happen.

17. Share your successes with trusted others as this will help keep you focused and voice your accomplishments. Celebrate early and often! There is nothing so motivating as a completed task that you had to rise to the occasion to succeed in it.

18. Acknowledge your strengths and weaknesses and work on them both, but work on improving your strengths mostly. Strengths motivate you and make you feel good at the same time. Highly motivated people use this to their great advantage.

19. Train yourself to finish what you start by refusing to quit until you are done. Cultivate the habit of determination and persistence.

20. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes and if you make any, don’t punish yourself for making them. Understand that it is all in the process of succeeding. Successful people expect some failure on the way. They just carry on with their plans, or adjust and make new plans. The goal stays the same.

Now . . . that’s a list. Even if you just start practicing some of them you will see tremendous results in your goal setting program. You will get motivated and stay motivated all the way through life, while successfully achieving your wildest dreams!

See you next time!
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