This document provides instructions for creating a vision board. It discusses that vision boards allow one to visually represent their goals and desires to help manifest them. The document outlines different types of vision boards one can make based on their clarity of vision. It then provides step-by-step instructions for creating a vision board, including collecting inspirational images and words, arranging them thematically, and displaying the completed board in a place it can be viewed regularly. The purpose of a vision board is to focus one's attention and energy on their highest aspirations.
Masterplan of Success: Law of Attraction Secretssuccesssells
Everything in the physical world is made of atoms. Atoms are made of energy. And energy is made of consciousness. The Law of Vibration states that EVERYTHING vibrates (everything moves). Everything ever created from the smallest atomic particle to the largest skyscraper; is in a constant state of energetic motion.
Your Life Satisfaction Score (beta) is an indicator of how you thrive in your life: it reflects how well you shape your lifestyle, habits and behaviors to maximize your overall life satisfaction along the five following dimensions:
►1. Health & fitness, reflecting your physical well-being and healthy habits;
►2. Positive emotions & gratitude, indicating how well you embrace positive emotions;
►3. Skills & expertise, measuring the ability to grow your expertise and achieve something unique;
►4. Social skills & discovery, assessing the strength of your network and your inclination to discover the world;
►5. Leadership & meaning, gauging your compassion, generosity and how much 'you are living the life of your dream'.
Visit www.Authentic-Happiness.com to check your Life Satisfaction score. Free, no registration required.
Here are top 6 positive thinking tips that can help you change the way you think about other people and things around. To learn more tips of this type, click the link: http://vkool.com/discover-16-positive-thinking-tips/.
1. Treat Others As You Want To Be Treated
All people wish to be treated with respect. The way that you behave others shows your personality. Therefore, if you want to have good personality, including positive thoughts, you should treat other people the way you want to be treated. If you want to be trusted by friends, learn to trust them first. If you want to be loved by your relatives, learn to love them first. If you want to be welcomed by neighbors, learn to welcome them first.
2. Be Tolerant
In order to build positive thoughts, you should learn to forgive people who make you sad or angry. You even need to learn to forgive the ones who offend you. No matter what they do to you, they are teaching you some good lessons in life.
Moreover, you should be honestly happy when people around you succeed in life or at work. Do not be jealous with them as jealousy is one of the typical causes of negative thinking.
3. Avoid Negative Self-Talk
Among positive thinking tips, avoiding negative self-talk is the most important. What you talk to yourself also will result in the way you behave people around. If your mind is full of negative self-talk, you will not be able to treat others with respect as you may believe that they do not deserve your good behavior. When you are in that situation, try to eliminate your negative talk, and tell yourself that everyone may make mistakes, but everyone has something for you to learn from.
4. Do Meditation Or Yoga
Bath helps clean your body and meditation helps clean and refresh your mind. People who meditate on a regular basis have more positive thoughts than the ones who do not meditate. Meditation will certainly become the future of mankind. If you are a wise person, you should start doing meditation today to enjoy its benefits, to think more positively, and to have a better life.
Yoga helps you stop thinking negatively about others as it is really relaxing when you do it. Doing yoga also helps ease and refresh your mind, building positive thoughts.
5. Help People Around
If you can live for others, your mind will always be clean and relaxed. Helping people around is one of the top positive thinking tips. When you try your best to give others a helping hand, you are building your dignity. What you give others will certainly return to you some ways. If you help others, your mind will be built up with love, respect, and gratitude. As a result, you will be thinking positively.
6. Make Friends With Positive People
When you are with positive people, you can learn from them the way they treat others, and the way they think about life. You will gradually change the way you think as positive as they do.
Masterplan of Success: Law of Attraction Secretssuccesssells
Everything in the physical world is made of atoms. Atoms are made of energy. And energy is made of consciousness. The Law of Vibration states that EVERYTHING vibrates (everything moves). Everything ever created from the smallest atomic particle to the largest skyscraper; is in a constant state of energetic motion.
Your Life Satisfaction Score (beta) is an indicator of how you thrive in your life: it reflects how well you shape your lifestyle, habits and behaviors to maximize your overall life satisfaction along the five following dimensions:
►1. Health & fitness, reflecting your physical well-being and healthy habits;
►2. Positive emotions & gratitude, indicating how well you embrace positive emotions;
►3. Skills & expertise, measuring the ability to grow your expertise and achieve something unique;
►4. Social skills & discovery, assessing the strength of your network and your inclination to discover the world;
►5. Leadership & meaning, gauging your compassion, generosity and how much 'you are living the life of your dream'.
