A good part of setting ourselves up for financial freedom comes from being able to leave the past behind us, look past today and envision the future that we want. For a lot of people, visualization comes naturally, but for others, engaging in visual creative thinking is tough. How can we set goals for ourselves if we don’t have a vision of where we want to be? Visualization is a “technique” used by the most successful people in all areas of life from athletes to actors to CEO’s. By playing out in their minds eye, as if watching a movie, seeing themselves achieving whatever it is they’re setting themselves up to accomplish. We all have that same ability, and as with anything we want to accomplish in our lives, including financial freedom, visualization is a key component. At many points in our lives we’ve all used visualization to one degree or another, even those of us that feel like they have a difficult time with envisioning their future. For example, imagining yourself driving that new car before you actually buy it or what restaurant to go to when trying to decide what to eat. Those are small, not so distant visions that we have on a daily basis and the concept for long term, far off into the distance visions is the same.

Are You Using Your Imagination

You might feel like envisioning your future is a challenging process, but it doesn’t have to be. When you try to envision your future, you need to imagine a “perfect picture” of doing exactly what you want to do. It’s actually more like a movie than a picture playing out in your mind, creating a pattern in your brain of performing the actions as if you are actually doing them.

By doing this, you allow yourself to practice in your mind the steps you need to take and the goals you need to accomplish for having and doing what it is you desire. Along with the vision, you also have a positive mental attitude so that the future you’re envisioning is something you believe is possible. If you don’t believe it’s possible, then no amount of imagination will ever make it a reality.

“Have a vision. It is the ability to see the invisible. If you can see the invisible, you can achieve the impossible.” – Shiv Khera

It’s the combination of imagining and believing that will propel you forward to take real actions toward your vision. Those small actions that you need to take to move you toward the vision of your distant future will also require the imagination and visualization of how and what it will take to get there. It’s the constant cycle of imagining, visualizing and taking action toward your vision.

So as you can see, envisioning the “big picture” of what you desire in your distant future also takes a smaller, less distant vision. Which when you stop to think about it, is what you find yourself doing in so many other areas of your life on a daily basis. Use your imagination to picture your future, visualize doing what it will take to get there, believe in yourself and take action!

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