AMY HANSEN

Visualizing yourself in the future can help you to achieve your goals.  It’s been scientifically proven that simply visualizing yourself achieving your goal stimulates the same region in your brain as you actually achieving it in real life.  This is because your brain doesn’t know how to tell the difference between real and imagination.  That’s pretty powerful stuff!  That also means that you have the power to create your future by showing your brain images of what you want to bring into your life.  Start by painting a clear picture in your mind of the future you want to live.  Here are five questions to help you envision your ideal future.

What Do You Want To Achieve?

Begin by getting really clear on what it is that you want to achieve.  You may have heard of a smart goal.  A smart goal is one that is specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound with a set deadline.  A smart goal could be that you...

Visualization is so powerful.  It’s almost like a really good movie or book that can transport you to another time.  If you need guidance then use the power of visualization to help you.  Perhaps you’re struggling to achieve your goals, you lack confidence, or just need inspiration and clarity on what the next steps to take are.  Use the power of visualization to help guide you to the right spot so that you can find the answers you need in order to successfully achieve your goals.

Future You

You can visualize yourself in the future, the woman who has achieved her goals.  You can intensify this visual and the more real you make it, the more your subconscious will believe it.  Getting in touch with that future version of you will give you the faith and belief in yourself that you can achieve your goals.  All because you’ve visualized seeing it come to fruition.  It becomes evidence and proof that this is your future...

One of the most interesting fears is the fear of success.  The fear of success is believing that if you do achieve your goals, your life will change and be worse off than where you currently are.  So, you’d rather not achieve your goals than take the risk of losing what you currently have.  The fear of the unknown that things may change in your future if you do achieve your goals keeps you stuck in your comfort zone.  You must learn how to change your fear of success if you ever want to successfully achieve your goals.

Comfort Zone

The prospect of achieving your goals sounds like a good idea.  But, not at the risk of losing what you currently have.  This is because you are comfortable right where you currently are.  The fear of success will keep you stuck in your comfort zone without taking any action on achieving your goals.  You just continue doing what you’ve always done without making any progress.  However, not...

Think about your fears when it comes to working on achieving your goals.  A few things may come up for you.  Such as, the fear of failure and judgement.  These fears arise when you are trying to do something you’ve never done before.  Allowing yourself to succumb to these fears will prevent you from taking action on your goals.  If you want to achieve your goals, you must learn how to change your perspective on your fears.

Fear Perspective

Start by taking a look at your fears.  Your fear of failure stems from a deeper level of what failing will mean about you as a person.  You may believe failing means that you’re not smart enough or that you’ll look silly in front of others.  Speaking of looking silly, this is when the fear of judgement appears.  You’re afraid of putting yourself out there and being seen because if you make a mistake, everyone will see it and judge you.  You worry it will be out...

Your inner resistance includes the fears, worries, and self doubts that are holding you back from living your dream life.  You have formed stories and beliefs as to why you cannot do certain tasks which is why you’ve been stuck in your comfort zone.  Your inner resistance is preventing you from living life to your full potential.  Here is how to overcome your inner resistance.

Current Self

Your current self craves familiarity.  You want to know exactly what to expect and what’s going to happen in the future.  This is why you are stuck in your daily mundane routine of doing what you’ve always done.  This comfort zone provides you with a sense of certainty and safety.  Your current self has this mentality that this is how you’ve always done things and it’s worked so far, so why change something that might put that at risk?  But, deep down you know that you want more for yourself and your future.

Future...

Consider how you’ve been feeling lately.  Maybe you’re overwhelmed, stressed, and a bit down.  This negative energy is only holding you back.  It’s time to get to the bottom of the negative energy that is preventing you from taking action on achieving your goals.  When you shed light on this energy and bring it to the surface, you can address it in order to let it go.  Then, and only then, will you be able to finally start taking the action required to achieve your goals.  It’s time to let go of the negative energy.

What Is Negative Energy?

Negative energy is a state of mind you’re in that prevents you from living life to your full potential.  It’s often what keeps you stuck in your current situation.  You feel unhappy and in the depths of despair.  It can be both mentally and physically exhausting.  It’s not a place you want to be or stay in for an extended period of time.  You...

The life you want to live may seem far away.  It might even seem impossible to get there.  The fears, worries, and self doubts, bubble up of who are you to dream something this big.  But, I have news for you.  This dream has been put on your heart for a reason.  The fact that your conscious mind thought it, means that it’s possible for you.  You can turn your dreams into reality.  You just need to start believing that you can do so.  Here is how to live your dream life now.

Inner Critic

Learning to embrace your inner critic who speaks all of your fears, worries, and self doubts will help you to make massive leaps forward towards living the life of your dreams.  However, if you succumb, to the fears, worries, and self doubts of your inner critic, you’ll only remain stuck exactly where you currently are.  Sure, that might not seem that bad right now.  After all, it’s your current reality and comfort...

It’s hard to get anything done when fear and self doubt creep in.  You feel unmotivated and stop taking action towards your goals and dreams in life.  Listening to that voice keeps you stuck where you currently are.  If you’re fed up with listening to the voice of fear and self doubt then it’s time to quiet it.  Here is how to quiet the voice that is holding you back from achieving your goals and living your dream life.

Self Doubt

One of thing biggest things that holds you back from going after your goals and dreams in life is self doubt.  Self doubt makes you question yourself and your actions.  That voice inside your head that gives you all the reasons why you should stay stuck and remain where you currently are.  That voice just wants to protect you and keep you safe.  But, it doesn’t necessarily know what’s best for you.  It just knows what’s familiar.  This is the voice of self doubt.

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Worrying about the future can consume your thoughts and energy.  You play out all the different scenarios in your mind and worry about each one of them coming to fruition.  But, this is not beneficial to you.  In fact, it’s rather draining and leaves you in negative state of mind.  It’s almost like you’re in fight or flight mode while you are waiting for something bad you foresee to happen.  Living life from this place will only do you more harm than good.  That’s why it’s important to learn how to let go of worrying.

Worry

Worry is a feeling that doesn’t have much benefit.   Think about the last time you worried about something and what that did for you.  Usually nothing.  It only leaves you feeling sad, full of fear and anxious about the future.  This is not the place you want to be.  You want to be happy and full of excitement for the amazing things to come in your future. ...

Sometimes feedback can stop you and hold you back from going after your goals in life.  Someone says something that makes you second guess and question what you’ve been working towards.  Self doubt creeps in and the next thing you know, your goals have fallen to the wayside, never to be achieved.  You cannot let feedback prevent you from achieving your goals and living your dream life.  Use the following four tips to help you receive feedback.

Determine The Source

The first tip in receiving feedback is to determine the source.  Look at who is giving you the feedback.  If it’s someone who has achieved what you are working towards, then this is a reputable source.  This person should have some good insights for you that you can take into consideration.  Your friends and family will also give you feedback.  However, this feedback may be unsolicited.  Their own fears, self doubts, and worries may come out because...