Visualize your dreams

Alvin T. Tabanag - A personal money management coach and a Registered Financial Planner.

Visualize your dreams, Use "visualization" to keep you inspired and always doing what's necessary for you to achieve your goals. It is a powerful technique that will help you succeed. Many outstanding athletes use visualization to improve their performance and make them big winners. They practice their moves in their mind and imagine themselves winning. If it works for them, it should also work for you.

When you visualize, you create a "mental" picture of what you want to happen. In other words, you imagine your dreams coming true. Halimbawa, kung bahay ang iyong pangarap, isipin mo na nasa labas ka ng bago mong bahay, nagrerelax at minamasdan ang ganda nito habang umiinom ng malamig na beer. Find time everyday to visualize your goals; pagkagising sa umaga, bago matulog, habang naliligo, habang nakapila sa terminal ng bus o habang kumakain. (Pero kung may kasama ka, kausapin mo naman para di nya masabi na masungit ka o nawawala ka sa sarili lalo na kung panay ang tingala mo.)

If you have a poor imagination, look for a picture that closely represents your goal and cut it out; it could be a picture of a house, a car, the beach, Disneyland or bundles of cash. Put the picture in a place where you can see it everyday; sa pintuan ng ref, sa salamin ng dresser, sa cubicle or desk mo sa office, sa gilid ng computer screen o sa pintuan ng CR para makita mo during your "very private moments."

Include feelings, sounds and smell in your visualization to make it more effective. Imagine how happy you'll feel when your dream becomes a reality. Isipin mo ang preskong bango ng loob ng bago mong kotse o ang masasayang halakhak ng mga anak mo habang naghahabulan sa bakuran ng bago mong tahanan. The mind is a powerful tool. Half the battle is won in the mind; use it to succeed.