Have you ever loved doing something so much that you even dream of it when you sleep? Do you experience daydreams where you see yourself being able to accomplish your goals — successfully seeing your self at the peak of your personal mountain, being able to summit and conquer the top?
When you experience something like this, you might be having a series of visualization experience. In many ways, visualization is an experience that occurs to a lot of people — whether consciously or unconsciously. When you have a goal that consumes all of your thoughts and imaginations, you can sometimes “visualize” parts or entirety of these goals. You sometimes imagine seeing yourself sucessfully accomplishing the said goals, and this can inspire you to actually succeed in doing the real thing. One great example of this is the great basketball player Michael Jordan who has made more than 33,000 points durign his career as an NBA player. When asked how he was able to make all the difficult shots that he made, he said that he already “made it in his head, when he was visualizing.”
Have you hear the term practice makes perfect? You mind helps you create the situations that you need to succeed by giving you an arena to practice through visualization. Visualization helps you realize your goals by allowing you to “see” what can happen if you positively stick to your goals. If practice makes perfect, then visualization is the perfect practice for your subconscious. When you visualize, you allow your mind to see what would happen when you stick to your goals, practice and put enough dedication in your craft. This practice allows your subconscious mind to settle in on the reality of achieving your goals, and this can really inspire you to actually do what you are visualizing in your head.
If you are an athlete, continuously visualizing yourself succeeding in your sport, seeing how you would score against opponents given a specific playing condition, can help you get ready when time comes for that opportunity. Similarly, you can also use this power of visualization to get yourself and your mind ready for the different goals that you might face in the future! Rentemond
