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Have you ever experienced how powerful creating a vision of your goals in life can be? No? I must admit until fairly recently neither had I. When I qualified as a Personal Coach I knew I wanted to help people who were unsatisfied with an area of their lives but I have to admit that other then a desire to help people I wasn't really clear on much else.
I had spent much of my life going through school and various fairly unsatisfactory jobs feeling that I was almost incidental to the process of life. I didn't feel I particularly mattered in my job roles and they for their part failed to inspire me.For years I thought that was how everyone lived. The trade off was that I spent 45 hours a week doing something dull in an office so I could pay a mortgage to live in a tiny house that cost me a fortune and which I didn't particularly like either. When I was made redundant for the 4th time in my life I began to question a lot of things and realised that since childhood I had simply followed a process in terms of education and employment but had never really thought about what I wanted.I had never really tried to create my own process but rather followed a well trodden path that was constructed and formed by other peoples expectations and the imprint of what they had done.
After reading about vision -boards I decided to train as a Vision Board Counsellor and as part of our training we have had to create our own vision board which is basically a little like creating a collage or scrap booking to create a visual representation of the things you want to focus on having more of in your life. I really enjoyed the process and now my vision board is as important to me as my business plan is for my business. Here are 5 reasons why you should create a vision board:
1) A visionboard helps you define your goals - When you are creating your board you will be attracted to some images and phrases and not to others because something will resonate with you. You may not be aware at the time but there will be good reasons why you are attracted to the things you choose to put on your board.
2) It helps you figure out why you want them - Creating and using your vision board really helps you get in touch with the true reasons you want the things you want so that you are really aligned with your true values.
3) It motivates you - Seeing the things you want to bring into your life each day really focuses your energies on going after them. Keep your vision board somewhere you can see it easily to maximise its effectiveness.
4) It helps you affirm your goals- Each time you look at your board it reminds you of why you are doing what you are doing.
5) It will help you to take positive powerful action towards you goals because every time you look at it you will be reminded of whats really important to you and want to move towards it.
Elaine Gleeson,
Personal Success & Vision Board Coach
http://www.elainegleeson.com/
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