Visit www.Authentic-Happiness.com to check your Life Satisfaction score. Free, no registration required.
Here are top 6 positive thinking tips that can help you change the way you think about other people and things around. To learn more tips of this type, click the link: http://vkool.com/discover-16-positive-thinking-tips/.
1. Treat Others As You Want To Be Treated
All people wish to be treated with respect. The way that you behave others shows your personality. Therefore, if you want to have good personality, including positive thoughts, you should treat other people the way you want to be treated. If you want to be trusted by friends, learn to trust them first. If you want to be loved by your relatives, learn to love them first. If you want to be welcomed by neighbors, learn to welcome them first.
2. Be Tolerant
In order to build positive thoughts, you should learn to forgive people who make you sad or angry. You even need to learn to forgive the ones who offend you. No matter what they do to you, they are teaching you some good lessons in life.
Moreover, you should be honestly happy when people around you succeed in life or at work. Do not be jealous with them as jealousy is one of the typical causes of negative thinking.
3. Avoid Negative Self-Talk
Among positive thinking tips, avoiding negative self-talk is the most important. What you talk to yourself also will result in the way you behave people around. If your mind is full of negative self-talk, you will not be able to treat others with respect as you may believe that they do not deserve your good behavior. When you are in that situation, try to eliminate your negative talk, and tell yourself that everyone may make mistakes, but everyone has something for you to learn from.
4. Do Meditation Or Yoga
Bath helps clean your body and meditation helps clean and refresh your mind. People who meditate on a regular basis have more positive thoughts than the ones who do not meditate. Meditation will certainly become the future of mankind. If you are a wise person, you should start doing meditation today to enjoy its benefits, to think more positively, and to have a better life.
Yoga helps you stop thinking negatively about others as it is really relaxing when you do it. Doing yoga also helps ease and refresh your mind, building positive thoughts.
5. Help People Around
If you can live for others, your mind will always be clean and relaxed. Helping people around is one of the top positive thinking tips. When you try your best to give others a helping hand, you are building your dignity. What you give others will certainly return to you some ways. If you help others, your mind will be built up with love, respect, and gratitude. As a result, you will be thinking positively.
6. Make Friends With Positive People
When you are with positive people, you can learn from them the way they treat others, and the way they think about life. You will gradually change the way you think as positive as they do.
Passion is that burning fire within you. It’s an intense desire or emotion. It’s what keeps us focused, energized, motivated.
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Play Saturday: WOW Me.
It was a unique opportunity for 24Slides team members to shine and showcase two of their greatest skills: presenting awesome slide designs (Works of Wonder) and sharing inspiring Words of Wisdom—making it a WOW moment for all the participants and the audience.
Here are 5 tips on how to stop overthinking. For 5 more tips of this type, click the link: http://vkool.com/how-to-stop-overthinking/
1. Put Things Into A Big Picture
Putting your issue into a large picture will help you think less about it or think more positively about it. You should ask questions like: “Can this matter last for years?”, or: “Is there anyone living without a single issue?” It has been proven that by asking yourself these questions, you can stop overthinking easier.
2. Take Action
You should set deadlines for every task you do so that you will not have much time to overthink about anything. You had better take one step at a time until you complete the work. This will help prevent you from feeling overwhelmed. Taking one step at a time will make you busy with your tasks, thereby stop overthinking.
3. Admit That You Could Not Control Everything
Only saints could control everything. You are human being, so you cannot control everything in life. Sometimes you will have to accept things to go their own ways.
Even famous people or the ones that you admire cannot keep everything under their control. Failure is not something terrible. Failure is actually a good lesson that you can learn from. Failure is the mother of success. Therefore, you ought to stop thinking that you can control everything in life.
4. Make Friends With People Who Do Not Overthink
Social environment can affect the way you think. When you communicate with people who can easily forget things that make them sad, you can learn from them to do so. On the contrary, when you communicate with people who are oversensitive, or overthink about things, you can be impacted. The people around you can apparently affect the way you think. Therefore, you should choose who to make friends with, and who to be around when you are in trouble.
5. Workout
Workout can help in removing your negative thoughts, releasing tensions, and getting rid of anxiety. Swimming, walking, and riding bicycle are the best exercises that you should do to avoid overthinking. When you do workouts, you tend to focus on the movement of your body, thereby you will not think much about other things.
In conclusion, you should remember that you are not a saint, so there may be a lot of things that you cannot do. Do not put too much pressure on yourself, and make your brain work too hard without finding any solution after all. Those 5 tips on how to stop overthinking are very helpful, so you should try them if you are suffering from this issue.
