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Article Series: Visualization
Learn How To Visualize What You Want
How
To Raise Your Confidence with Visualization
Lack of confidence has the power to cause
great problems in your life, not only because it makes you
feel powerless and out of control, but also because it triggers
you to act in ways that are usually counterproductive to what
you want to accomplish. You’ll find yourself shying away from
challenges, procrastinating on goals you set, earning less
money, or even experiencing problems in your interactions with
others.
Visualization is one great way to help boost your confidence
in these situations, and others.
Using visualization to boost your confidence requires changing
and improving your self image, from the inside out. Low self-confidence
is usually accompanied by a negative or limiting self-image,
so creating a new, positive self-image through visualization
will usually result in increased confidence.
To
begin, first take a few minutes to jot down some ideas
about the self-image you’d like to have. Obviously, confidence
will be one of the traits you’ll include on your list, but
also consider other traits you’d like to have, like compassion,
integrity, motivation and focus, and so on.
Once you have a list of personality traits written, close
your eyes and call up a mental image of your current self.
Does this person have any of the traits you’ve just written
down? Most likely you’ll have at least one or two – even if
you’d like them to be more prevalent.
Now, imagine that those traits and the others you’ve chosen
are beginning to become obvious in this mental image of yourself.
For example, you might see yourself standing a bit taller,
smiling with happiness and purpose, or wearing an expression
of peacefulness on your face.
Keep adding more and more visual cues to this mental image
of yourself until you can see yourself as the person you want
to be. (It will probably take more than one session to gain
a clear and strong mental image of this new you, but do the
best you can. The more you practice, the easier it will become.)
Now, as you look at this strong, confident person in your
mind’s eye, begin to switch your focus slightly so that you
are feeling and behaving as he or she does, mimicking his or
her demeanor and posture. Feel yourself growing more confident,
self-assured, impassioned about your life, motivated about
your goals, and so on.
See yourself interacting in your daily life with newfound
confidence and enthusiasm! You’re interacting with people easily,
making eye contact and moving through your life experiences
with zeal. Stay with this inner vision for as long as you can,
making it feel as real as possible.
Then, even after you return to your normal activities, be
sure to keep calling to mind a mental picture of this new you
as often as you can, and make an attempt to feel and act like
that person did during your visualization exercise.
Rather than reacting to situations like you normally would,
pause and remember that you are now a confident, self-assured
person! How would such a person handle this situation?
The more you shift your focus to express this new self-image,
the easier it will become to keep it going – and gradually
become that person inside and out!
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