Anth Quinn

I recently watched a programme on TV by a British Journalist Dawn Porter and it really got me thinking about the power of creating a powerful future vision and the possible effects on your life.

Dawn seems to be on a mission to help herself and other women feel good about themselves whatever their body shape and I say more power to her.

So how could her mission help you?

Keep reading and it’ll all become clear.

In one particular section Dawn subjected herself to a photo shoot with some top glamour/fashion photographers. Once the shoot was over they then “improved” Dawn’s image by removing all of those imperfections that make her human.

The result was a “sanitized” magazine cover image that even caused even Dawn to say she looked beautiful!

Now if this was something that was achievable and desirable then I’d be all in favour of it because it would really help cement THE VISON of her outcome in her mind.

But when outcome is not possible this sort of image could become a curse as you try to live up to the impossible.

The most obvious sufferers being the celebrities themselves; imagine if you’d built your career pretending to the world you were perfect.

How much pressure would feel to live up to this “perfect vision” of you?

How much would it hurt when people pointed out all of your human frailties; still at least they are paid for it.

These celebrities are under tremendous pressure but you can learn something from their plight – and it’s not what shoes you should be wearing, or the best aftershave to wear.

You could recognise that you can use the very forces that are destroying their lives to help you create your desired future.

How?

First create a powerful emotion inducing “realistic” vision – the more real the better.

The truth is that taking control of your life takes effort and the lack of a compelling realistic vision is one of the most common reasons people fail to take action on their vague dreams.

Some people will scoff at my use of “realistic” saying you should dream big dreams and I’d agree that you are almost certainly capable of far more than you dare dream yet. However, I say realistic intentionally because you have to believe it is possible otherwise your unconscious mind will discount it - result no motivation!

Achieving your realistic vision will do wonders for you confidence and self belief and you can use this to build on your dreams supported by your record of success.

You might like to read the paragraph above again because it contains the secret of achieving anything you want in life.

Second, make your vision public!

Tell the people who are important to you what you are going to achieve. We are social creatures and we have a strong desire to appear consistent.

Making your vision public will help use this power to increase your motivation.

So why not take a few minutes right now and write out a vision of some desired outcome in your future – say something you want to achieve in 1-3 months. Add as much detail as you can:

What will you see, hear, and feel?

What could you do to make it even more compelling?

Who do you know who has achieved this?

Maybe you could ask for their help? Even taking the time to explain what you want to achieve, and how they might help will make the vision more concrete in your head.

Asking them for help – Well that’s going public :o)

I’ve got a lot more to say on this perfect celebrity culture, but that’s going to have to wait for another article.

In the meantime tell me what you think about this below.

Bye for now,

Anth.

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