The impact of negative thoughts and negative thinking on our lives is far more harmful than we knew. Discover where negative thoughts and negative thinking comes from and what you can do to stop your mind from racing endlessly into sickness.
We as human being, has a potential to decide our quality of life. if we live a tasteless life, it does not mean that life is really dry but we have yet not found of our purpose of being born as a human being?
It is Explaining to you how to make a organized and informative vision board and it also explains the step that you will have to take or accomplish in order to make that vision board.
Using Vision Boards to Transform Your Business in 2015Gabriela Taylor
Every business has a vision and goals to lead it towards prosperity. In order to follow and accomplish these goals and vision, strategic planning takes place. There are several tools that can help you through this process.
Passion is that burning fire within you. It’s an intense desire or emotion. It’s what keeps us focused, energized, motivated.
***
Play Saturday: WOW Me.
It was a unique opportunity for 24Slides team members to shine and showcase two of their greatest skills: presenting awesome slide designs (Works of Wonder) and sharing inspiring Words of Wisdom—making it a WOW moment for all the participants and the audience.
Here are 5 tips on how to stop overthinking. For 5 more tips of this type, click the link: http://vkool.com/how-to-stop-overthinking/
1. Put Things Into A Big Picture
Putting your issue into a large picture will help you think less about it or think more positively about it. You should ask questions like: “Can this matter last for years?”, or: “Is there anyone living without a single issue?” It has been proven that by asking yourself these questions, you can stop overthinking easier.
2. Take Action
You should set deadlines for every task you do so that you will not have much time to overthink about anything. You had better take one step at a time until you complete the work. This will help prevent you from feeling overwhelmed. Taking one step at a time will make you busy with your tasks, thereby stop overthinking.
3. Admit That You Could Not Control Everything
Only saints could control everything. You are human being, so you cannot control everything in life. Sometimes you will have to accept things to go their own ways.
Even famous people or the ones that you admire cannot keep everything under their control. Failure is not something terrible. Failure is actually a good lesson that you can learn from. Failure is the mother of success. Therefore, you ought to stop thinking that you can control everything in life.
4. Make Friends With People Who Do Not Overthink
Social environment can affect the way you think. When you communicate with people who can easily forget things that make them sad, you can learn from them to do so. On the contrary, when you communicate with people who are oversensitive, or overthink about things, you can be impacted. The people around you can apparently affect the way you think. Therefore, you should choose who to make friends with, and who to be around when you are in trouble.
5. Workout
Workout can help in removing your negative thoughts, releasing tensions, and getting rid of anxiety. Swimming, walking, and riding bicycle are the best exercises that you should do to avoid overthinking. When you do workouts, you tend to focus on the movement of your body, thereby you will not think much about other things.
In conclusion, you should remember that you are not a saint, so there may be a lot of things that you cannot do. Do not put too much pressure on yourself, and make your brain work too hard without finding any solution after all. Those 5 tips on how to stop overthinking are very helpful, so you should try them if you are suffering from this issue.
The impact of negative thoughts and negative thinking on our lives is far more harmful than we knew. Discover where negative thoughts and negative thinking comes from and what you can do to stop your mind from racing endlessly into sickness.
We as human being, has a potential to decide our quality of life. if we live a tasteless life, it does not mean that life is really dry but we have yet not found of our purpose of being born as a human being?
It is Explaining to you how to make a organized and informative vision board and it also explains the step that you will have to take or accomplish in order to make that vision board.
Using Vision Boards to Transform Your Business in 2015Gabriela Taylor
Every business has a vision and goals to lead it towards prosperity. In order to follow and accomplish these goals and vision, strategic planning takes place. There are several tools that can help you through this process.
creating the perfect vision board is all about right focus and envisioning. if it isn't in you to create something leave it off rather than devalue your board. make it specific and make it you. if you are flowery make it flowery, what you are after is feeling pleased and happy every time you look at it rather than stressed, under pressure or worse,, inadequate.
An introduction to the product vision board. The product vision board has originally been created by Roman Pichler. In the light of the courses we teach at Ghent University I added some changes.
The notes can be found in the ppt.
Make Your Own Vision Board In 5 Simple StepsMichael Lee
Vision boards are an excellent way of communicating your desires to the universe and attracting them to your life. If you want to know how to make your own vision board, view this presentation.
13 Practical Ways To Discover Your Purpose and Live a Life You Lovethanos arm
How do you discover your real purpose in life? I’m not talking about your job, your daily responsibilities, or even your long-term goals. I mean the real reason why you’re here at all — the very reason you exist.
