Your Mind is a Powerful Tool

                

 

Imagine that it can be done, and it will be done. Visualize success, and your mental picture of success will soon materialize.

The power of positive visualization is one business concept that is often written-off with little practical consideration. However, the straight fact is that visualizing something and keeping that visualization in your mind leads to the real manifestation of that mental image.

Those who spend their time thinking about how the economy is ruining their business soon find the economy has ruined their business. Those who spend time talking down their expectations, find themselves achieving dismal results.

Then there are those who shirk the weight brought on by these negative thoughts and choose a more positive path. These people take the path that turns what they want to happen into what will happen.

What will it take to improve your current situation? Is it 100 more customers? In what time period? If you cannot picture exactly what it takes to improve your situation, then how do you expect to get there?

Positive visualization is more than just wishful thinking. It follows simple, yet specific, guidelines:

1. Say It: Clearly articulate what it is you need or want. Simply wishing things were better doesn?t give your mind anything to work with. You can?t expect to change things if you can?t even articulate exactly what needs to be changed. If you need 100 more customers, perfect, say it aloud.

2. See It: Picture exactly what it is you need or want. Don?t worry about how exactly you will get those 100 additional customers. Focus your attention only on picturing these 100 customers vividly. What do those customers look like? Where are they from? What do they buy? Be specific. Paint a vivid picture in your mind.

3. Believe It: Trust that you can really have what it is you need or want. If you don?t believe deep down that your customers will be there when you need them, then you?re right, they won?t. When you believe, the customers will be there, just as you knew they would.

Positive visualization takes persistent vision. Sustain the vivid picture of success in your mind until it is realized. This may be difficult when others tell you you?re crazy and paint a picture of failure. Yes, it?s easier to think in negative terms, but that will only lead to negative results.

While the power of positive visualization may not happen overnight, it does happen. The positive effects of your vivid visualization happen exactly at the time you need it to happen, and not a moment sooner.

Resist the temptation to think negatively or to doubt your ability to think something into existence. When you hold your picture in your mind, your mind continues to work on creating it. If you abandon your picture, your mind will abandon creating its physical equivalent.

Hold the picture of success in your mind and your mind will be busy identifying the means and actions necessary to fulfill it. This is the beauty of positive visualization. You don?t need to take any conscious actions to realize your positive picture other than keeping that picture alive in your mind.

Your mind is a powerful tool; yet, it is the tool most often neglected. Just because you?ve had it all your life doesn?t mean you can take your mind for granted. Use it to its full potential. It?s up to you to provide the materials your mind needs to create positive outcomes. Articulate what you want or need, see it vividly, and know with unwavering certainty that it will be done. Keep your mind thinking in positive terms with specific and worthwhile objectives, and your mind will produce positive outcomes without fail.

Tom Richard conducts seminars on sales and customer service topics nationwide. Tom is also the author of Smart Salespeople Don't Advertise: 10 Ways to Outsmart Your Competition With Guerilla Marketing, and publishes a free weekly ezine on selling skills titled Sales Muscle. To subscribe to this free weekly ezine go to http://www.tomrichard.com/subscribe