Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is that if you want to see particular changes
Speaker 1: in your life, visualize yourself at a specific date when
Speaker 1: those changes have taken place. So I recently heard it
Speaker 1: said that everybody struggles to lose weight except for brides.
Speaker 1: Because brides are motivated by visualizing the way they want
Speaker 1: to look on their wedding day. With a clear vision
Speaker 1: for the day, they do what is needed to make
Speaker 1: the vision a reality. As longtime listeners know by now,
Speaker 1: weight loss is definitely not something we hype a lot
Speaker 1: on this podcast, but I think the insight about visualizing
Speaker 1: yourself on a specific date is relevant for all nins
Speaker 1: of contexts and goals. Brides to be are focused on
Speaker 1: a particular date, their wedding day, and they have a
Speaker 1: clear vision for that day. The vision of how they
Speaker 1: will look motivates choices between now and then, and even
Speaker 1: for those of us not getting married anytime soon, there's
Speaker 1: a lot to be said for picking a specific date
Speaker 1: in the future and visualizing ourselves on that day with
Speaker 1: particular changes in place. Maybe you visualize yourself running a
Speaker 1: turkey trot with your daughter on Thanksgiving Day. Suddenly you
Speaker 1: have an authentic deadline for being able to run three
Speaker 1: miles Thanksgiving Day. That makes it a lot easier to
Speaker 1: come up with a training plan and get yourself out
Speaker 1: the door to run, even on days when you'd rather
Speaker 1: stay on the couch. I suppose your house is feeling
Speaker 1: a little frumpy. You could pick a date a few
Speaker 1: months in the future and imagine opening the door to
Speaker 1: welcome friends to your home for a cup of coffee.
Speaker 1: You feel proud that your home is inviting. You don't
Speaker 1: feel like the need to explain why there are no
Speaker 1: pictures on the wall, and you don't apologize for the
Speaker 1: bag of stuff bound for goodwill that has been sitting
Speaker 1: by the door for a month. You don't wonder where
Speaker 1: you can suggest they sit, because you have a perfect
Speaker 1: spot in mind for conversation. You might be unhappy in
Speaker 1: your job and know the first step to prepare for
Speaker 1: a job search is to create a new resume, but
Speaker 1: you feel intimidated by the blank page. You could decide
Speaker 1: that you'll use the day off on Memorial Day to
Speaker 1: launch your job search. You imagine yourself having a resume
Speaker 1: in hand on Memorial Day that you feel confident in
Speaker 1: knowing that it conveys your strengths and experiences. Whether the
Speaker 1: change in your life you're envisioning is a professional project,
Speaker 1: a personal project, a home project, or anything else, try
Speaker 1: visualizing yourself on a specific date, having the vision to life.
Speaker 1: You could even write a paragraph or two about your
Speaker 1: life on that date, or make a sketch or collage
Speaker 1: to reflect your vision. When you set a vision and
Speaker 1: keep returning to it, you will find yourself more motivated
Speaker 1: so the vision becomes reality. In the meantime, this is Laura.
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of
Speaker 1: our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've
Speaker 1: got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at
Speaker 1: Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a
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