Goal Setting - Your Library

When thinking about goal setting it is easy to get bogged down in lists, charts, and graphs. The to-do list gets very long and soon the whole thing seems overwhelming. Your mind instantly rebels, thinking of ways to get out of the task at hand. Don’t eat that, get that paper off of your desk, get up and start exercising… the voice barks incessantly… All you want it to do is stop… and soon the whole set of resolutions and goals are put aside.

What does work?

Visualizing the outcome of the goal is a great first step. Having a picture in your mind of yourself accomplishing the goal will help you achieve it. The stronger this picture is, the more your subconscious mind will do to figure out a way to accomplish it.

This picture needs to be very compelling.

This picture needs to be bold, full color, and on the edge of reality.

One way to visualize this picture is to imagine a large gallery or library. This represents your life and the pictures on the wall are accomplishments or goals realized. I like to think really big here and imagine one of the presidential libraries with all the exhibits.

Each room is full of photographs, documents, and memorabilia. There are stories and pictures of people and places. Here is someones life displayed for all to see. The successes and the failures all in one place. Each room represents a different area or era of life.

Think for a minute about your library. What do you see?

Are there masterpieces on the wall, or just a lot of unfinished pictures.

Are the pictures all of you, or are there others included.

How many rooms are there?

Where is the library located?

Think about the furniture, is it ordinary, maybe rustic, or is it the finest available?

What quotations do you see in the frames?

Are there suits or gowns on display?

What songs are playing in the background.

An interesting exercise isn’t it?

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