uccess With Money
uccess With Money
Your Personal Guide to Achieving Success With Your Money and Your Life
There are several key methods we can utilize for changing our attitudes. One of the most important is the use of affirmations and you will find many of my articles dealing with attitudes to include them. But another great method for changing attitudes is through the use of what is often called “visualization.”
Visualization refers to our ability to imagine mentally what we wish to see in our lives before it becomes reality. When we visualize and focus our attention on a particular image, our subconscious mind moves us in the direction of bringing that image into reality.
One example of how this works is to look at what happens when someone starts “window shopping” the auto lots. Before you know it the person who does so gets an almost unstoppable urge to buy a car.
Often a person looks at and gets attached to a car that is beyond the budget available and yet buys it anyway. Visualization has a powerful affect, for better or worse.
To use visualization to your advantage you need do no more than to create a visual image that points out one of your goals and post it where you will see it regularly. Then when you see it take a moment to reinforce the idea behind it in your mind.
When you do this, your subconscious mind will take over. Anything you sincerely believe will become a guide for your subconscious to move you in a particular direction. Without your conscious awareness you will begin making decisions and taking steps to fulfill your goal.
There are many financial images that people might adopt. For example, a picture of a credit card statement with a zero balance, a picture of a savings account book with a $5,000.00 balance, or a picture of a mortgage stamped “paid in full.”
Try to put together at least one visual today. Take time to think through some of your major financial goals. Select one for your visual, making sure it relates to one of your key financial goals.
Cut out a relevant picture from a magazine or draw something yourself. It doesn't have to be great art work, but it does need to graphically present your goal. You may need to add a label or goal statement on it so it will clearly suggest your specific goal. Now post it somewhere you will see it daily.
Look at it every day, focus your mind on the excitement you will experience when you reach this goal, and watch how effectively it stimulates your enthusiasm for your goal. In short order you should notice how it drives you to make more rapid progress toward reaching your objective.
Visualization is a powerful tool. There are many ways to use it to help you achieve your financial goals. Don’t neglect this powerful opportunity.
