Visualization is a tool that can be used to help bring clarity in thought.
In regards to goals, it can help a person see their goals more clearly.
And when you can see your goals more clearly in your mind you're able to take better action
in accomplishing them.
Today, I want to talk about the "sweet spot"—of not doing too much visualization and not doing
too little visualization—you gotta find the middle ground.
And, this thought today was stimulated from a quote that comes from Ego is the Enemy,
a book by Ryan Holiday.
And that quote goes like this, "Talking and doing fight for the same resources.
Research shows that while goal visualization is important, after a certain point our mind
begins to confuse it with actual progress.
The same goes for verbalization.
Even talking aloud to ourselves while we work through difficult problems has been shown
to significantly decrease insight and breakthroughs.
After spending so much time thinking, explaining, and talking about a task, we start to feel
like we've gotten closer to achieving it.
Or worse, when things get tough, we feel we can toss the whole project aside because we've
given it our best try, although of course we haven't."
Okay, so first, let's talk about the power of proper visualization.
When it comes to Martial Arts competition, I actually have a phase in my training that
is dedicated to deep, mental visualization of my Martial Arts performances and possible
sparring matches that might be coming up.
And I know, that when I can get myself into a deep enough visualization it feels like
I'm actually in the moment—physically.
I feel like the same motor neurons are being fired and the signals that would happen to
fire during my actual match are actually firing off while I'm deeply thinking about it—even
though I'm not even moving.
And, this mental visualization is an extremely powerful tool that makes me feel like I'm
in the moment and helps me connect my mind to my body so that when I'm actually in the
moment, I feel like I've already been there.
So, proper visualization is an extremely powerful tool, something that I have used before, and
something that makes me feel like I've actually been in that moment.
Now...
How might that be an issue?
If you look at it, as far as goal setting... if we... start thinking to our self—and
visualizing our self—with a goal, or maybe working towards a goal...
Because all of the planning that we've been doing to accomplish that goal... then what
will happen is...
Like Ryan Holiday said in the quote that I just mentioned, it almost feels like you've
been taking steps towards accomplishing it, when in reality, all you've been doing is
bouncing ideas back and forth in your head.
And, that can be dangerous because...
I mean, maybe not dangerous... it could be dangerous to accomplishing your goal because
it feels like a sense of "false confidence" in working towards achieving it.
The only thing that we really should be focused on is visualizing—for clarity—and once
we find clarity, using that to take action.
And, basing our progress, towards accomplishing our goal on the action that we've taken.
If we only base it on visualizations and thoughts, or maybe planning methods, then we're gonna
fall short.
Again, we're gonna build up a sense of false hope.
And as, you know, Holiday alludes to, we might even give up earlier than we normally would have
...because we feel like we've been doing all of this work and taking all of this action,
when in reality all we've been doing is planning and going in circles in our own head.
If we give up early, if we fall short, if we feel like we've given it our best shot
and we stop our project or we, you know, throw the idea out the window, then not only is
that a disservice to you—in what you're able to give back to the world in unleashing
your full potential—but that's also a disservice to the people that were gonna benefit from
that idea.
Right?
All of the people that you were gonna influence by bringing that idea to reality.
Or people that you might have influenced through the performance that you were gonna give,
in regards to my Martial Arts example.
So, don't just do this for yourself, do this for all of the people that you have the potential
to influence.
Spend some time visualizing, yes, but don't visualize so much that you're holding yourself
back from taking the proper actions that are required.
So, spend some time thinking about this—but not too long—and after you feel like you
have some clarity in the idea, focus more on taking action after you have a rough draft
in your mind.
Don't try to get the full thing, you know, perfectly aligned, perfectly typed out, perfectly
completed in your brain before you start taking action on something.
As soon as you got a rough draft—as soon as you got an outline—learn by doing.
Learn by actually taking the action because that's the only thing that's gonna keep you
moving forward towards realizing your full potential in life.
So, I hope this idea brought some clarity, and I hope this idea inspires you to take
more action and visualize maybe a little less, unless you don't do any visualization at all,
then maybe a little bit more—and bring more good into the world.
If you have any questions, feel free to drop us a comment in the comment section below,
we'd love to hear from you and we'd love to start a dialog.
If you haven't already, hit that thumbs up button we do appreciate that and we look forward
to seeing you guys again next time.
Have a great day.
Take care.
"Motivating you to keep moving forward, the only direction, every week."
"Subscribe for weekly tips."
For more infomation >> Chelsea transfer news: How much will Gonzalo Higuain earn after Chelsea transfer? - Duration: 3:45. 
For more infomation >> How to see stats of computer - Duration: 1:30. 
Không có nhận xét nào:
Đăng nhận xét