Visualize Success

Visualizing success is something that athletes are famous for. Actors and actresses are known for seeing themselves in the role that they are endeavoring to play. Visualization is one of the keys to any success.

An experiment was conducted at a major university, which illustrates this point. They instructed their basketball players to separate into two groups. These two groups were roughly equal in their free-throw shooting capabilities. Each group was allowed to practice shooting for a given amount of time. The first group shot with a real basketball at the hoop. The second group, on the other hand, was required to practice without a ball. They were required to visualize themselves shooting and making the free throw. After the test was completed, and the numbers were reviewed, an astounding fact was discovered: those who had merely visualized themselves making the free throws, as opposed to actually practicing, showed the greater rate of improvement.

Your mind is more powerful than you give it credit for. It has been said, we use less than 10% of our brains abilities. Channel your energy for 20 minutes per day every day towards changing your self-concept. Take 10 minutes every morning before you get out into the world and tell yourself you are great! Tell yourself you are successful no matter what it is that you want to accomplish. Take 10 minutes before you go to sleep at night to do the same as you did that morning. You will be shocked. Your productivity will increase and you will start to become what you tell yourself you are.

For this and other articles by Brad Hess please visit http://www.mymark.com/blog. Brad Hess is CEO and Founder of MyMark. I made my mark with MyMark, providers of an integrated personal profile, blog, and home base for professionally branding you. This original post can be found at http://www.mymark.com/blog/bradhess/2010/08/05/visualize-success/