Visualise Your Goal and Feel What It Feels Like to ALREADY Achieve It!
By Mike Krsticevic | January 5, 2009
The second bullet point I made in an earlier post on Goal Setting stated the following:
“VISUALISE and FEEL what it feels like to be in that place when you have already achieved your goals”.
Now, this is the THE KEY to goal setting that most people don’t apply … and it’s the most crucial!
We all know of people who make “New Year’s Resolutions” only to forget about those ‘goals’ the very next day. One of the reasons they never achieve them is because they fail to write them down … AND review them regularly.
However, the other main ingredient that people forget to apply (or have never heard of before at all) is the need to both ‘visualise’ and ‘FEEL’ what it feels like to achieve your goals.
How do you FEEL something you haven’t yet achieved?
That’s a fair question. At first it seems difficult … and it may in fact be a little tricky until you get used to it … but with practice you’ll do it automatically and your results will be amazing! I personally noticed a dramatic increase in speed in achieving my goals when I added this element to my goal setting program.
Basically, all you need to do is apply as many of your senses as you can to the vision of achieving your ‘clearly defined’ goals. Note, this will only work for ‘clearly defined’ goals and not a ‘rough description’ or ‘general idea’. It’s significantly more difficult, if not impossible, to accurately visualise and feel your success when you don’t have a clear definition for success. So for now, let’s assume you’ve mastered the ‘clearly defined’ goals part.
Steps to “Feeling” your goal being achieved
- Step #1: Create a picture (see) in your mind of what it looks like to you when you have achieved your goal
- Step #2: Add Sound to your picture
- Step #3: Add Taste to the success of your goal!
This may sound strange initially but, for example, if your goal was to travel on a holiday to Hawaii and in Hawaii you will be sitting at a bar at an exclusive hotel resort, in your “mind’s eye” taste the ‘pinocolada’ (or some other drink that you love). Taste the blend of flavours bouncing around your taste buds. Then take another sip and and let the juices hover around in your mouth before you finally let them wash down your throat with a ’sigh of joy’ (this is the use of sound).
- Step #4: Add touch to your picture of success!
Now you must thinking, “C’mon Mike, now you’re really going too far! How can I possibly touch something that I haven’t yet achieved?”Of course, I’m sure with a little lateral thinking you will find a way. I mean, if you wanted a new Mercedes Benz S500, all you need to do is dress up in your favourite suit, go down to your nearest dealership and sit in their demonstration model of that very same car!
If you want to be a pilot in a Boeing 777-300ER, find the nearest place they have a simulator and ask if you can go for a ride. Sure, this may be a big ask … but how badly do you want your goal? (this topic will be covered in a future post when we discuss “THE WHY?” of your goals).
If you can’t find a simulator, or they won’t let you in one, find another aircraft type, or go to a museum and find a similar version, or search YouTube.com and find example videos from a pilot’s chair and then put a ‘pretend’ steering column in front of you and fly along with them! Sure it sounds a little crazy but the benefits are enormous! Do you think it might be at least worth a try? I’d respectively suggest that it most definitely would.
- Step #5: Smell the smells you’d notice when you achieve your goal.
If you’ve read this far then you’re probably thinking to yourself, “I can see where you’re going with this one, Mike”.If you were thinking that you should smell the leather trim of your new car or the sea spray while walking along the beach of your holiday location, you are right!
If your goal is to get excellent grades on your upcoming major exams, what should you smell then? Well, how about smelling the reward you will give yourself when you achieve or exceed your target minimum grades? Your are merely limited by your imagination so feel free to explore the possibilities. When you engage all of your senses, including smell (one that is often overlooked) you accelerate the speed with which you will achieve your goals.
Now that you’ve engaged all of your senses, watch how quickly you start achieving your goals. The more vivid and real your goals are in your “mind’s eye” the faster you will achieve them.
Go ahead and practice it today!
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“How Would Love Respond?”
