Desire and vision

Vision Boards

My first Vision-Board

When I have talked to my friends about vision boards  a lot of the time the response is essentially "what a load of rubbish, why would you want to do that? But why not? Most of us spend our teenage years with posters on our walls of fast cars, sexy men or women or pictures of our friends.

Why do we do that? It could be because we like to be surrounded by what we love and what drives our passions, whether that's Kerry King from slayer playing guitar or a great night you spent out with your friends. 

So what is the point of a vision board and how do you go about making one?

The most cynical of my friends would continue to argue that there is no benefit from completing this task -  "I know what I like and what I don't like what could possibly be the benefit of sticking pictures on a poster that represents it?

With that I retort a simple quote:

"Definiteness of purpose. The knowledge of what one wants and the burning desire to posses it" - Napoleon Hill

If you can quantify your desires, If you can lay them bear for all to see, then you have taken the first step to achieving what it is you desire. Knowing what you want and by definition what you don't want in your life is a great tool for moving towards the "want". It also allows your mind to visualise what your life might be like if you possess your greatest desires, whether tangible products or life changing experiences, dangling the proverbial carrot on a stick in front of you to take every step forwards towards them and not allowing yourself to become preoccupied with some of the chores of life.

I have done this several times now. My first experience completing my vision board is detailed in a book called Dream, plan, reduce rick and take action - a book about franchise recruitment marketing by Sarah Cook. One subject covered by the book is vision, here is a small extract from the book written by myself about my first vision board experience:

"I started thinking about KPI's  (Key Performance Indicators) and then made the board after that. The pictures  represented the house and car I wanted, my interest in photography, my health and charity. My girlfriend and I were the background as I wanted to achieve everything with her in my life.  Then there were various sayings that applied to me at the time. Within the year my girlfriend and I had the house and I had the car. I had worked for professional photographers, I was in remission, my health was on the way up and I was training for charity events. That's the power of vision!"

Its pretty simple, all you have to do is collect pictures of what you love, what you want to achieve or what you would like to experience and put them together into a collage in what ever way seems best. You can cut them out of magazines or print them from your computer. You can stick them down with PVA or use Photoshop to make a collage and get it printed out professionally. Its completely up to you.

Why would you not want to be surrounded by what you love and what drives you?