Today’s busy life constantly comes with packages of stress, anxiety, and apprehension; all of which are not invited to a healthy happy life. To cope, people search for therapies and guidance on how to limit or eradicate these things from daily schedules. However, the answer may be much simpler than that. If anything, it is to calm down and take everything slowly; the definition of Zen.
Today’s busy life constantly comes with packages of stress, anxiety,
and apprehension; all of which are not invited to a healthy happy
life. To cope, people search for therapies and guidance on how to
limit or eradicate these things from daily schedules. However, the
answer may be much simpler than that. If anything, it is to calm
down and take everything slowly; the definition of Zen.
Here’s a good starter for understanding the principles of acquiring a Zen life you can apply to your everyday routine. With practice and punctuality, you’ll soon find that adapting Zen habits can fill your life with peace and prosperity and is much easier to maintain than you may have thought previously.
Here’s a good starter for understanding the principles of acquiring a Zen life you can apply to your everyday routine. With practice and punctuality, you’ll soon find that adapting Zen habits can fill your life with peace and prosperity and is much easier to maintain than you may have thought previously.
Today’s busy life constantly comes with packages of stress, anxiety, and apprehension; all of which are not invited to a healthy happy life. To cope, people search for therapies and guidance on how to limit or eradicate these things from daily schedules. However, the answer may be much simpler than that. If anything, it is to calm down and take everything slowly; the definition of Zen.
How to move on after your break up- The right way! Gaurav Tiwari
Reverend Gaurav Tiwari's short write-up on How to move on after a toxic relationship break up and rejuvenate yourself the right way. Please Share if it helped you.
Key Focus:
You can find what actually makes you unhappy.
Provide clarity of your unhappiness and it's reason.
You can say good by to worry about future ,stress anxiety, frustration from your life.
How can you live life fullest with lot of energy and enjoyment.
Ever look at successful people and think, "How did they get there?". Well, it's all about your mindset. Here's my top 5 secrets to a successful mindset.
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A summary of highlights from the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit, summer of 2016. Melinda Gates, Bill Hybels, Travis Bradberry, Alan Mulally to name a few. Dense powerpoint with lots of info, meant to be more of a booklet than a presentation.. so take your time with it!
A great year-end activity - reflecting on one's personal mission statement and goals for the year ahead. Compiled from many sources and some favorite books, here for your enjoyment and personal growth.
Notes from the Global Leadership Summit of 2015, hosted by Willow Creek. Dr. Brene Brown, Jim Collins, Ed Catmull, Horst Schulze, Bill Hybels, and many more share their insight and research on leadership, management, and people.
The case study discusses the potential of drone delivery and the challenges that need to be addressed before it becomes widespread.
Key takeaways:
Drone delivery is in its early stages: Amazon's trial in the UK demonstrates the potential for faster deliveries, but it's still limited by regulations and technology.
Regulations are a major hurdle: Safety concerns around drone collisions with airplanes and people have led to restrictions on flight height and location.
Other challenges exist: Who will use drone delivery the most? Is it cost-effective compared to traditional delivery trucks?
Discussion questions:
Managerial challenges: Integrating drones requires planning for new infrastructure, training staff, and navigating regulations. There are also marketing and recruitment considerations specific to this technology.
External forces vary by country: Regulations, consumer acceptance, and infrastructure all differ between countries.
Demographics matter: Younger generations might be more receptive to drone delivery, while older populations might have concerns.
Stakeholders for Amazon: Customers, regulators, aviation authorities, and competitors are all stakeholders. Regulators likely hold the greatest influence as they determine the feasibility of drone delivery.
The Team Member and Guest Experience - Lead and Take Care of your restaurant team. They are the people closest to and delivering Hospitality to your paying Guests!
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Oprah Winfrey: A Leader in Media, Philanthropy, and Empowerment | CIO Women M...CIOWomenMagazine
This person is none other than Oprah Winfrey, a highly influential figure whose impact extends beyond television. This article will delve into the remarkable life and lasting legacy of Oprah. Her story serves as a reminder of the importance of perseverance, compassion, and firm determination.
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers new opportunities to radically reinvent the way we do business. This study explores how CEOs and top decision makers around the world are responding to the transformative potential of AI.
Senior Project and Engineering Leader Jim Smith.pdfJim Smith
I am a Project and Engineering Leader with extensive experience as a Business Operations Leader, Technical Project Manager, Engineering Manager and Operations Experience for Domestic and International companies such as Electrolux, Carrier, and Deutz. I have developed new products using Stage Gate development/MS Project/JIRA, for the pro-duction of Medical Equipment, Large Commercial Refrigeration Systems, Appliances, HVAC, and Diesel engines.
