Goal attainment using visual imagery

Visual imagery can help you achieve your goals and improve your performance and I will illustrate this with a very simple example.

I remember reading about a man who had been in prison for many years, but he had this goal of playing 18 holes of golf on a particular golf course. Each day he will rehearse the shots for each hole until he had a pretty good idea how to play each hole mentally.
Sure enough once he was released from incarceration and he went to the golf course and played a fantastic round of golf much to the amazement of onlookers at the time.

I am sure you have heard the old saying… “What the thinker thinks the prover proves.” The aforementioned story clearly shows that as far as the mind was concerned our hero had played that golf course so many times while in actual fact he had never played it before that day. The other key point is that body though will yield to what the mind tells it to do.

So if you believe you are capable of achieving something, you mind starts looking for evidence from your past experiences to see whether it can back up your assertion with previous successes. This combined with external influences may determine whether you will succeed or fail in a particular task.

Imagine a school pupil, constantly being reminded by his parents, friends and teachers about is cleverness. They remind him about the bright future he has ahead of him. He subconsciously starts to accept these views and believes he does have a bright future.

Studies have consistently demonstrated that people with clear goals and visions are likely to achieve them.

Visual imagery can help you remain focused. There are several devices you can use to enhance this experience but I do not think these are absolutely necessary.

First consider your goals, make them very precise and clear, what they are and over what time frame you will like to achieve them. Perhaps you want to start a home business, work from home, run the marathon or go back to college.

Imagine yourself having completed the goal in a few months or years later. Make this image very vivid; try adding colour, resonance, aroma and even kinesthetic effects to make the experience strong and long lasting.

Keep practising this every day and also visualise yourself carrying out the actions required to complete the goal.

If you own a home business for example, picture yourself working away in your home office towards your goals. Try making the experience fun and positive.


This technique can be applied to virtually any endeavour you can think off.

I have on several occasions got the feeling of déjà vu once I accomplish my goals because it was as if I had done it previously whereas in reality it was the first time I had ever done it.

Try the exercise today, think about your goals visualise yourself having completed it and work backwards focusing on the steps required to get there any you will be amazed with the results if you persist with it.


Visualisation can help you attain your goals and improve your performance. This technique is not new and a lot of top sportsmen and women use it to improve their performance.
This article explain how you to can attain your goals using this simple but very effective technique.