Visualizing success is great except for this (DW#576)
Do you remember the sensation created by the book The Secret? After it came out, many many people started visualizing what they wanted and what success looked like for them, on a regular basis, believing that it was the key to success.
Here’s the thing: it is important to dream. It is also valuable to allow yourself to dream big and let your imagination come up with what wild success looks like. And to feel the good feelings that come from dreaming about these successes.
But you should know one big caveat.
Research shows that when you indulge in this type of day dreaming, it releases all sorts of feel good chemicals and hormones in your brain and in your body. And your brain and body are tricked into feeling that you have already achieved this ….. which in turn dampens your motivation to take action towards your goal!
WHAT???
Yes. Your strategy for success may actually be holding you back from the very thing that you are chasing. (I have been down this rabbit hole many many times because it just feels so good! AND it is soo much easier to dream than to take action, right?)
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