My experience includes:
Managed customized engineered refrigeration system projects with high voltage power panels from quote to ship, coordinating actions between electrical engineering, mechanical design and application engineering, purchasing, production, test, quality assurance and field installation. Managed projects $25k to $1M per project; 4-8 per month. (Hussmann refrigeration)
Successfully developed the $15-20M yearly corporate capital strategy for manufacturing, with the Executive Team and key stakeholders. Created project scope and specifications, business case, ROI, managed project plans with key personnel for nine consumer product manufacturing and distribution sites; to support the company’s strategic sales plan.
Over 15 years of experience managing and developing cost improvement projects with key Stakeholders, site Manufacturing Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Maintenance, and facility support personnel to optimize pro-duction operations, safety, EHS, and new product development. (BioLab, Deutz, Caire)
Experience working as a Technical Manager developing new products with chemical engineers and packaging engineers to enhance and reduce the cost of retail products. I have led the activities of multiple engineering groups with diverse backgrounds.
Great experience managing the product development of products which utilize complex electrical controls, high voltage power panels, product testing, and commissioning.
Created project scope, business case, ROI for multiple capital projects to support electrotechnical assembly and CPG goods. Identified project cost, risk, success criteria, and performed equipment qualifications. (Carrier, Electrolux, Biolab, Price, Hussmann)
Created detailed projects plans using MS Project, Gant charts in excel, and updated new product development in Jira for stakeholders and project team members including critical path.
Great knowledge of ISO9001, NFPA, OSHA regulations.
User level knowledge of MRP/SAP, MS Project, Powerpoint, Visio, Mastercontrol, JIRA, Power BI and Tableau.
I appreciate your consideration, and look forward to discussing this role with you, and how I can lead your company’s growth and profitability. I can be contacted via LinkedIn via phone or E Mail.
Jim Smith
678-993-7195
jimsmith30024@gmail.com
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New Season, New Vision
We are halfway through winter, and as we embark on spring, a
season of rebirth, we have an opportunity to reflect and
manifest on the things in life we desire. Creating a visual
representation can support us in this journey and remind us on
a daily basis what our true and deepest desires and intentions
are. This workshop is designed to provide one with the
opportunity to understand the universal law of attraction and
how it works when it is set with intention.
Materials will be provided but do not hesitate to bring poems,
photographs, quotes, or other items that you find inspiring.
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What is a Vision board?
A vision board (also called a Treasure Map or a Visual Explorer
or Creativity Collage) is typically a poster board on which you
paste or collage images that you’ve torn out from various
magazines. It’s simple. Really.
The idea behind this is that when you surround yourself with
images of who you want to become, what you want to have,
where you want to live, or where you want to vacation, your life
changes to match those images and those desires.
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Supplies that will be provided:
Poster board.
A big stack of different magazines.
Glue.
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Before you begin
Before you begin your vision board: No matter which method
you’re choosing, how to make a vision board that is right for
you should be started with a little ritual. Sit quietly and set the
intent. With lots of kindness and openness, ask yourself what it
is you want. Maybe one word will be the answer. Maybe
images will come into your head. Just take a moment to be with
that. This process makes it a deeper experience. It gives a
chance for your ego to step aside just a little, so that you can
more clearly create your vision.
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How to make a vision board in 5
steps:
Step 1: Go through your magazines and tear the images from them. No gluing yet! Just let
yourself have lots of fun looking through magazines and pulling out pictures or words or
headlines that strike your fancy. Have fun with it. Make a big pile of images and phrases
and words.
Step 2: Go through the images and begin to lay your favorites on the board. Eliminate any
images that no longer feel right. This step is where your intuition comes in. As you lay the
pictures on the board, you’ll get a sense how the board should be laid out. For instance,
you might assign a theme to each corner of the board. Health, Job, Spirituality,
Relationships, for instance. Or it may just be that the images want to go all over the place.
Or you might want to fold the board into a book that tells a story. At my retreats, I’ve seen
women come up with wildly creative ways to present a vision board.
Step 3: Glue everything onto the board. Add writing if you want. You can paint on it, or write
words with markers.
Step 4: (optional, but powerful) Leave space in the very center of the vision board for a
fantastic photo of yourself where you look radiant and happy. Paste yourself in the center
of your board.
Step 5: Hang your vision board in a place where you will see it often.
