| Perhaps you've read about the power of | | | | "heartwarmers" from Azriela Jaffe. And finally, the |
| visualization. Maybe you've tried it. Maybe not. If | | | | third one was published in "Magical Souvenirs" on |
| you haven't, you might be wondering if this stuff | | | | page 206 (look it up on Amazon with Arielle Ford |
| really works or if it's a full of bugaboos. | | | | as its author). |
| Today, instead of expounding on what it is and | | | | Note: I still have the dream of publishing my own |
| telling you that it works, I am going to offer you | | | | book and having that become a best-seller. Stay |
| proof that it does. Then in the next article, I'll talk | | | | tuned! |
| about what it is and why it works. | | | | 3. Dream: MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER |
| 1. Dream: BECOME A PILOT | | | | Visualization technique: Played schoolteacher as a |
| Visualization technique: As a teen, I drove my | | | | child in my bedroom. In later years, I would go to |
| mother's car down the middle of the highway and | | | | church, sit in the main lecture hall (with seating |
| pretended to take off and land. Paid the price in | | | | capacity of 2,000) and imagine myself on stage |
| terms of 4 speeding tickets! Instead of hanging | | | | speaking to thousands. Then I practiced by |
| out at the mall with my friends, I used to go to | | | | getting in front of several civic clubs (i.e. Kiwanis, |
| the airport as a youngster and watch planes take | | | | Lion's, Rotary, etc.). |
| off and land all day long. Played with model | | | | Result: Spoken to thousands around the country |
| airplanes and flew them over makeshift villages | | | | and continue to build a reputation as a professional |
| with plastic green roofs and white picket fences. | | | | speaker. |
| Sat on my couch and visualized myself flying in all | | | | Need more proof? Google my name and you'll |
| sorts of weather conditions - imagined feeling the | | | | see me all over the place. The first time I spoke |
| vibration of the engine and went through the | | | | to 1,000 people was at a high school in Virginia in |
| motion of starting it up, rolling down the runway | | | | the late nineties. |
| and taking off, etc. Finally, I bought a MS Flight | | | | 4. Dream: WIN SALES CONTEST AT MERRILL |
| simulator and hooked it up to my desktop | | | | LYNCH (during the early 1990's) |
| computer and played with it for hours. | | | | Visualization technique: Cut out a picture of the |
| Result: Became a pilot May 2001. Two years later, | | | | hotel of where winners would be staying. This |
| got a commercial certificate. Three years after | | | | was posted by the telephone in my office where |
| the commercial, became the world's first deaf | | | | I could see it every day. For months, I imagined |
| instrument pilot (fly in the clouds on instruments). | | | | myself wriggling my toes in the warm sand, |
| 2. Dream: BECOME A PUBLISHED AUTHOR | | | | swimming in the ocean and watching the sunset |
| Visualization technique: In 1996, I cut out a section | | | | from the hotel balcony. |
| of the New York Times best-selling list and put it | | | | Result: Won sales contests three years in a row. |
| on my refrigerator. Crossed out the top-selling | | | | Went on all expense paid trips to Bermuda, |
| author's name and wrote in mine. Every time I | | | | Mexico and Florida. |
| walk in the kitchen, I am reminded of my desire | | | | Need proof? I have a clip of myself being |
| to be a "best-selling" author. Note: This piece of | | | | interviewed on national TV (CNN) but until I learn |
| newspaper is now turning yellow and curling at the | | | | how to post videos online, you'll just have to |
| corners! | | | | believe me on this one. I might even have some |
| Result: Published 3 stories in 3 different best-selling | | | | photos buried somewhere - I'll have to go look for |
| books. Also written and published several articles | | | | them! |
| online. | | | | Food for thought: The more you visualize, the |
| Need more proof? Visit your local bookstore and | | | | more your dreams will come to pass and |
| pick up a copy of "Chicken Soup for the College | | | | manifest for you! |
| Soul". Go to page 278. Order a copy of | | | | |