Visualization
Begin with the end in mind. Stephen Covey. It’s step 2 from the book The 7 habits of Highly Successful people. The premise is that you figure out where you want to go. No different than if you are planning a trip. You set up what you want and then you start figuring out how to get there. This can be a process that changes often. Things happen that don’t work out, or they work better than expected.
Transport yourself to a different part of your life and visualize your perfect life. Go deep into the details of the life you are living. Here are some questions you can ask yourself: where you live, what do you eat, what do you wear, what do you drive, who do you spend time with, how do you spend your time. There are probably more questions you can ask yourself. The more time you spend figuring out what you want, the easier it becomes to design your life.
Now, you’ve got your list of what you want. Now to start figuring out what you need to do to get those elements into your life. It might mean learning a new skill, spending time with different people, focusing your time differently, spending money on things you didn’t use to spend on them.
A great way to motivate yourself is to visualize everything that you have now that you didn’t have a few years ago. Chances are that there’s been some changes. If there hasn’t, then you’ve got a goal of making changes. Give yourself credit for how far you’ve come.
Keep doing the things that you need to do to get ahead.
If your mood is not in the ideal productive mood you like. Use things to get yourself in the mood, whether it’s music, a new environment or anything else.
Give yourself credit for even making a small amount of progress. It all adds up. Stick with the direction you’re headed. Along the way you can end up with surprises that help accelerate you’re the direction you’re headed. Give it time to work out.
Write out your goals and work on them. Don’t complain about the problems you have. They give you opportunities to solve them and become better than you’ve ever been. Keep a reference of where you are headed handy.
