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Two Great Classes for
February
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Vision Boards Open
Your Mind to Possibilities
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More from the Self
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Two
Great Classes for February
Vision
Boards Open Your Mind to Possibilities
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About 20 years ago, I set
out to make a Vision Board for myself about my perfect business and
my perfect life. At the time I was working a corporate 9-5 job, plus
running a photography studio in the evenings, and photographing
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My corporate job was safe but a
little boring, and working most evenings and weekends left me no time for
dating. I had been living in a two-bedroom apartment since college, but longed
to have my own home and garden.
I pulled out a stack of magazines and
began cutting out images and words that inspired me. Soon I made a Vision Board
of my perfect small business, my perfect new home, and wrote a list of What I
Want In A Husband, which I added to the Vision Board.
Fast forward six years later: I had bought my own home and created eleven garden
beds, which brought me tranquility and a deeper connection to nature and beauty.
I had met and married Aly (he laughed when I showed him my Perfect Husband
list!). I had started my life coaching business that would eventually morph into
a small business coaching enterprise.
Last year I created a new Vision Board for myself (see photos below and
on my blog). Already
some of the things on it have come to pass.
Consider doing this project alone or
with your mastermind group!
What's a Vision Board?
A Vision Board is a collage of things you want in life, experiences you desire,
and people, situations, and feelings you want to manifest. Sometimes it's called
a treasure map.
Making a Vision Board Has Several Purposes:
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Helps keep your goals
constantly in sight and in your mind
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Surrounds you with
the energy of what you desire most
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Helps you gain
clarity about what are your most important goals and dreams
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Keeps your emotional
energy high and your focus strong
The way to achieve your
goals in life is to have a clear picture of what you actually want.
Brian Tracey says, " An average person with average talent, ambition
and education, can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our
society, if that person has clear, focused goals."
The Law of Attraction says that the more you focus on the things you
want, the more time you spend paying attention to your purpose, the
more you draw your desired items and experiences into your life. So
surrounding yourself with visual representations of what you desire
helps to elevate your energy in the direction of those things.
What You'll Need
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Poster Board – I use
20" x 30" poster board, because you can find inexpensive frames
of that size in any discount department store. A frame will keep
the board flat and dust-free, and will allow you to hang it on
your wall.
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Old magazines –
You've been wanting to clean up your old magazine pile, so
here's a good excuse! Also, check with friends to see if they
have any old magazines, or ask your local library if they ever
trash magazines. Choose magazines that have always appealed to
you in the past, as they're a treasure trove of images and words
for your Vision Board.
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Glue – Don't use glue
sticks as the glue isn't stable (unless you're going to frame
the Vision Board between a plastic cover and a cardboard backer,
which should keep all the items secure). Personally, I use paper
cement. There are also double-sided sticky tabs you can buy at
most photography stores. These tabs are commonly used for
putting together wedding albums, but work great for a Vision
Board, too.
Getting Started
While it helps to review your goals and dreams in advance, I find
that just diving into the magazines and cutting out any words or
images that appeals to me to be the best way to collect ideas.
Don't judge or critique what you're cutting out yet.
Just cut out any image or word that attracts you, as these are
subconscious messages from your brain, heart and soul.
Sort them into piles of themes:
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Feelings you'd like
to experience
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People you'd like to
attract into your life
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Travel and places to
see
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Money goals
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Lifestyle goals, like
health, relationships, etc.
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Professional goals,
like enhancing your business, becoming famous, or writing a book
Prioritize what
must go on your Vision Board. Soften your focus and allow
your thoughts, feelings and intuition to guide you to the most
important images and words.
Layout without gluing. This helps you to group the
items in a pleasing manner and eliminate those items that don't work
for you. Don't forget that you can write your own words and draw
your own sketches for the Vision Board, too.
Glue and frame.
Put it where you'll see it. Take a moment each day to focus on a
portion of the Vision Board that calls to you.
Do you remember in The Secret, John Assaraf talks about creating a
vision board that included his perfect home? Six years, and several
moves later, he was unpacking an old box and came across his old
vision boards -- and discovered an amazing thing: the photo of his
dream house on one old vision board is the EXACT house he lives in
today! (Not a house "like" the house he wanted…the exact same house
he was currently living in.) John tells the story in this moving
video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svkV9xoaVuI
When you create your Vision Board, take photos of it, and post it on
your blog or Facebook, so we can all share in the manifesting of
your dreams! (Post the link on my Facebook Fan Page:
http://www.facebook.com/PassionForBusiness or use the Comments
link below to post your link to this blog.)
I can't wait to see what
you create!
See more photos of my
Vision Board on my blog:
http://www.passionforbusiness.com/blog/visionboards/
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Warmly,
Karyn
Karyn Greenstreet
Self Employment Expert and Small Business Coach
Passion For Business,
LLC
"Empowering The Self-employed to Succeed"
www.PassionForBusiness.com
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http://www.facebook.com/KarynGreenstreet
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Motivational Quotes Sure To Move You
Committing your goals to paper increases the likelihood
of your achieving them by one-thousand percent!
--Brian Tracey
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of
choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a
thing to be achieved.
--W.J. Bryant
Don't set your goals too low. If you don't need much,
you won't become much.
--Jim Rohn
Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start
all over gain, and you will grow stronger until have
accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with
perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember.
--Anne Sullivan
A dream is your creative vision for your life in the
future. A goal is what specifically you intend to make
happen. Dreams and goals should be just out of your
present reach but not out of sight. Dreams and goals are
coming attractions in your life.
--Joseph Campbell
No one has ever achieved anything from the smallest to
the greatest unless the dream was dreamed first.
--Laura Ingalls Wilder
A goal is created three times. First as a mental
picture. Second, when written down to add clarity and
dimension. And third, when you take action towards its
achievement.
--Gary Ryan Blair
You can't hit a home run unless you step up to the
plate. You can't catch fish unless you put your line in
the water. You can't reach your goals if you don't try.
--Kathy Seligman
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