By Mike Krsticevic | November 3, 2008
I recently attended a family function for the child of a very good friend of mine. It was a beautiful sunny day, the odd whisper of white cloud coasted across the sky and I enjoyed the serenity that one feels when you sit back and relax with your best friends around a BBQ and a crystal clear, solar heated pool.
But that day was a little different from most others. That day, I was in for a pleasant suprise.
My friend (”Big Mike” - if you ever get to meet him you’ll know why I call him that) had also invited a very good friend of his, Kurek Ashley, to attend the family function. Now Kurek flew in from the Sunshine Coast (ie, 1 hours drive north of Brisbane, Australia for those folk not familiar with the city) just to be there (in Sydney).
I had heard about Kurek before meeting him and had even listened to his fantastic work on his “Fire Up Your Life” CDs that Big Mike lent me some time ago (if you’re into the “self help” material - like I am - you’ll definitely want to look at some of Kurek’s material - see www.KurekAshley.com) … but I was in for a great surprise when I met Kurek face to face.
Why?
Two reasons. Firstly, Kurek is amazingly inspirational. A brief conversation with him reminded me of why successful people are so successful. Kurek sees just about “everything” in a positive light (even his experience set out in the last chapter of his book, “How Would Love Respond?” - more on this later) … and if you are close enough to him, you can’t help but feel the same buzz.
Secondly, he’s a down right decent human being with a heart of gold. No matter where he is (on stage, travelling on a plane or hanging out with ‘mates’ at a family BBQ) he’s always looking for ways to help others.
Now, if you ask Kurek directly if he agrees with my comments above, he’ll agree with the first (absolutely! That defines much of who he is) and humbly disclaim the second (I think this also massively defines who he is).
A few days after “Big Mike’s” family function, I received in the post a personally autographed copy of Kurek’s book, “How Would Love Respond?” His book carries the subtitle, “Imagine if you were given a gift so powerful that you knew you had to share it with the world”. Well the messages that Kurek shares in his book are truly amazing gifts!
He covers in his book his amazing life story, strategies for creating holistic life success, how to create your “GDGs - Grand Dream Goals”, the “Formula for Creation” and so much more in 15 inspiring chapters over 329 pages. He even covers, in the last chapter titled “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Publisher”, an incredibly powerful story of how he handled an amazing episode in his own life.
For me, Kurek Ashley is a genuine master of personal development and an all round fantastic human being. It was an absolute pleasure to meet him, I very much enjoyed his book and I recommend it to you whole heartedly*.
*grab a copy from Kurek’s website (www.KurekAshley.com) or from Amazon (Click Here).
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If Your Goal Is to Catch a Fish … Would You Do It Like This?
By Mike Krsticevic | September 5, 2008
A mentor of mine, Dr Marc Dussault, was given the link to the following YouTube video and he included it in his Business Mastery Blog. Check it out!
If you’d like to read the original blog post by Dr Dussault, CLICK HERE.
If you’re in any kind of business or even if you’re an employee in a business and you have plans to rise up the ‘ladder’ in your industry or organisation, and you’d like to learn how to ‘think outside of the square’ and get exponential results, I’d strongly recommend you sign up to Dr Dussault’s FREE blog updates email service.
I’ve included the video here as an example of how to not only (a) think outside the square but how to also (b) attract your goals to you.
I will expand more on this at a later date. For now, enjoy the new way to fish!
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Clearly Defined Written Down Goals?! Why?
By Mike Krsticevic | August 11, 2008
In a previous post (CLICK HERE) I stated the two key ingredients to achieving your desired outcomes were:
- make sure your goals are CLEARLY DEFINED, WRITTEN DOWN GOALS!!; and
- VISUALISE and FEEL what it feels like to be in that place when you have already achieved your goals.
Let me expand on the FIRST item in that list. Read the rest of this entry »
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Professor Randy Pausch - Rest In Peace! (25 July 2008)
By Mike Krsticevic | July 25, 2008
It is with great saddness that I report the passing of Professor Randy Pausch today, 25 July 2008.
Mr Pausch was my inspiration in starting this blog. His “last lecture” enthrawled and inspired me, just as he inspired millions of others.
