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Day Dreamers

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it.

As a youngster, I used to sit in some of my classes and doodle when I was actually supposed to be listening. Let’s face it; some subjects (and a great many teachers) are just not interesting enough to hold our attention.

So, there I’d sit, my thoughts drifting, daydreaming of some faraway place in a much different role than a mere mortal student stuck in a boring math class. Oftentimes I’d sketch out a scene of motorcycle racers battling for the finish line, custom cars I’d adorn with personalized paint schemes and tricked-out engines, futuristic airplanes, and some of the wildest boats you could imagine.

Those machines could take me anywhere. And they often did just that as I’d allow my imagination to play out the exciting scenes that cast me in the starring role or brought me notoriety, fame, wealth, and happiness. Money was no object because, after all, this was pretend.

I guess you could say that I had a pretty active imagination, as I suspect most of us do. I could create anything, live without regard to limits, and was always in control. Maybe it’s no wonder I grew up to be an air traffic controller where I had command of the skies and everything that passed through the air.

Today, we teach our kids to focus, stop daydreaming, stay within the “well-defined” lanes of reality, and be “realistic,” whatever that’s supposed to mean. Oh sure, we may tell them they can be anything they set their minds to, but have we taught them just how to use their minds?

We tend to demand a lot more from our children than we do from ourselves. I suspect it’s only because we actually want them to become the best they can be despite our messages of duality to be realistic. So, what if “realistic” just isn’t what we’re meant to be? What then? Well, maybe we should…use our imagination…

If You Can Dream it…

Step into a daydream with me and suppose, just for a few moments, that there are no limits and no obstacles to achieving something you truly desire. What’s the first thing that comes to mind? Whatever it is, embrace it! It’s the first clue to something your innermost self desires for you to achieve. That’s real, I promise you. Savor the vision, smell the fragrances, remember the sounds, capture the nuances, and don’t let it go.

Is your desire to become a better golfer, to write a book, play the piano, fly an airplane, land that dream job, or become financially independent? Do you have an idea or invention that no one else has? Is your vision so crystal clear that you can literally imagine it in the outstretched palm of your hand? If so, lock onto the vision and claim it, and don’t neglect to feed your dream.

By visualizing your true desires, you effectively create a future that’s designed to bring you exactly what it is you’re thinking about. Visualize how your achievement will change your life…or the lives of others. Watch the scene play out in detail as the lives of those around you change because of your changes. Remember, you’re looking at the end state — the achievement of your goal or desire.

10/10 Challenge

Focus on your goals and desires ten minutes a day for ten days and watch your life begin to change. — Yours Truly

Take this seriously and follow through. I promise it’ll change your life as your imagination will begin changing your mind to believe that you’re already doing what you set out to achieve. And when this happens, you’ll begin noticing how subtleties become increasingly evident as you “feel” your life begin to gravitate toward the objectives and conditions you desire. Watch how your mind begins to bring you solutions, discover opportunities, gravitate to the right people, and achieve the results that have been right in front of you all along.

The mechanics of the 10/10 process will begin to reveal themselves in some pretty amazing ways. You may begin to “see” broad ideas or concepts at first, but soon you’ll begin to see the details of the necessary actions required to fulfill your dream, desire, or objective. Obstacles will appear temporary whereas before, they’d seemed insurmountable. Once the 10/10 magic begins to manifest, claim it and lean into the momentum.

What About You…

So, when was the last time you allowed yourself to daydream — to truly visualize something just out of reach and to think about what it would be like to achieve it, possess it, experience it? Very often, before a speech or an important presentation, I’d spend time visualizing myself in front of an audience, delivering a well-practiced presentation. No details are spared. I see the venue, the audience, and watch my delivery several times over. I even see what I’m wearing and how I’m moving about in front of the audience. I also feel the energy I wish to create and experience.

The more I visualize the future I desire, the clearer it becomes. The clearer it becomes, the more insight and confidence I have that the scene I’m looking at is a very close resemblance to the reality that I’ll experience.

Time is Irrelevant

It took me over three years to publish my first novel. But I always knew that I would indeed publish it because I had such a crystal-clear vision of doing just that. I even knew what I wanted the cover to look like. At first, I could only see my name on the cover, the title, and the predominant colors. The more I visualized Dream Operative, the better I could see the layout of the cover design I desired. I also visualized myself holding the book, signing it at book signings, interacting with readers, and talking about the process…all of which I have not only visualized (several times over), I’ve physically experienced it all as well. So, don’t be discouraged if the achievement of your goals and desires takes time. Because, we all know, time is irrelevant if, in the end, you achieve your objectives.

Consider this — literally, everything we’re exposed to (aside from the natural wonders of the world) began in someone’s mind. Thomas Edison visualized the electric light bulb; Steve Jobs set the framework for the advancement of the computer and cell phone through keen insight and by visualizing what could be into what eventually became the reality that transformed mankind. Even Tiger Woods, among many other athletes and successful entrepreneurs, is known to use visualization to help them perfect their gifts and talents as they ascended the ladder of success. Each of these people watched the reality of their futures unfold every time they played the images of their desires onto their minds. And in doing so, they programmed themselves to receive the things and conditions they desired.

You are no different. You have the same ability to leverage the power of your mind to achieve anything you can conceive. This is powerful, so don’t be quick to cast it aside as hyperbole or something that only a select few can do. You can do this.

Use that awesome imagination of yours. Get out of the way and allow it to take you where you desire to go. Soon you’ll be experiencing the changes you desire and deserve. You’ll see…10/10.

Here’s to living Your Best Life!