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Three types of Vision boards
1 - The “I Know Exactly What I Want” Vision Board
Do this vision board if:
You’re very clear about your desires.
You want to change your environment or surroundings.
There is a specific thing you want to manifest in your life. (i.e. a new
home, or starting a business.)
How to make a vision board if you know what you want:
With your clear desire in mind, set out looking for the exact pictures which
portray your vision. If you want a house by the water, then get out the
Dwell magazine and start there. If you want to start your own business,
find images that capture that idea for you. If you want to learn guitar, then
find that picture.
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Three types of Vision boards
2 – The “Opening and Allowing” Vision Board
Do this vision board if:
You’re not sure what exactly you want
You’ve been in a period of depression or grief
You have a vision of what you want, but are uncertain about it in some way.
You know you want change but don’t know how it’s possible.
How to make a vision board if you’re not quite sure what you want:
Go through each magazine. Tear out images that delight you. Don’t ask why. Just keep going through the
magazines. If it’s a picture of a teddy bear that makes you smile, then pull it out. If it’s a cottage in a misty
countryside, then rip it out. Just have fun and be open to whatever calls to you. Then, as you go through Step 2
above, hold that same openness, but ask yourself what this picture might mean. What is it telling you about you?
Does it mean you need to take more naps? Does it mean you want to get a dog, or stop hanging out with a
particular person who drains you? Most likely you’ll know the answer. If you don’t, but you still love the image, then
put it on your vision board anyway. It will have an answer for you soon enough. Some women have NO idea what
their board was about, and it wasn’t until two months later that they understood. The Opening and Allowing Vision
Board can be a powerful guide for you. It can be better than the first model because sometimes our egos think they
know what we want, and lots of times those desires aren’t in alignment with who we really are. This goes deeper
than just getting what you want. It can speak to you and teach you a little bit about yourself and your passion.
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Three types of Vision boards
3 – The “Theme” Vision Board
Do this vision board if:
It’s your birthday or New Years Eve or some significant event that starts a
new cycle.
If you are working with one particular area of your life. For instance, Work
& Career.
How to make a vision board for a theme:
The only difference between this vision board and the others is that this
one has clear parameters and intent. Before you begin the vision board,
take a moment to hold the intent and the theme in mind. When you
choose pictures, they will be in alignment with the theme. You can do the
Theme Vision Board on smaller pages, like a page in your journal.
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Some things to remember about
vision boards:
You can use a combination of all three types of vision boards
as you create. Sometimes you might start out doing one kind,
and then your intuition takes over and shifts into a whole
different mode. That’s called creativity. It doesn’t matter how
you make a vision board. once the creativity is there, just roll
with it.
Your vision board might change as you are making it.
Sometimes you will be making a vision board and as you pull
pictures and begin laying them out, the theme might change.
You might find that you have little epiphanies from making a
vision board.
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A vision board, at it’s core, is a
visual representation of all the
things that you want to do, be, and
have in your life.
It’s a daily reminder of those things. Something you can look at every single day to remind you of your deepest desires.
And it’s powerful.
Because the thing is, ATTENTION is powerful, and where your attention goes, your energy flows. And don’t you want
your attention focused on the things that you want to attract in your life?
So what is a vision board?
It’s you.
Your dreams.
Your best self.
Just waiting to be.
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“So, why should I make one? What is a vision board going to help me do?”
Well, honestly, it’s good for a lot of things. And there are a lot of reasons you
might want to make a vision board. Maybe you’re in transition (between job
or relationships, or anything really!). Maybe you’re feeling stagnant. Maybe
you’re pretty happy, but you know deep down that there’s more out there for
you. These are all perfectly good reasons to make a vision board. Heck,
there’s not really a bad reason to make one!
Essentially, a vision board is going help you answer three questions:
If money, people’s opinions and judgments, and fear were not factors,
what would you do, be, and have?
What beliefs or things would you have to let go of to create this in your
life?
What would you have to believe in order to be, do, and have these things?
(I know, they’re big questions!) But if you’re ready to answer them (and to do,
be, and have all those things that you really want), this is exactly what a
vision board will help you to discover!
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Before you begin…
Reflect upon your goals. Most of us have some general or
vague idea about what we want out of life, what our goals are,
and what makes us happy. Nonetheless, when asked directly
about our conception of the good life, we may struggle to come
up with specifics. To make sure that we're on track, and that we
won't look back on our lives with regret, it's a great idea to
regularly set time aside to clearly identify our goals and
aspirations in as much detail as possible, and to then come up
with plans with concrete steps for achieving our aims. Creating
a vision board can be one way to help us with this important
task.
