Vision Boards: Tapping on Your Power of Visualization

Lots of things have been written about Vision Boards. Some companies have even developed IT vision board packages!

Vision boards are posters, collages depicting wishes, dreams, things people want to achieve or become. The law of attraction plays a big role and it helps you to stay motivated, concentrated and live with intention. Not only play pictures a role, but you can use affirmations, quotes and key words to give more power to your visualization.

I have been using vision or mood boards for at least 20 years. These are ideal at in programmes like team building or as an activity to wrap up a training programme. I also use vision boards during coaching sessions, especially after my clients have completed their life purpose session. Vision boards are great to activate one's creativity and power of visualization, plus they help to stay motivated and concentrated in our goals, dreams and to do's.

A couple of years ago I made a vision board for myself. It is the basis of what I want to achieve and be. Each year I review it and add or change things. It's my way of keep moving towards my goals and wishes. I frequently stop and look at what I have achieved and what need to keep growing, as a person and as a professional.

These posters can be done for an individual, a group of people or a company. When my child had problems at school, together we made her vision board. It gave her a purpose; she could look at her wishes and quantify the results. Her vision board was of great support during those difficult years. Now she is self-confident and is a happy and successful teenager.

How to make your own vision board?

Start by collecting the things in this list (this list is not exhaustive, feel free to add your own ingredients):

• Lots of different kinds of magazines. Make sure you can cut out of them

• Collect photos, drawings, etc

• Pens, paints or colours

• Things you have found in the nature

• Glue and scissors

• A big piece of paper. Cartoon is sturdier

• Sentences, words and or quotes

• Music. Quiet music with soft nature sounds is the best.

Also make sure you have a spacious place/table to lay all the materials out.

Now you are ready to for the next step.

Sit somewhere comfortably, in a quiet space (the garden, sitting room, etc) put the music on and close your eyes. Start breathing to your stomach, with intention and fill your lungs with oxygen.

• Ask yourself "what do I really want, who do I want to become?"

• Be open and give your ego a break.

• Dare to dream big and allow your emotions to guide you.

• Look at each item with intention and explore it. Ask yourself if this is what I really want? It is not important to know how you are going to achieve it, just what do you really want

When you have exhausted all your dreams go to the table and look though the magazines, photos and other things you have collected. Select the images that most fit your dreams and goals. You can use words and sentences too! Start by gluing or writing your life purpose or your photo (helps you keep your focus and intention) in the centre of your cartoon board. Then glue all the pictures you have selected, let your creativity take over. Finish by using colours and paints.

Now you have your wishes and dreams on a poster.

I have my vision board and now what?

Hang your vision board somewhere you can easily see it. Your office, sleeping room, o on your fridge...

Make a picture of it and put it in your agenda.

Look at it every day. Take a few moments to relish in your dreams and feel you have achieved them all. Enjoy your feelings of achievement. The more often you pause and look at your vision board the more it will feel real. It is now that the law of attraction starts working. Anker your dreams, envision your goals and live with intention.

Enjoy the process and do not forget to let me know how it went.

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The Concept of Creative Confidence

How much creative material and ideas do we feel capable of producing in a given day or for a given project? Some people believe their talents and abilities reside elsewhere. My be their interest revolve around more practical sets of instructions, mechanisms and standards. A rout that is there to be followed and never challenged or overlook. But as David Kelley of IDEO tried to convey in his March 2012′s TED Talk the spark of creativity does exist inside every one of us. Many everyday factors play a role in the dampening of the innate creative ability of humans. In our human society, where everything from the behaviors, personality and expectations for success are already well mapped out, it becomes a great challenge to develop in more depth what Kelley calls thecreative confidence or, as I understand it, the confidence in our natural ability for creative expression.

We should not think of creative as that pertaining just the realm of the arts. All fields need, benefit, rely and gain relevance not in a small part because of the creativity and ingenuity of humans. Creativity is about looking at something; an object, a problem, a situation, from new and original perspectives and finding innovative solutions. We need to embrace our creative consciousness. We need to value our human creative ability. We need to appreciate this ability as part of our everyday lives and take it even farther.

It is a challenge but one worth taking, in a process of self- assertion that will only move us closer to attaining our true potential and the posibilities of our field.

Yes, we are all capable of harnessing creativity to solve problems and find innovative ways to see and interpret the world around us. We just need to move away from the common assumptions about what type of people or personality has the creative gene and develop our innate ability to experiment and discover, imagine and create reality, which goes way beyond the realm of the arts, and into our everyday lives and a true knowledge of ourselves.

Only by gaining confidence in ourselves as creative thinkers and problem solvers is that we'll train our minds to develop stronger ideas and infuse our professional careers and personal lives with innovation and the trill of self-discovery and self-efficacy*.

You may see and listen to this TED Talk by following this link:

http://www.ted.com/talks/david_kelley_how_to_build_your_creative_confidence.html

(* a term presented by Kelley as described by Dr. Bandura)

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Astral Projecting Past Writer's Block - An Astral Dream Solution to A Writer's Worst Nightmare

Every possible inspiration and even full plot lines are just waiting for writers in the astral plane. I personally wrote two full novels at nearly the speed of lights because I didn't need to search my brain for all the details. I simply astral projected my way through chapter after chapter.

I often read or hear about authors suffering from the affliction of writer's block. I know about it but thankfully I will never have to experience that literary difficulty for myself. I have plenty of stories and articles already backed up in my brain, if not on my hard drive yet, due to my astral dreaming ability. And there is a whole astral world of inspiration that is waiting for me to delve into it. My worst affliction is just the reverse of writer's block. I have author's torrent. I have too much to write about and not enough time to keyboard through it all.

Imagine if when you wanted to write a story you just had to go into a screening room where a finished video of the tale you wanted to tell was already playing for you. You just had put it into your own words. And what if that story you had already watched was not even plagiarized because it was a product of your imagination? Well, I do it all the time. Astral dreaming is my research assistant, my inspiration, my informative entertainment and so much more.

I wish I could tell you that astral dreaming is not difficult. Well, it is easy for me because I learned in my death experience that astral projection was real and that is the pivotal key. You have to believe that you can and then you can. I suppose that astral projecting for the first time is like quitting smoking. If you say to yourself 'I can quit smoking' and mean it, then you will quit smoking. If you say 'maybe I will quit smoking', then you've foiled your own attempt.

There is actually another similarity between quitting smoking and astral projecting. Products like nicotine gum and self-hypnosis recordings have made the task of quitting smoking easier than it was in the past. And digital audio products like binaural beats have made astral dreams simpler to accomplish too.

But let's get back to the actual benefits and uses of astral projecting to combat writer's block. When astral projecting, your every excursion into the astral realm is a story in the unfolding. Astral dreams transcend all genres too because your astral adventures can be historical, fantasy, science fiction, mysteries or romances. Whatever your taste fancies, your astral body can fly to with ease.

Interestingly too, I'm now seeing that astral projection can provide the substance for non-fiction and I suppose that I'm living proof of that. The astral realm is the next frontier from 2012 and forward.

Would you like to banish writer's block now and forever? Try astral projecting.