The ability to visualize your goals puts you a long way toward reaching them. (You can’t hit a target you can’t see).  What do they look like? Project yourself forward. See yourself living as if they were already a reality. This intensifies your desire. When you can see it, you believe it. Let’s try it.

• Remember back to a day when everything in your life was perfect. Describe in detail where you were. Whom were you with? Emotions? Colors? Images/sounds/smells? What were you doing?
• Fast-forward to the future. You have everything in life you want. Spend a day in your perfect life. Where do you live? Describe the environment. What does your home look like? Walk through the house in your mind. Describe in detail. Open your checkbook. How much money do you have? What kind of business are you in? Describe what you do, where you work. What is your greatest accomplishment to date? What does your office look like?
• Now think about the present – as it should be. What is the first thing you do when you wake up? How do you spend your morning? What do you do at lunchtime? In the evening? Draw a picture of what you saw, or write a detailed description.
• Visualization is a technique that works in many situations. Athletes do it, running through the game or the race over and over in their mind well before the event itself. It gives you the opportunity to create the best result. Visualizing your future is like watching the coming attractions to a new movie, only this one stars you in the lead role in your life. Project yourself forward.
• Picture yourself in your perfect career. Some of the questions are designed to help you develop this image. Fill in the details, drawing it more and more clearly in your mind. These questions might help:
•  –  What do you do all day?
•  –  Where do you work? Indoors? Outdoors? At home?
•  –  What time do you start work? When do you have to wake up?
•  –  Is it a small company or a large one? Are you the boss or the employee?
•  –  What do you wear at work?
•  –  How many hours a day do you work?
•  –  Whom do you work with?  Do you work alone?
•  –  Who is at the meetings you attend?
•  –  What are the primary tasks you perform?
•  –  What skill do you use most?
•  –  What tools are you using?
•  –  How are you treated by others?
•  –  How much are you paid?
•  –  What are some of the perks, other than salary?

Now that your perfect career is clear in your mind, answer the following questions:

•   Who is doing exactly what you want to do?
•   What company or career fits this profile?