Welcome to Part 3 in our series on putting the Purpose & Passion in your business.

If you want to review, here are the links to Parts 1 and 2:
Part 1 - Your Primary Aim
Part 2 - Your Motivation Compass

Now we come to Part 3 - Visualization
(a.k.a. - Is Seeing Really Believing?)

Let's get something straight, right off the bat.  Visualization is not about "having or not having." 

Visualization is about being and doing, which leads to having.  It is a powerful tool which is often misused because people focus on the having part. 

Mike Dooley (author of the popular "Notes from the Universe" e-mails, and featured expert in "The Secret") is the most passionate speaker we know when it comes to talking about the right way to use the tool of visualization.  The central focus of his discussions on this subject are about emotionalization -- this is where the being comes into play.

Let's look at this further.

Downloads for Change co-founder Matthew Walters has an Olympic level athlete as a client, and that client came to him because he had trouble seeing himself winning the race he was training for.  He could see himself in the finals, but not on the podium.

When we worked with that picture and brought the full range of emotions into the vision, it was suddenly possible to access that part of him that knew how to be a dedicated athlete worthy of the podium. 

Automatically, his attitude toward his training changed.  He began to let go of all the distractions and became much more focused.  Because he could see that outcome it suddenly felt possible and therefore his actions began to reflect that.  That is how it always happens.  Once we see that we can be who we want to be, we naturally begin to do exactly the kinds of things that person would do.  Then, of course, we eventually have the life we desire to live.

That's how it works!  Be, then do, then have!

So when visualizing your desired life -- your primary aim -- bring into your mind all of the emotions and textures and feelings that make that life real inside your body.  Be that life.  Then you'll naturally start doing what it takes.  You already know what happens after that.

Final tip!  Visualization isn't something that the mind can do for long time periods . . . it's OK if you only spend 5 minutes a day doing this!  Or, if you like doing it morning and night, do 5 minutes each time (maximum) for a total of 10.  It's that quick, and so powerful. 

Enjoy the journey.

Discussion for Comments:  What challenges do you have when you visualize?  What successes are you having?