Develop your vision board

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Part 1- The thoughts behind a vision board

Part 3- 5 steps to create your own vision board

Part 2- Great vision board examples

Part 4- Your action planning boards

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* A vision board, also referred as Dream Board is a tool used to help clarify, concentrate and maintain focus on a specific life goal.

* Literally, a vision board is any sort of board or electronic document on which you display images, thoughts, texts, etc... that represent whatever you want to be, achieve, do or have in your life.

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What is a vision board?

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* It helps you envision what your “better life” looks like.

* Realizing the vision board start with actively seeking images that represent specific details of this wonderful new life.

* Making a vision board is a wonderful way to bring clarity to that general desire and turn it into an achievable goal.

Vision Boards Help Provide Clarity

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* Vision boards include words, phrases or sentences that affirm your intentions.

* Affirmations express who you really are, release you from those limiting beliefs, and allow you to know that the possibilities really are unlimited.

* Positive statements help you identify your targets, steps to get there and challenges

* We will see in Part 4 how to link your vision board to an action planning board.

Use a Vision Board for Your Daily Affirmations

* Vision boards serve is to help you stay focused.

* No matter what happens during your day, your vision board is a constant reminder of where you intend to be.

* Appealing to you on both conscious and subconscious levels, a vision board can work wonders toward keeping your mind focused on your goal, your attention on your intentions, and your life headed in the direction you choose.

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A Vision Board Keeps you Focused

Part 2- Great vision board examplesOprah Winfrey

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Part 2- Great vision board examplesjulianeiman.com

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Part 2- Great vision board examplesMatrixed vision board

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1. Develop the center message of your board

* This can be something specific you wish to accomplish or

obtain, a general idea

* or a picture of yourself or your family

* something that represents you and makes you happy.

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2. Define the main categories or main themes of your

life

* Health, work, spirituality, social, meaning, travel, …

* Ask yourself these questions: What would you do

differently when you realize your goal? Where would you

travel? Where would you live? What would you wear? What

things would you own? How would you feel inside?

* How you would look outside? What habits would you

have? What would you do for work?…Or would you work?

Who would you help?

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3. Find pictures, texts, quotes, data points that

correspond with your themes

* Either from old magazines, photographs, or from the

Internet.

* Keep it colorful and visual

* Your brain thrives on images. Therefore you want very

visual descriptions of your dreams.

* Don’t limit yourself to only pictures. Throw in some

visual words that describe the feeling of your dreams once

you reach them.

* Think joy, gratitude, or abundance.

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4. Write some specific affirmations and

goals that correspond with your theme.

* Get Specific

* Anyone can post some pictures of wads

of cash, or sports cars but where is the motivation in that.

* Get to the core of what your heart desires.

* Feel the passion as your create this, and be as specific as

possible.

* Let go of those generic images, and find what makes

your dream different than everyone else’s. Find pictures

representing your relationships, feelings, emotions,

experiences, ...

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5. Celebrate your first version and review, revise,

update in a continuous feedback loop

* Grab a glass of wine and turn on some music that you

love.

* Make this a really fun experience and let go of any

expectations of what it should be, and ask yourself what it

could be.

* View your board at least once a day, and focus on the

objects, sayings and theme of your board.

* Go back it, update it, review, change, add new pictures,

go back to the questions and ask yourself new ones, it is a

living document

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Vision board versus action planning

* Vision boards are based on the Law ofAttraction, also called “The Secret”: * The idea that your mode of thinking directly affects what the universe gives you. * If you put positive mental energy into the universe, you’ll be the recipient of positive outcomes.

* At the same time, ideas, thoughts, and dreams are great, but they are forms of energy which do not necessarily lead to action.* This is where you need Action Planning Boards

Part 4- Your action planning boards 16Jack Canfield - Making Your Dreams Come True

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* www.wikipedia.com* http://www.makeavisionboard.com/what-is-a-vision-board.html* www.oprah.com* http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-blame-game/201205/throw-away-your-vision-board-0* http://marycrimmins.com/how-to-create-a-vision-board-and-realize-your-dreams* http://christinekane.com/how-to-make-a-vision-board

* The Vision Board by Joyce Schwarz (Dec 22, 2009)

* The Complete Vision Board Kit: Using the Power of Intention and Visualization to Achieve

Your Dreams by John Assaraf (Oct 7, 2008)

* The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vision Boards by Marcia Layton Turner (Dec 1, 2009)

* Vision Board Success: How To Make A Vision Board And Apply The Law Of Attraction And

The Power of Visualization... by Leila Broughton (Apr 22, 2013)

* Life Journal: A Vision Board That Goes With You! by Christine Cordero (Jun 2, 2009)

* Building A Powerful Vision Board: A Path To Achieving Your Goals And What You Want In

Life (Volume 1) by Tess Denton (Apr 8, 2012)

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