One of My Vision Boards
Do you need some positive reinforcement? Give it to yourself!
In my last post “Time to Take Stock” I did an inventory of where I am with my Vision. That was a very helpful exercise; helping me to feel re-focused. I also made mention of all the wonderful synchronicity that is taking place around my Vision. I can’t go into all the instances of synchronicity going on right now, but I will share with you that a colleague gifted me with a wonderful tool that I am using to help keep my focus going. It is a book titled “Living with your Success: A 90-day Self-Programming Guide” (Penny Potter, 1992). It is fairly simple but one of the main ideas is that you positively reinforce your success by keeping track of your successes on a daily basis. I have done this for some time but I do not do it on a daily basis. The idea with this guide is that you write down who and where you are now, 3 goals you want to accomplish in the next 90 days, and then every day you write your successes for that day, noting the ones connected with one of your 3 goals.
I have only been doing it a few days but so far so good and more importantly it is fun and positive and combats my tendency toward high expectations and putting a ton of pressure on myself. Putting to much pressure on myself (read perfectionism) usually hampers my progress. Instead of looking for a “slam dunk” on a daily basis I can enjoy racking up points consistently.
I also want to share with you an article in which I was quoted that you may find very helpful, Clear the Way: The power and purpose behind developing a vision board (Black Enterprise, August, 2009 p. 80 by: Tamara E. Holmes). The article discusses how using a Vision Board can lead to your ultimate success. If you don’t already do Vision Boards or Treasure Mapping you may want to try it and this article gives you some basics to get started.
As always you are invited to share your story with readers. Please leave a comment and tell me where are you with your Visions!
Until next time…much continued success & well-being,
Nicole
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(first posted 8.8.09)