I look back at my first post on this site and remember the great passion, the great humour and the great wisdom that Professor Pausch shared with us. It never ceases to amaze me how Read the rest of this entry »
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The Power of Purpose - Just Ask The Peace Pilgrim
By Mike Krsticevic | May 2, 2008
Born in 1908, a lady who called herself the “Peace Pilgram” changed the world in her own special way.
On 1 January 1953, the Peace Pilgram made a New Years Resolution that is bigger, by a long way, than most people would ever dear even dream.
Her actions had such a profound impact on so many people and, even after her death on 7 July 1981, her life and her message continues to impact people positively to this very day.
So what did she do? Read the rest of this entry »
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Do You Really Need to Have “Goals” to Succeed?
By Mike Krsticevic | April 26, 2008
The above headline is a valid question and follows on from my last post on 23 March 2008 titled ‘What is “YG + TW + MA = TH + RP”?‘ (the Rapid Progress Formula).
I mean, can’t you just waffle through life and still be a “success”, no matter how you define what “success” means to you?
For example, if Read the rest of this entry »
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What is “YG + TW + MA = TH + RP”?
By Mike Krsticevic | March 23, 2008
Some of you may have read the ‘by-line’ at the top of this blog (ie, Your Goal + the Why? + Massive Action = The How + Rapid Progress) and thought one of three things:
- Yes, that makes sense to me; OR
- I see what you’re trying to say but I’m not sure I entirely agree; OR
- what have you been ‘drinking’!?!?
It’s probably time I should come clean and explain myself. Read the rest of this entry »
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Anyone For A Movie (Part 2)?
By Mike Krsticevic | March 2, 2008
In a previous post I touched the topic of how to find inspiration. One of the media I often use is movies, in particular, inspirational movies.
Given that it has been a while since I last watched my three favourite movies of all time, I decided to hire one of them today (Good Will Hunting) and watch it with my wife.
I found on YouTube some scenes from my three favourite movies and I share them with you below just in case they inspire you to go ahead and hire them yourself.
My three favourite inspirational movies of all time are: Read the rest of this entry »
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Do You Have An “Inspiration Re-Fuelling Calendar”?
By Mike Krsticevic | February 25, 2008
“What da!?”, you say.
I know it my sound a little odd but I think it’s critical to have one and use it regularly.
Let me explain.
There are three (3) components:
- Inspiration - Everyone works faster, more efficiently and with greater joy when they are inspired. I’m no exception. Therefore, wouldn’t it be useful to …
- Re-Fuelling - … get re-inspired from time to time to give yourself that extra bit (sometimes a huge dose) of a push/shove to face your challenges or recommit to your goals. If so, it’s important that you …
- Calendar - … set aside time to regularly take steps to reinvigorate/re-inspire yourself. If it’s left to chance then you don’t control your life as much as you could - you don’t actively take steps to ignite the flame inside you to “Give Your Best!“.
I am assume your next questions might be WHAT do I do to re-inspire myself and HOW?
The WHAT
Creating an “Inspiration Re-Fuelling Calendar” is simple. You simply use a calendar/diary or other daily tracking device to pre-plan activities that you know you enjoy and that remind you of “why” you are striving for a certain goal or goals.
The HOW
Take these steps:
- decide on what you find inspiring and why (make a list as long as you can, eg, at least 50 things - it will get easy once you get on a roll);
- categorise the sources of inspiration into those that are “short, sweet and simple” (eg, play a song you love) and those that are more involved (eg, take a joy flight in a helicopter);
- decide how often you’d would like to re-inspire/rejuvinate/reinvigorate yourself (eg, do this thing every morning or every year or just once, etc);
- pull out your calendar/diary and start planning ahead when you will ‘do your inspirations’;
- if your ‘inspiration’ action is more involved, write down precedings steps you need to take in advance of the ‘inspiration event’, eg, find providers of helicopter joy flights and book in a flight; and then ..
- … DO THEM!!! Don’t miss them!!!
Do you have an “Inspiration Re-Fuelling Calendar” (or something similar)?
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