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Successful actors, artists, public speakers, salesmen, and use mental rehearsal. The athletes imagine the game from their perspective as though they are actually competing as if it were a mental trial run. They break down their performance into tiny parts and work on improving specific aspects. They engage all their senses. They feel it, taste it, hear it, and experience their competitors, their sweat and their audience.  This focused intention is now deemed essential for star athletes to win their game. Your probably use mental rehearsal too if you have to have a difficult conversation with someone. You can use mental rehearsing to develop healthy new habits, visualize any goal like a career goal or even a weight goal or a healthy relationship.

Jack Canfield states, the best times are when you first wake up, after meditation or prayer, and right before you go to bed. These are the times you are most relaxed. Go through the following three steps:

1.Imagine sitting in a movie theater, the lights dim, and then the movie starts.

It is a movie of you doing perfectly whatever it is that you want to do better. See as much detail as you can create, including your clothing, the expression on your face, small body movements, the environment and any other people that might be around. Add in any sounds you would be hearing – traffic, music, other people talking, cheering. And finally, recreate in your body any feelings you think you would be experiencing as you engage in this activity.

2. Get out of your chair, walk up to the screen, open a door in the screen and enter into the movie.

Now experience the whole thing again from inside of yourself, looking out through your eyes. This is called an “embodied image” rather than a “distant image.” It will deepen the impact of the experience. Again, see everything in vivid detail, hear the sounds you would hear, and feel the feelings you would feel.

3. Finally, walk back out of the screen that is still showing the picture of you performing perfectly, return to your seat in the theater, reach out and grab the screen and shrink it down to the size of a cracker.

Then, bring this miniature screen up to your mouth, chew it up and swallow it. Imagine that each tiny piece – just like a hologram – contains the full picture of you performing well. Imagine all these little screens traveling down into your stomach and out through the bloodstream into every cell of your body. Then imagine that every cell of your body is lit up with a movie of you performing perfectly. It’s like one of those appliance store windows where 50 televisions are all tuned to the same channel.

When you have finished this process – it should take less than five minutes – you can open your eyes and go about your business. If you make this part of your daily routine, you will be amazed at how much improvement you will see in your life.

We can’t wait to hear your results and share them on our blog.