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Think about the big questions:
Before you get started making your vision board, spend some
time thinking about the following general questions:
What, in your view, is a good life?
What makes a life valuable or worth living?
When you are on your deathbed, what will you have hoped to
have accomplished?
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Break down the big questions.
To help you answer these big questions (which can be overwhelming!), break them down into
smaller questions:
What activities do you want to learn how to do?
What hobbies and activities do you already do, but want to continue doing or get better at?
What are your career goals? What steps will you have to accomplish along the way to be
able to eventually land your dream job? (For example, do you need a particular degree, or
will you need to secure an internship?)
What are your relationship goals? Don't think just in terms of whether or not you want to be
married, be in a long-term relationship or have children: think more specifically about what
kind of person you want to be with, how you'd like to spend time with your partner, etc.
How do you want to be remembered by others? For example, do you want to write the next
great American novel? Do you want to head a charitable organization that positively
impacts the lives of others?
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Choose your theme.
Based upon the discoveries you've made after completing the above
steps, it's now time for you to decide what you want the focus of your
vision board to be. Don't feel as though you must limit yourself to creating
just one vision board to reflect all of your dreams. You can make as many
separate vision boards as you want, each with a different focus.
You can decide to make a vision board which focuses on a very specific
goal that you have. For example, if want to be able to afford your dream
vacation within the next year, you can design a Jamaica-themed dream
board.
You can also make dream boards which have a more general theme.
Perhaps after reflecting about the type of person you want to be
remembered as you determined that you want to work on becoming a
kinder, more generous person. Your dream board can be devoted to this
theme. Among the things you include can be pictures of inspiring role
models.
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Decide upon the format of your
vision board.
Now that you've chosen a theme for your dream board, you'll want
to decide the format that it will take. Most people who make vision
boards make physical boards out of poster-board, cork-board, or
on any material that can be hung on or propped against a wall.
When placed in a prominent position, you'll be able to view your
vision board regularly and reflect upon it daily.
However, there's no reason to limit yourself to just this style of
vision board. You can also make an electronic version of a vision
board. You can design your own webpage or blog, use sites like
Pinterest, or even just create a private document on your
computer where you'll collect your inspirational images and
affirmations.
Choose the format that you're most comfortable with, and which
you'll be the most likely to actually look at and update regularly.
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Collect inspirational images for
your vision board.
Now it's time for you to find positive images that correspond to
your chosen theme. Obvious sources are the internet,
magazines, and photographs, but don't forget to keep your
eyes open while out and about for funky, inspirational
postcards, newspaper clippings, labels, etc.
When choosing your images, select them with a careful eye,
making sure to closely examine the entire image.
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When selecting images
Don’t be seduced by the marketing. If you flip through one magazine for too long, you will get pulled into the
advertising trance of the images and words. Tune into how the images are making you feel: anxious, jealous, joyful,
trapped? Pick out the images that make your body feel great – like the way favorite food tastes when you are hungry.
Don’t stick with what’s possible. If you have a big pile of images that don’t seem to go together, don’t worry about
it! You may not know what a fly fisherman in Montana and a yurt in Mongolia have to do with each other. Don’t try to
make a rational connection, just accept that both images mean something to your Stargazer self.
Don’t look at the images in a conventional way.Turn the magazines upside down and look at the images as designs
instead of literal pictures. Notice how your body reacts. Many people will lean towards images that feel right, and lean
away from those that feel wrong. Others notice a very “open” feeling in their head or chest towards attractive images
and muscle tension when viewing repelling ones. As you gaze at these images, your mind may try to identify their literal
form. Martha says: “Knowing what that thing is will not help you as much as picking it without thought.”
Don’t fall for clichés While researching for this post, I thought I would see if there was software available for this
traditionally homemade activity. And I will be honest: every site I visited made me want to vomit. Because they
contained, along with slick sales letters and cheesy audio greetings, extremely materialistic and cliché images: Palm
trees. Beaches. Fast cars. Dollar signs. Beautiful women. In short, every get rich quick symbol possible. The point
is not that you can’t have a picture of a palm tree and a beach on your vision board. But only include these images if
you are magnetically attracted to them. Don’t put anything on your board that doesn’t feel extremely juicy and
appealing.
Don’t settle for second best. If you get a strong feeling that you want to interview with Matt Lauer on The Today
Show but can only find a picture of your local consumer affairs reporter, leave the space blank!
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Collect inspirational words for
your vision board.
