I have to say from the beginning that this isn’t my idea, more’s the pity. I’ve shamelessly taken it from Nick Papadopoulos at coachnick.com, but it intersects so completely with opening the heart that I have to share it here.
There was a time — not so very long ago — that I regarded life-coaches, sales-coaches, etc. much the same way I might a viral infection: to be avoided at all costs. All that rah-rah stuff, . I’d been on company “retreats” where people were forced to interact with others in artificial, strained environments, and there was nothing good about any of it.
But since a lot of my work in the last few years has been in the world of marketing, I’ve been forced to work with some of these people, and have learned that they are not all created equal. And that — as with all people — you can take what you want from their cornucopia of enthusiasm, gimmicks, and genuinely helpful stuff and discard the rest. Saint Thomas Aquinas counseled a student to absorb the good things he hears, and forget who said them. That’s not bad advice.
So with that caveat in mind, let’s go on to the Vision Board. Quoting from his website,
An accelerated learning technique I like to use in my sales workshops is called a ‘Vision Board’. With it you can put these very potent dreams down on paper and really get into them.
You’ll need:
White Poster Board (22×28)
Glue Stick
Scissors
Magic Marker
10 Magazines
An open mind & belief that you are creating your future.
Cut out pictures, symbols, words, headlines, letters, and quotes from the magazines which best represent the feeling that you got about your business dreams. If you get excited about an image, that’s the one to clip. Cut a slew of them out, maybe by category (work, home, family, sports, etc). Paste the pictures and words to the large poster board in any order and in any place that you feel is ‘right’. You can use the marker to write in any sayings, slogans, or thoughts that come to you while you are putting this board together. Date the Vision Board.
When you are done, you should feel great about having done this 2D declaration. It’s loaded with your enthusiasm and optimism. Share your ‘Vision Board’ with your family, friends, employees, vendors, etc. When you complete your Vision Board, you should declare out loud to the people around you and to yourself on a daily basis preferably in the am,
Why are declarations important? A declaration is an official statement. Since everything is made up of energy all energies travel in frequencies and vibrations. Therefore each declaration you make carries its own vibrational frequency. When you state a declaration out loud its energy travels subconscious your body, your conscious and subconscious mind and into the universe - this energy that you release expands and grows to produce more of your desired results as you declare repeatedly - basically, by feeding your mind, your subconscious and the universe your create empowering energy all around you.
Put your Vision Board up in a prominent place so you can see it daily. It will serve as a constant reminder of your goals, what’s important to you and where you are decidedly heading in 2008. And whenever you’re feeling a bit pessimistic, you can see the truth of your capabilities and the clarity of your vision staring right back at you.
Let the content (the picture and statements) on the “Vision Board” dictate your thoughts, feelings and actions in the present.
Basically, allow the future to be your compass so that you remain focused around the things that you want to create moving forward — rather than worrying about the past. Talk about a paradigm shift!
So what does this have to do with opening the heart? It’s simple: it’s all part of the same journey of discovery that takes place in each of the Open Your Heart books. Anytime we can see ourselves more clearly, whether it’s through art, or gardening, or geocaching, or winter sports … or vision boards … the more we’ll open our hearts, and help those around us to open theirs. There’s no “right” way to do this, folks.
Take what you can learn, and forget who it was that said it.
– Jeannette Cézanne
http://www.JeannetteCezanne.com
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