Tuesday, Jul 6, 2010The Power of Imagination

The power of imagination is how I create new things in my life with consistency.  I began with Soufra Daimeh, then the Soufra Daimeh magazine, then my advertising agency, then Change Coaching Institute. I can tell you that inside each one of those large projects, I continuously permit my mind to bring up from inside of me the next new tools and ideas to offer fun and freshness to you, my wonderful friends, family, and clients.  I love doing this, and since my passion is about helping you to achieve as I have, I’m writing this month about one of my key tools: the power of imagination.

The magnificent mind called Albert Einstein said “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” I’d like to explore the subject of imagination and offer you some stimulating ideas to either kick start your own imagination or refine the way you are currently using it so that you can enjoy more in your life.

It’s been said that you cannot solve today’s problems using yesterday’s mind that created them, and this makes it patently obvious to me that if you want to solve your problems, you have to change the way you think.  This is where imagination comes in to play – and “play” is a big part of what is required.

Your mentality is limitless. It has no borders, no walls, no rules – nothing that can stop it from thinking whatever you choose to think as enormous as you choose to think it. Imagination is the one activity mind has where this limitlessness should be coddled and indulged, because it is the one tool that can create for you whatever you most dream about.

If you consciously direct your mind to think about the ways in which you’d like to enjoy more health, more wealth, greater success, bettered relationships, you will change your old blueprints and plans into new ones to stretch your imagination and you will then have a new reality.

About Focus

Imagination is always at the ready whenever you are. But since fleeting thoughts produce fleeting results, you have to engage your imagination in a focused manner. Focus, concentrate, and be determined that you will persevere in the manifesting of your dreams and then enjoy the life you’d like to. Renew your commitment in writing weekly at a minimum to keep yourself focused and moving forward.

About Refinement

I can see the good in life.  The good that I see now extends far beyond the original picture I once had of it.  I allowed the power of imagination to stretch my concepts to the next good thing, and the one after that.  You can do this, too.  Think of one small good thing you’d like.  Hold that thought and take the steps to make it manifest.  Now ask yourself “What more can I do with this?” Stretch your imagination to tell you what those next steps are and then take them.

About Excuses

Be on the lookout for you telling yourself “Yes, but….”   Listen to see if you are offering yourself excuses for why you won’t, can’t, didn’t have what you truly want.  I don’t think you should permit excuses any more.  I don’t think you should short-change yourself. When you find yourself making excuses, say “No, let’s find a solution for what looks like a blockage.”  Let your imagination bring up a solution.

About Being Cause

You, your mind thinking, and your imagination imagining, is what is causing your experiences. When you know this, you are a mental millionaire, because you can use this information to manifest your dreams, your wishes and your desires.  This is how I have become successful.  There are no overnight successes.  What appears to be an overnight success is one individual, dreaming his dreams imaginatively, and then taking the steps to make those dreams come true. When Zubin Mehta steps onto the stage and charms us with the beauty of his skill with his violin, don’t forget the dozens of years he imagined and practiced to get on to that stage!

Ten Steps for Using Imagination

My dream is for you to achieve all of your dreams.  Here are ten steps you can take using imagination to make your own dreams come true:

Write down as full a picture as you can think of to make your Big Dream manifest.
Think of five action steps you can take to begin to make that happen.
Spend time each day allowing your imagination to frolic around the ideas you have about your Big Dream and see what refinements show up.
Determine not to ever quit.
Use concentration and focus to continue taking steps forward.
Meditate daily about your processing and let imagination show you more – what next steps you can take.
Expect this to take a little time.  Exercise patience as you move forward.
Forgive yourself for setbacks and resolve to re-start toward your goals again.
Believe that you can do it.  Allow a mentor to help you move forward.
Know that “If it’s going to be, it’s up to me” as P. Quimby said.
It’s wise at this point to remember that Imagination has no limitations other than the ones  you inadvertently add.  Be on the lookout for limitations that you may be adding as frosting to keep your cake small and replace those limiting thoughts with “Yes, I can!”  You are deserving.  You are good enough to achieve your own dreams.  You are fully capable. All of your dreams can be made manifest one at a time. This is the secret I used to manifest my own dreams, and I’d like to think that soon, using these same secrets, you’ll be telling me your success stories too.
Your Imagination is the Power.  Your dreams are the raw ingredients.  If you think them, you press them out into your experience from inside your good Self. What could be more powerful than this? That is how the power of imagination works.

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” Howard Thurman

“You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?’” George Bernard Shaw