You want your vision board to be very visual, and to contain plenty of images
which appeal to you and which demand your focus. Don't forget, though, to
pepper your board with plenty of inspiring sayings or affirmations.
An affirmation is a positive saying or script which you can repeat to yourself as
a mantra. You can of course write your own affirmations, or you can search
online for examples
Your aspirations should be positively focused. For example, perhaps your goal
is to be selected as first violin in your orchestra, but in the past you've struggled
to practice every day, in spite of making resolutions every New Year's Eve.
Don't include the following: “I won't quit practicing daily after just one month,
like I always do”. This just highlights your previous shortcomings, and has an
overall negative tone.
Instead, consider something like “I'll fill my home with joyful music daily”. This is
so much more positive, and makes practicing an activity to look forward to, as
opposed to describing it as something to be endured.
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Feel, don’t think your way
through the exercise.
Our rational minds imagine our futures in neat, organized
steps. So it is very tempting to search for images by thinking
things like: “What is the logical next step in my career?’ or “What
kind of man would make me happy?” or “What tropical destination
is most affordable for a family of five?” Martha says: “To act
without thinking is almost unthinkable in our culture! Powerful
action can occur without any thought.”
Observe your process of making the vision board; it can clue
you into the way you operate in life. So if you take too much
time looking for the “ideal images,” you may find that perfectionism
gets in your way. If you never make time to complete the exercise,
you may find that you spend so much time taking care of everyone
else’s needs that you neglect your own.
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Put your vision board together.
Once you've selected your images and inspiring phrases, it's time to get
creative with your arrangement. Experiment with different designs—you
can find fun examples through online searches, but don't feel as though
you have to match anyone else's style.
Consider choosing a colored background for your vision-board. Select this
color carefully depending upon the nature and content of your theme. For
example, if you want to stay pumped-up about being able to accomplish a
difficult physical goal (like being able to bench press your own weight),
choose a strong color, like red.
If, on the other hand, you are working on achieving peace and calm in
your life, choose colors that are likewise soothing, like a soft blue.
Once you've settled upon a design and arrangement that appeals to you,
secure the components with glue or staples (if you are making a physical
vision board; if you're making an electronic version, be sure to save your
file!).
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Place your vision board where
you will see it every day.
Your goal in creating this vision board is to create a visual
reminder of what you are hoping to accomplish and to be able to
view it regularly in order to maintain your focus and motivation.
Don't hide your vision board in a back closet!
You may prefer that your vision board be a private source of
inspiration, which is fine. If this is the case, don't feel as though
you must hang your vision board in your living room. Similarly, if
you are using an electronic vision board, you don't need to make it
public. Most webpages and/or blogs can be set to private, or you
can limit the people who can view your work.
The point is that your vision board should be accessible to you,
and shouldn't be placed where you'll fall out of the habit of looking
at it.
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Common mistakes in the process
Mistake #1. Thinking that you are making a mistake is a mistake. Don't focus on a
perfect layout or the perfect images. I challenge my attendees to make the best board they
can with what they have right now in this moment. I constantly remind them that there is no
mistakes, no right way to do it. Just create without rules.
Mistake #2. Being embarrassed by setting big goals. Just like the toddlers with the bag
of random items. If what they are creating doesn't work, they find another way, and another
way and another way. Don't be embarrassed by putting weight loss on your board if you
know you have gained some unhealthy weight due to being an emotional eater. Be honest
with yourself and be free.
Mistake #3. Just putting things on the board with no intention of working towards
the goal is not cool. Using the example in Mistake #2. The vision may be for you to lose
weight. The goal is to put your inspiration up of healthy meals and healthy images and
words that reflect your vision for getting healthy and losing the weight. Be specific on how
much weight you want to lose. Looking at salad on your post board every morning may not
motivate you, but looking at a salad next to a picture of nice fit body or a picture of yourself
when you were fit and healthy just might trigger some energy. The more specific you are
the better. Pick images that will trigger an emotion into an action.
When your visions are supported by a "why" that has
meaning, you will find the "how" to bring them to reality.
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The law of attraction.
The basic idea with the law of attraction is that you are personally
responsible for what happens in your life based on what you
attract into it. You’re using your subconscious mind. Positive
thoughts? Positive actions, relationships, and interactions. People
who believe in the law of attraction believe that when you choose
to focus your energy on something, that energy will be multiplied,
so focusing on love and gratitude will bring on more things to love
and be grateful for.
With a vision board, you focus your energy into finding appealing
text and images that reflect what you want out of life–how you
want to look, feel, and BE. You then build your board with
intention, selecting just the right images from your complied
materials and reflecting on what you want.