Bring Your Visionboard To Life

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Sep 032009

8 Jan 2012Enhance photos of yourself by including cartoon callout shapes, and filling them with your goals, dreams, affirmations, etc.

Save these enhanced photos as jpg files.

Now, you can send these photos to a photo centre, and get your photos put on these fun items (prices are approximate in Australia):

Luggage Tags $12
Metal or paper book marks $10
A5 size spiral notebook 200 page $20
Notepad $10
Ceramic Piggy Bank $25
Sporty Drink Bottle $20
Cushion cover $20
CD Case $22
Mouse Mat $20
Pencil Case $20
MakeUp Bag $20
Business Card Holder $20
Coffee Mug $20
Neoprene drink cooler $20
Drink Coasters $25
Snow Globe $12
Laptop Bag $45
Wallet $30
Document Wallet $45
Keyrings $10
Large Fridge Magnets $10
Photobooks
Calendars $30
Poster Prints $10
Collage Posters $20
Greeting Cards $6
T-Shirts $25
Sticker Sets (48 /sheet)$15

Modify a batch of photos for yourself, and get an array of products developed so that you are surrounded by inspiring messages from your future self.  (Note the date I have on my photo).  Just think how useful this would be if you still have to go to a regular day job, when you can surround yourself with inspiration of your escape.

Let me know how you like this idea!

Start Here If You Have Trouble Knowing What You Want To Attract

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Sep 012009

Start Here If You Have Trouble Knowing What You Want To Attract
magic lampImage by Alice Popkorn. Flickr Creative Commons License.

Many courses on success and personal development, not to mention the ubiquitous Law of Attraction, all require you to be clear about what you want.

They require you to be quite detailed.  They also need to be SMART – Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Timebound.  And categorised into Objectives, Strategies and Tactics.

Which might be fine if you’re a dollars and cents kind of person.  Pulling specifics from vague impressions can be challenging, especially for non-linear-thinking folks.

If you need some help to clarify and articulate your goals, try this engaging little activity.

On a blank page – online or offline – just brainstorm for 30 minutes (longer if you wish).  Start each sentence with “I really, really want …” and finish the sentence.

Write each sentence out fully, don’t just shortcut this exercise by putting up a heading of “I really, really want …”

And just let your desires flow out.  As with all brainstorms, this is not the time to critique what is flowing from you.  Just get out as much as you can, regarding all aspects of your life that surface for your attention.

Don’t worry at this stage if you write about stuff that you don’t want anymore in your life, like “I really, really don’t want to do housework anymore”.  Many writers and coaches ask you to focus on what you do want, not on what you don’t want, but with this brainstorming exercise, don’t get caught up in the phrasing of your desire.

As you begin to write, you will notice that some strike more of an inner chord with you than others.  Some sentences lead to more ideas, or you will wish to elaborate on them.  Some of your desires might even “sing” to your soul. (Lucky you).  These would obviously be the ones to focus on first, when you are ready for some serious goal spell casting.

After giving some fairly considered attention to this activity, you should be a lot clearer about what you have your heart set on, and from there it will be a lot easier to SMART-ify it.

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If You Don’t Want A Personal Coach, At Least Keep A Journal

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Jul 302009

Seventh Sense Image by woodleywonderworks. Flickr Creative Commons License.
Notice that everyone is recommending  personal coaching these days?  It’s really the “in thing”.  However, for some of you, for one reason or another, you choose not to play this game.  Maybe just not for now, or maybe never.

However, you’re probably doing courses, reading a stack of personal or professional development books, getting regular emails from your favourite “gurus”, all providing good, useful information and new paradigms and insights.

So start keeping a journal, to bring out those inner conversations that you have between you and yourself, and you and the words of others.

Write down your reactions to various messages.

Write down your successes but also your struggles, and analyse them, now or later.

Write down your aspirations and your obstacles.

Write down your priorities – even things as banal as a “to do” list if you want.

Write down your goals – take the time to get clear about what you really want to achieve.

Write down your appreciation for your life – be aware that 99% of the people in this world dream to have a life like yours, even with the problems and dramas.

Write about your relationship with yourself – the interaction between your fears and your hopes, how you support or sabotage your dreams.  Allow the inner voices to be heard.  The playful child, the scared child, the pouty teenager, the cool adult, the angelic higher self.  Let them speak as needed, in relation to various situations in your life.

Write about your relationship with others – particularly in reference to any new emotional habits you’re trying to establish.

Keeping a journal can help to clarify, release, envision, empower your attention and focus.

7 Easy Steps to a Useful Visionboard

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Feb 212009

1. Go online and, using image search, find the images that you’re after. If you’re clever enough, photoshop your face over the model’s, creating an instant “future” photograph.

2. Using these online images – photoshopped or not – make your own computerized collage. Put it on a slide show, or a powerpoint presentation that can run when you turn the computer on, or link it to an icon on your bottom task bar. Or turn it into a screensaver.

3. Print out the images, create a collage in the traditional cork-board way. Continue reading »